NOAA Ocean Podcast

In this episode, hear about a condition known as hypoxia -- where oxygen levels drop so low that creatures in the water ... Read more

Join us for an interview with oceanographer Tim Battista about mapping coral reef ecosystems in the U.S. Caribbean. Epi... Read more

Understanding how the ocean moves is no easy task. In this episode, we hear from a NOAA oceanographer who studies the ph... Read more

Dive into our latest Diving Deeper audio podcast as we explore the importance of Hawaii's coral reefs and what makes the... Read more

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, are developing atomic clocks that are so accu... Read more

What is the Intracoastal Waterway? In this podcast, join Captain Shep Smith and Dawn Forsythe as we learn about this app... Read more

The ocean is home to millions of different forms of life—yet we know surprisingly little about the creatures that live r... Read more

Tides and currents data...we all want it, but what goes into collecting and making this data available for us to use. Go... Read more

Lionfish are beautiful creatures, but are having a negative impact on coastal ecosystems. Get answers to a few common li... Read more

Dive into our latest Diving Deeper audio podcast as we explore the effects of microplastics on our ocean and Great Lakes... Read more

Dive into our latest Diving Deeper audio podcast as we explore the benefits of living shorelines. Episode permanent lin... Read more

How the gyres that circulate our ocean waters also accumulate plastics. Find out what a garbage patch is and isn't, and ... Read more

Coastal Blue Carbon. Heard of it? A NOAA environmental scientist explains how certain small coastal areas play an outsiz... Read more

When water runs off of farmland and urban centers and flows into our streams and rivers, it is often chock-full of ferti... Read more

Prior to the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Exxon Valdez was the largest spill to ever occur in U.S.... Read more

Geodesy is a science that covers the Earth itself. It's the reason we know where we are, and how we can make maps of whe... Read more

We interview a NOAA expert about ocean gliders — autonomous underwater vehicles used to collect valuable ocean data. In ... Read more

This is the first half of a two-part interview with NOAA’s Hideyo Hattori. In this episode, we talk about the many ways ... Read more

In this episode, Kate Wheelock, Chief of NOAA’s Disaster Preparedness Program, explains how her team facilitates interna... Read more

In this episode, we explore ocean acidification and coral bleaching with two NOAA experts. Learn about the stresses our ... Read more