The Ocean News Podcast

Social Media Manager, Ben Hartley, dives deep into a new analytical report from Oceana, showing that more than 100 bottom-trawling vessels appeared to spend over 17,000 hours fishing within France's protected areas, the equivalent to one vessel fishing non-stop, 24-hours-a-day for two years straight.
 
Original article by Rob Hutchins

Social Manager, Ben Hartley, dives into new research led by the University of Durham and the University of Bristol, which argues that the suggested target limit of global temperature rises ought to be closer to 1°C if we are to save the world’s ice sheets and prevent a further acceleration in sea level rise.

Editor Rob Hutchins and Social Media Manager Ben Hartley take a seaside stroll along the Solent as they share their thoughts on the newly released Ocean with David Attenborough, offering a fresh review, reflections, and their hottest takes.

Editor Rob Hutchins dives into the 400-year-old mystery of historical documents, eyewitness reports, and centuries-old diary entries all alluding to the 'Milky Seas' phenomenon.
Using modern satellite imagery, Justin Hudson and Steven Miller, researchers at Colorado State University, have compiled the most comprehensive database to better understand ‘milky sea’ events.
 
 

News Editor, Rob Hutchins, chats with Mara Fischer, a PhD student at the University of Exeter and lead author of the study, as they discuss a process known as bioturbation.

News Editor, Rob Hutchins, and report author, Rosie Williams deep dive into today's story to find what was has been infecting dolphins across the UK coastline.

News Editor, Rob Hutchins, interviews PhD student and author Jeremy Day about a new study casting doubt over belief that large predators such as are the primary control species of the long-spined sea urchin - a species mostly responsible for the spread of 'barrens' in New South Wales.

Social Media Manager, Ben Hartley, and Community Editor, Rob Hutchins, dive into the top ocean news stories of the last week.

News Editor, Rob Hutchins interviews leading author and PhD student Zoe Storm to explore the correlations between sharks populations and coral reef health. 

News Editor, Rob Hutchins, investigates a historic 'unusual mortality event' in which 8% of Florida's Indian River Lagoon bottlenose dolphins starved to death.