Ocean Matters Podcast

A quick read of an article in the Australian  Guardian newspaper titled 'We don't have time to lose': plans for coral ark to help save the world's reefs.  It is a venture looking to create a biobank for 800 species of Coral by 2025, in order to secure different species in order to prevent them from the constant and growing risks of bleaching.

Recently an article by Gaia Vince came out sharing new information and methods to save a vital part of our ecosystem.

A short read of an article addressing the raise of sea levels due to the melting of antarctic ice. The opportunity within the next decade to limit the damage for us humans on the planet.

When it comes to climate change, the importance of solving the anthropogenic issues created by industrial agriculture and food industry are key to accelerating towards any kind of hope for our well being on the planet. This documentary does a great exercise in sharing the post war history of agriculture as well as the multiple solutions to limit and fix the damage created to the planet.

A few words on the new Netflix release of the tireless David Attenbourough sharing his life experience of the planet.

A few words on the Spirit of  Velox which aims to protect and improve the environment, encourage scientific, artistic, and social innovation. Pionneers in zero emission energy autonomous ships!

A short recording on the HMS Challenger, the original voyage about 150 years ago that still serves today, as all they were the first to take travel the world taking data and collecting samples of several elements in the ocean and the ocean. The information is still relevant today as it serves for comparisons. Do enjoy, and if you wish to know more there is a book about the HMS Challenger!

A few words on the ChangeNow Summit which everyone should attend. They focus on impact, however their impact is very measurable as I personally have witnessed people change their lives to follow their beliefs after attending this Summit.  A good start is get more information is www.changenow-summit.com and you can see some of their work on YouTube.

A few words on the current situation in the Galapagos. Initially discovered by Charles Darwin for the rich biodiversity and wildlife, and considered as part of the world heritage by UNESCo since 1978, it is facing today a race to seeing serious damage by over 200 Chinese fishing ships!

A short note related to the paper issued by Diva Amon and her colleagues called ' Climate Change Considerations are Fundamental to Management of Deep Sea Resource Extraction. The idea is to ensure that we can limit the damage of deep sea resource extraction by allowing ocean experts such as marine biologists to fully participate in the exercise by sharing their knowledge. This allows for further c...

A few words on the Sustainable Development Goals 13 to 17.

A few words on the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, Goals 7 to 12.

A few words on the Sustainable Goals 4, 5 and 6.

As you may have heard of the Sustainable Development Goals, I thought I would elaborate a little more on them so that they become more familiar as they are ever more present in the media and more often referred to.  In this recording I go through SDGs Sustainable Development Goals one to three.

The experience of mentoring a team for the Monaco Ocean Protection Challenge 2020.

There are several accelerators, competitions, challenges, calls for solutions and so forth, this specific one, the Monaco Ocean Protection Challenge targets the students and looks to give them a voice so that they can share what they want to see in their world. The talent of tomorrow, the consciousness and awareness is in this challenge given full support.

We could spend our lives doing research on the oceans as there continuously is more to discover, but the key fact is that the oxygen we breathe comes in part from the Ocean. It is our duty to preserve the lungs of our planet for our own sake if nothing else. Thank you.

A few words on the importance of Coral Reefs and their many essential roles within the planet.

Plastic Odyssey 2020, A dream coming true. An update on the great Plastic Odyssey who shall set sail January 2021 on the first leg of their world tour to raise awareness, follow them anywhere that says PlasticOdyssey. They started as an idea and from beach clean up to multi-million funding rounds in order to further their exercise around the world on their own ship.

This year, on Oceans Day... a lot of people have showed up across all walks of life to contribute and participate in the saving and restoring of the oceans.

The impossible row, Colin o'Brady crosses the Drake Passage on the Ohana with 5 mates on manpower alone.

Antarctica, the expedition of Greg Lecoeur, Guillaume Nery and Florian Fischer.

Antarctica, illustrating the Albedo phenomenon.

A few words on Antarctica.

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