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Wavelengths: Ocean Podcast

Betsy Brown

Wavelengths explores the environmental, social, and economic issues affecting the oceans. Episodes are presented in a story telling form. Follow host Betsy Brown as she learns what’s happeni...

Episodes

10 episodes

Impacts of Tourism: Philippines Special Part II

Wavelengths visits Malapascua island in the Philippines where tourists come from all over the world to experience the thrill of diving with...

12:00Oct 16, 2018

Sharks and Typhoon Yolanda: Philippines Special Part I

*This is a new version of "How Sharks Helped an Island Recover from a Devastating Typhoon"with corrected audio levels.* As the Philippines r...

8:00Oct 15, 2018

Teaser: How a tiny island recovered from a devastating typhoon

Wavelengths returns with a two-part special from the Philippines October 9th.

0:47Oct 3, 2018

Hawaii's Dangerous Sea Creature

If I told you a translucent blob with long flowing ribbon-like tentacles could kill you would you believe me? A sting from a Chironex Flecke...

10:31Feb 9, 2018

Danger in the Ocean (tease)

A preview to the next episode of Wavelengths. Coming 9 days after the last full moon. (Feb. 9)

1:31Feb 8, 2018

Super Coral: Getting Ahead of Climate Change

On a tiny piece of land in the middle of Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii a group of scientists is working hard to save coral reefs. It's a multi-layer...

12:13Jan 16, 2018

Social Media and Monk Seal Monitoring

Learn how scientists are using social to monitor endangered monk seals and the people who see them in the wild. This is a Wavelengths "Surfa...

4:25Jan 2, 2018

White as Snow: Coral Bleaching in the Pacific

Something happened to one of my favorite places. This week on Wavelengths I take you to the island of Guam where coral bleaching has impacte...

12:31Dec 19, 2017

Plastics in Paradise: Marine Debris in the Hawaiian Islands

When you imagine a remote beach what do you picture? This week on Wavelengths we take you to Pearl and Hermes Atoll, one of the most isolate...

12:28Dec 5, 2017

Episode 1 Trailer: Plastics in Paradise

A preview for the first Episode of Wavelengths: Plastics in Paradise. We take you to Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument where we lea...

1:30Nov 22, 2017