NOAA: Making Waves

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2017-07-17

  The New NOAA Ocean Podcast

The Making Waves podcast has retired, but have no fear! We combined our Making Waves, Ocean Shorts, and Diving Deeper pods into one NEW podcast called NOAA Ocean. Subscribe in your favorite podcatcher so you never miss an episode. Just search for "NOAA...
  National Ocean Service author
2017-02-03

  Subscribe to the New NOAA Ocean Podcast

The Making Waves podcast has retired, but have no fear! We combined our Making Waves, Ocean Shorts, and Diving Deeper pods into one NEW podcast called NOAA Ocean. Subscribe in your favorite podcatcher so you never miss an episode. Just search for "NOAA...
  National Ocean Service author
2017-01-09

  ANNOUNCEMENT: New NOAA Ocean Podcast

The Making Waves podcast has retired, but have no fear! We combined our Making Waves, Ocean Shorts, and Diving Deeper podcasts into one NEW podcast called NOAA Ocean. Subscribe to the new podcast in your favorite podcatcher so you never miss an episode...
  National Ocean Service author
2016-12-08

  Listen up: What you need to know about ocean noise. (Episode 138)

What is ocean noise and what is NOAA doing to reduce this threat in our national marine sanctuaries? Many marine organisms, including marine mammals, sea turtles, fish and invertebrates, rely on sound and hearing for their survival. Over the last centu...
  National Ocean Service author
2016-08-04

  Bringing Wetlands to Market: the Power of Blue Carbon in a Changing Climate (Episode 137)

Money does not grow on trees, but it could be growing in our coastal salt marshes and sea grass beds. A team of researchers is working at Waquoit Bay Research Reserve on Cape Cod in Massachusetts on the "Bringing Wetlands to Market" project to study th...
  National Ocean Service author
2016-05-23

  Charting New Waters: Video

Boaters rely on NOAA's nautical charts for depth measurements so they don't accidentally ground on sandbars or other underwater obstructions. Take three minutes out of your day to hear Captain Shepard Smith of the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson discuss how...
  National Ocean Service author
2016-03-24

  Connecting the Dots Between Corals and Humans (Episode 135)

Coral reefs are under intense pressure from climate change, pollution, and unsustainable use. So what can we do about it? To answer that question, we need to better understand the main threat to our reefs. Humans. Episode permanent link and show notes
  National Ocean Service author
2016-01-28

  Alaska: Marine Debris in the Wilderness (Episode 134)

Alaska—the largest and most remote state in the United States—is filled with wilderness and beauty, and unfortunately with marine debris. With a longer coastline than all the other U.S. states combined, Alaska finds itself with the greatest concentrati...
  National Ocean Service author
2015-11-19

  Data Makes a Difference (Episode 133)

Take a virtual journey to Penobscot Bay, Maine, to see how harbor pilots use U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) data for real-time ocean and weather conditions. This information is critical for safe navigation as pilots carefully move tanke...
  National Ocean Service author
2015-09-24

  Vertical Mapping and Atomic Clocks (Episode 132)

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, are developing atomic clocks that are so accurate that the effects of the general theory of relativity come into play. That means if two of these clocks are at slightly differen...
  National Ocean Service author