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Ocean Decade 24 — Science and Solutions for a Sustainable and Resilient Ocean Economy 

April 26, 2024 admin Podcast 39:40 0 Comments

In this second full-length episode recorded live at the UN Ocean Decade conference we hear from participants in the second plenary session of the event, on Science and Solutions for a Sustainable and Resilient Ocean Economy. In the session—and in their conversation with Jon Baston-Pitt—Claire Jolly, from the OECD; Sergi Tudela, from Catalonia’s regional government;…

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Ocean Decade 24 – Collaboration and determination

April 12, 2024 admin Podcast 22:49 Comments Off on Ocean Decade 24 – Collaboration and determination

This week, Planet Beyond is recording live at the 2024 Ocean Decade conference in Barcelona. In this last of our three daily live episodes, we speak to Jyotika Virmani, executive director of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, a non-profit foundation established in 2009. The Institute’s goal is to advance innovative oceanographic research and discovery. It provides…

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Ocean Decade 24 – Inspire the blue economy

April 11, 2024 admin Podcast 0:22:48 Comments Off on Ocean Decade 24 – Inspire the blue economy

This week, Planet Beyond is recording live at the 2024 Ocean Decade conference in Barcelona. In this second of our three daily live episodes, we look back over the first day of the event, and look forward to the next. We speak to Ambassador Peter Thomson, the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean….

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Ocean Decade 24 – Setting the Scene

April 10, 2024 Ross MacPherson Podcast 0:20:39 Comments Off on Ocean Decade 24 – Setting the Scene

This week, the Planet Beyond team are recording live at the 2024 Ocean Decade conference in Barcelona. At the event, delegates will focus on delivering essential science for sustainable oceans. This episode is the first of three shorts to be released during the Ocean Decade Conference, to bring you the sounds and ideas from the…

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Short: Understanding the Oceans

July 13, 2022 admin Podcast 17:36 Comments Off on Short: Understanding the Oceans

In some ways more is known about the surface of Mars than our own planet. With over 70% of the Earth’s surface covered in ocean, more than 75% of this watery space has never been mapped.   This daunting data hole prevents search and rescue teams from performing vital work, such as like searching for…

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Episode 14: Ocean Science, Ten Years to Turn the Tide

June 29, 2022 admin Podcast 00:51:44 Comments Off on Episode 14: Ocean Science, Ten Years to Turn the Tide

For much of history the seas have loomed impossibly large and untouchable. This perception is at odds with the vulnerability of ocean environments. Now, following decades of abuse by a growing human society, a realisation has been reached. The degradation of the world’s oceans has led to several looming crises: plastic pollution, warmer waters and…

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