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Podcast Archive
2009
2008
Subscribe to Making Waves
Making Waves is a bi-weekly audio podcast reporting on the latest National Ocean Service news and information.
Subscribe to Diving Deeper
Diving Deeper is a bi-weekly audio podcast featuring discussions with NOS scientists on a wide variety of ocean topics.
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Making Waves Episode 38: Educational Games — Oct. 28, 2009
Join us for a talk with one of the key people behind WaterLife: Where the River Meets the Sea, NOAA's first major venture into the world of educational gaming. WaterLife is a 'serious game,' an increasingly popular genre aimed at meeting the needs of digital natives—children who have grown up surrounded by computers, mobile phones, and other digital technology.
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Making Waves Episode 37: World Maritime Day — Oct. 16, 2009
In recognition of World Maritime Day, celebrated in the U.S. on Oct. 16, we're joined by the director of NOAA’s Coast Survey to talk about nautical charts and the maritime transportation system. Want to know what nautical charts have to do with Thomas Jefferson, mine sweepers, and the stuff you buy in a big box store? Just how big are some of the ships plying our waterways these days? What effect might rising sea levels have on the future of shipping? Find out in this special edition of Making Waves.
Useful links:
- World Maritime Day 2009: U.S. events (U.S. Coast Guard)
- Office of Coast Survey
- NOAA's Online Chart Viewer
- A History of Charting America's Waters, NOAA 200th Anniversary Web Site
- Diving Deeper Podcast, What is a nautical chart?
- Nautical Charts: A Message in a Bottle, NOS Education
- Ocean Fact: What is hydrography?
- Ocean Fact: What is sonar?
- Ocean Fact: What do the numbers on a nautical chart represent?
World Maritime Day (U.N. International Maritime Organization)
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Making Waves Episode 36: Powerful Fish-Killing Toxin May Offer Human Health Benefits — Sep. 30, 2009
Could a toxic chemical produced by Euglena, a type of algae known for well over a century – algae that you may have even seen before under a microscope in your High School biology class – someday be used to treat cancer?
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Diving Deeper: Marine Spatial Planning —November 4, 2009Marine spatial planning is a relatively new concept. Similar to land use planning, it's the process used to make smart ocean-related decisions and policies. Learn all about marine spatial planning in this interview with Brian Smith from NOAA's Coastal Services Center. (16:40 minutes)
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Diving Deeper: Harmful Algal Blooms —October 7, 2009
Learn about harmful algal blooms in this interview with Allison Sill from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. The discussion highlights what harmful algal blooms are, where they can occur, and what you can do to help. (12:41 minutes)
Links from current episode:
- Phytoplankton Monitoring Network
- Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
- Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Harmful Algal Bloom Information
- National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
- Harmful Algal Bloom Forecasting System
- National Office for Harmful Algal Blooms at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Diving Deeper: Maritime Heritage —September 9, 2009Learn about maritime heritage in this interview with Dave Alberg from the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. The discussion highlights what maritime heritage is, which of our national marine sanctuaries have maritime heritage components, and what we can learn about our history from these resources. (21:45 minutes)
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- National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
- NOAA Coastal Services Center
- National Geodetic Survey
- Office of Coast Survey
- Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
- Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
- Office of Response and Restoration
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