Ocean Calls
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Can we restore our oceans?
Ocean Calls
12/08/22 • 32 min
Coral reefs are one of the richest ecosystems on Earth, home to a quarter of all marine life. They also protect communities on land from the sea and offer an invaluable source of food.
But these ecosystems are dying because of pollution, overfishing, and the effects of climate change. And if the corals die, so will many other animals that depend on them.
What can be done? Can we repair the damage? Can these and other precious ecosystems like sea grasses and mangroves not only be preserved, but also actively restored?
To answer these questions we speak with Prof Carlos Duarte, Executive Director of the Coral Research & Development Accelerator Platform (CORDAP), and with an ocean acidification expert and IPCC contributor, Prof Jean-Pierre Gattuso, also research director at the Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer.
And at the end of the episode you’ll hear from Mission Blue founder, legendary oceanographer, and pioneer in the use of modern scuba gear, Sylvia Earle.
Hosted by Jeremy Wilks.
Produced by Naira Davlashyan and Natalia Oelsner.
Editing is by Lory Martinez, Chiara Santella and Luis Lopez from Studio Ochenta.
The theme music is by Gabriel Dalmasso.
Our editor-in-chief is Sophie Claudet.
For more from Carlos Duarte click here.
For more on Jean-Pierre Gattuso’s work click here.
To learn more about Sylvia Earle click here.
Created in partnership with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and is hosted by Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wilks.
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Ocean Calls returns soon
Ocean Calls
02/16/23 • 1 min
Ocean Calls returns for a new season on the 2nd of March, and we're diving back into more hot topics like underwater noise pollution, endangered marine animals, and marine protected areas.
Hear more answers to difficult questions, more debate, and more celebrity ocean stories.
Created in partnership with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and is hosted by Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wilks.
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10/13/22 • 34 min
There’s so much plastic in our seas that we may leave behind a layer of plastic for future archaeologists to study. What can be done to clean up our oceans?
In this episode, Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wilks discusses plastic pollution with Pennie Lindeque from Plymouth Marine Laboratory and Francois Galgani from Ifremer. You'll also hear activist Alexandra Cousteau talk about her favourite marine animal. You won't believe what it is.
Hosted by Jeremy Wilks.
Produced by Naira Davlashyan and Natalia Oelsner.
Editing is by Lory Martinez, Chiara Santella and Luis Lopez from Studio Ochenta.
The theme music is by Gabriel Dalmasso.
Our editor-in-chief is Sophie Claudet.
For more from Alexandra Cousteau click here.
For more from Pennie Lindeque click here.
Follow Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
Check out Ifremer’s website to learn more about Francois Galgani’s work.
Created in partnership with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and is hosted by Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wilks.
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Who are the ocean’s invisible workers?
Ocean Calls
05/30/24 • 24 min
In this episode of Ocean Calls, we hear from the people behind the fish on your plate. Small-scale fisheries make up the backbone of our coastal communities, yet they are often overlooked despite their crucial role in Europe's fishing industry.
We’ll learn about the importance of these often family-run businesses from Jeremy Percy, the Executive Director at Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE), as well as the role of women in the industry from Anna Carlson is the Fishery Officer for Livelihoods at the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation.
We’ll also hear from Thomas Højrup, a Danish ethnologist, who’s battling to save small-scale fisheries in the Nordic nation from extinction - via the medium of traditional boat building.
At the end of this episode, you’ll learn Jasmine Harrison explain how she made an unusual friend while swimming the full length of the British isles from Lands End to John o’Groats in 2022. She’s a British adventurer with a couple of world records on her mantlepiece who, somehow, managed to befriend a whale.
Follow these links to read more about our guests:
Jeremy Percy, Executive Director at Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE)
Anna Carlson, the Fishery Officer for Livelihoods at the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions of the Food and Agriculture Organisation
Thomas Højrup, Danish ethnologist
Ocean Tale from British adventurer Jasmine Harrison
Hosted by Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wilks. Produced by Naira Davlashyan and Natalia Oelsner.
The production coordinator is Carolyne Llabe.
The sound editing is by Jean-Christophe Marcaud and sound mixing is by Matthieu Duchaine.
Our editor-in-chief is Sophie Claudet.
Ocean Calls is produced in partnership with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
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04/18/24 • 27 min
Imagine if policymakers, businesses, and society had access to a virtual twin copy of our oceans to explore? This AI tool could be used to simulate realistic what-if scenarios based on scientific knowledge.
Would that help protect and restore our oceans by enabling better decision-making? And what kinds of questions could it help us to answer?
In this episode of Ocean Calls, we will discuss the EU's Digital Twin of the Ocean, known as the DTO. This European initiative aims to create an artificial intelligence-fueled representation of the seas. It’s expected to be accessible to the public in 2024.
We’ll explore what the DTO is and examine how it can aid in combating plastic pollution, saving endangered species like marine turtles, and protecting our harbours from meteotsunamis.
At the end of the episode, you’ll hear from Sex Education and Karen Pirie star Chris Jenks about his adventures growing up on an island in Scotland.
Follow these links to read more about our guests:
Joanna Staneva, Head of Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon research centre
Simon Van Gennip, oceanographer at Mercator Ocean International
Philippe Gaspar, senior scientist at Mercator Ocean International
Joaquin Tintore, head of Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System
Vincent Pieriborne, co-CEO of OceanX
Ocean Tale from Chris Jenks, British actor and producer
Hosted by Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wiks. Produced by Naira Davlashyan and Natalia Oelsner.
The production coordinator is Carolyne Llabe.
The sound editing is by Jean-Christophe Marcaud and the sound mixing is by Matthieu Duchaine.
Our editor-in-chief is Sophie Claudet.
In this episode, we include extracts from Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola commercials, as well as a scene from Star Trek (Season 1, Episode 1).
Ocean Calls is produced in partnership with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
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Are underwater cables safe?
Ocean Calls
05/11/23 • 35 min
Most of our internet traffic – our WhatsApp chats, Netflix, TikToks, Zoom calls, and this podcast, are recorded through a handful of undersea cables that are only 25 mm in diameter.
The media loves telling stories about how one country could steal data from their adversary or cut their web connection altogether by attacking undersea cables. But how true are these claims?
How safe are the undersea cables? Can our internet access be severed and what happens then?
In this episode, Jeremy Wilks is joined by Nicole Starosielski, associate professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University Steinhardt, author of the book, The Undersea Network, and Jonas Franken, a researcher in the field of Critical Infrastructure Protection & Maritime and Information Security at the Technical University Darmstadt in Germany.
At the end of the episode, you’ll hear about an incredible North Pole experience from a Spanish adventurer Nacho Dean, the first man to have walked around the world and swam between 5 continents.
Hosted by Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wilks.
Produced by Naira Davlashyan and Natalia Oelsner.
Sound design and mixing are by Jean-Christophe Marcaud and Matthieu Duchaine.
The theme music is by Gabriel Dalmasso.
Our production coordinator is Carolyne Labbe and our editor-in-chief is Sophie Claudet.
The Ocean Calls podcast is made possible by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
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04/04/24 • 32 min
Called "ticking time bombs," millions of tonnes of unexploded munitions and other relics of WWII lie at the bottom of all our European seas. In an attempt to demilitarise Europe, around 40,000 tonnes of chemical weapons were dumped into the Baltic Sea alone, according to HELCOM.
Today, the war in Ukraine is threatening the Black Sea once again, exacerbating an already complicated situation.
In this episode of Ocean Calls, Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wilks and his guests will discuss the complicated legacy of WWII and explore whether we can help save the Black Sea or at least make future clean-up efforts a bit easier to manage.
At the end of the episode, you’ll hear a mysterious tale of the oldest and best-preserved shipwreck ever found, thanks to the unique properties of the Black Sea.
Follow these links to read more about our guests:
- Jens Greinert, head of the Deep Sea Monitoring Research Unit at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel
- Markus Helavuori, professional secretary at the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM)
- Mikhail Son, deputy director of the Institute of Marine Biology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Viktor Komorin, head of the Ukrainian Scientific Centre for Marine Ecology
- Rodrigo Pacheco-Ruiz, maritime archaeologist at The National Museum of the Royal Navy and The Black Sea MAP project
Ocean Calls is produced in partnership with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
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Ocean Calls returns on September 15
Ocean Calls
07/29/22 • 0 min
Enjoyed the first episode?
Ocean Calls is back after the summer break on September 15.
You'll find out more about the state of our oceans, learn some interesting facts and hear from famous nature-defenders about their favourite marine animals. Stay tuned.
Created in partnership with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and is hosted by Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wilks.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Should we worry about sharks?
Ocean Calls
03/16/23 • 30 min
Ever since the mindblowing success of “Jaws”, where sharks are portrayed as bloodthirsty vengeful human-killers, people have been scared of these large marine predators.
But scientists believe that these magnificent animals deserve our attention. Many species of shark are in danger because of human activity and we really need them for our ecosystems to survive and thrive.
So, should we change our way of thinking about sharks? Should we care and protect them more than we do?
To discuss this issue, Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wilks is joined by two guests: Dr Iris Ziegler from the conservation organisation Sharkproject and Javier Garat Pérez, the president of Europêche, a representative body for the fishing industry in the European Union.
And at the end of the episode, you will hear from the Australian diver and filmmaker Madison Stewart about her favourite ocean animal – or favourite ocean experience. What will they be?
The Ocean Calls podcast is made possible by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
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Is it OK to eat fish if you love the ocean?
Ocean Calls
09/15/22 • 29 min
Certified organic, dolphin-safe, line caught, or MSC certified? The labels on fish products being sold in Europe can be confusing, so how do you decide which is the most sustainable choice?
In this episode of Ocean Calls we're fishing for the real story behind those labels on packaging and marketing slogans. Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wilks asks Manuel Barange, the director of the United Nations’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization, and Vanya Vulperhorst, the European campaign director for Illegal Fishing and Transparency at the conservation organisation Oceana, if it's OK to eat fish if you love the ocean?
Oscar-winning documentary director and self-confessed 'Antarctica addict' Luc Jacquet also tells us about his favourite marine species.
Hosted by Jeremy Wilks.
Produced by Naira Davlashyan and Natalia Oelsner.
Editing is by Lory Martinez, Chiara Santella and Luis Lopez from Studio Ochenta.
The theme music is by Gabriel Dalmasso.
Our editor-in-chief is Sophie Claudet.
For more from Luc Jacquet go to Icebreaker Studios
Follow Oceana Europe to learn more about Vanya Vulperhorst’s work.
And UN FAO's Fisheries & Aquaculture for Manuel Barange.
Created in partnership with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and is hosted by Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wilks.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Ocean Calls have?
Ocean Calls currently has 28 episodes available.
What topics does Ocean Calls cover?
The podcast is about Ocean, Climate, Environment, Nature, Podcasts, Education and Science.
What is the most popular episode on Ocean Calls?
The episode title 'Can we restore our oceans?' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Ocean Calls?
The average episode length on Ocean Calls is 27 minutes.
How often are episodes of Ocean Calls released?
Episodes of Ocean Calls are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of Ocean Calls?
The first episode of Ocean Calls was released on Jun 2, 2022.
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