Ocean Protect

Ocean Protect Podcast

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The health of our oceans is under major threat. Every fortnight, Brad Dalrymple (Environmental Engineer with Ocean Protect) hosts a variety of guests, including scientists, engineers, and activists – to discuss the key issues affecting the health of our oceans – and what can be done about it. This podcast is for anyone interested in learning more about the health of our oceans, the key pressures, and potential solutions. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general discussion purposes, and the views expressed by its hosts and guests are opinions only. Care has been taken in the preparation of this...

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Climate change & our oceans with Dr Annika Dean (Part 1 of 2) 28.04.2019 33:11

Dr Annika Dean is a Senior Researcher at the Climate Council of Australia, and drops more bombs of truth than the number of equivalent atomic bombs being absorbed by our oceans every second (which, we discover, is a lot !!). If you're keen to know more about climate change and its impacts, and what we can do about, then this episode is a must listen !! This is a two-part episode, with the second p...

Trash talk with Sea Shepherd Australia's Liza Dicks 15.04.2019 35:16

Liza Dicks is the National Marine Debris Campaign Coordinator for Sea Shepherd Australia, which aims to protect and conserve our marine environment, preventing and removing the unprecedented amount of marine debris entering our oceans and waterways. Liza is AMAZING - volunteering her time to this awesome campaign, and was gracious enough to talk trash with Jeremy and Brad. We discuss the problem,...

Riding the plastic wave with pro surfer Adrian 'Ace' Buchan 08.04.2019 48:20

Veteran Pro-surfer, Adrian “Ace” Buchan has surfed all over the world – including Championship Tour wins in France and Tahiti, plastic plagued waters in Indonesia, and his beautiful home-town of Avoca Beach in New South Wales, Australia. With an obvious passion for the ocean, he is also a committed advocate for its protection, including his role as an ambassador for Take 3 ForThe Sea. Je...

Jim Lenhart on waterway pollution, fish brain function, and total maximum daily load targets for stormwater pollution 26.03.2019 35:58

Our guest for this episode is Jim Lenhart, who Jeremy calls the “Godfather” of stormwater. Jim is based in Portland, Oregon, USA and is the Chief Technology Officer for Stormwater for Contech Engineered Solutions. We talk about a range of topics, including the history of stormwater management in USA, the impacts of excessive sediment and phosphorus in lakes and waterways, the link betwee...

Darrell Blatchley and a dead whale with 40kg of plastic in its stomach 26.03.2019 1:10:15

In this episode, Jeremy and Brad are joined by Darrell Blatchley, who is a Marine Biologist and Curator of the D’ Bone Collector Museum in Davao City in the Philippines.   Last Saturday morning, a starving whale has found in waters off the coast the Philippines. The whale died shortly after. Darrell and his team rushed to recover the whale to investigate the cause of death.&nbs...

Introducing the Ocean Protect Podcast 26.03.2019 25:26

“There will be more plastic in our oceans than fish by 2050”, but where is most of it coming from ? In our inaugural episode, hosts Jeremy Brown and Brad Dalrymple introduce the Ocean Protect podcast, themselves, and drop a few of incredible facts and figures about the health of our oceans along the way. Jeremy Brown is the Founder of Ocean Protect who stop pollution entering waterways by pro...