Sept. 9, 2011. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill provides an anecdotal review of the progress in research, exploration, technical advances, and ocean news culled from Ocean News & Technology (www.ocean-news.com) and some of the best news publications that cross our desks.
Peter Neill, Director of the W2O and host of World Ocean Radio, provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. World Ocean Radio, a project of the World Ocean Observatory, is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by community radio stations worldwide.
photo: Chinese manned submersible Jiaolong is pulled out of water after reaching a depth of 4,027 meters during a dive test conducted in the eastern Pacific Ocean. [Photo/CFP]
Global Ocean Commission
Global Ocean Commission:
A Rescue Package for the Ocean
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Ocean Health Index
A weekly feature to highlight, by country, the goals and components of the Ocean Health Index which measures and scores ocean health from 0-100.
Did You Know?
This goal measures the carbon stored in natural coastal ecosystem—seagrasses, tidal marshes and mangroves—that sequester and store large amounts of carbon in both the plants and in the sediment below them. When preserved, carbon is stored in these ecosystems. When destroyed, carbon is emitted back into the atmosphere, becoming new sources of greenhouse gas emissions. (source: OHI)