Blue Earth Podcast ™
Blue Earth can be streamed from wherever you listen to podcasts, including Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.
The series features unscripted discussions about water-related topics, including climate change, habitat conservation and restoration, plastic pollution and species survival.
Climate Change Impact On Marine Species
Graduate students and postdocs discuss research on how climate change impacts the species they study.
Dr. Samantha Siedlecki, a biogeochemical oceanographer studies the coastal zone and forecasts the impact of acidification.
How Does A Town Ban Single-Use Plastics?
Hear the story and you too can introduce legislation to ban single-use plastics in your town.
Biodiversity In The Living World
Dr. Wade Worthen, Biology Professor, explains community ecology and why biodiversity is so critical to our living planet.
Inspiring Hope For Coral Reefs
CNN Hero, Ken Nedimyer, was a commercial fisherman who saw a problem, and dedicated his life to saving coral reefs.
The Art Of Eco-Friendly Yachting
Sailor Andy McNab talks about his career in boat building discusses the yacht industry’s growing sustainability mindset.
“Into The Planet”: With Jill Heinerth
Jill is a world famous underwater explorer and cave diver, with great perspectives on life and planet earth.
Future Water Resources: From a Climatology Perspective
Dr. Alex Tuel discusses how our climate, particularly precipitation, has changed and will continue to change.
Where Diving Can Take You: The Career Of A Diving Doctor
Dr. Nicholas Bird takes us inside the intriguing world of hyperbaric medicine.
Diving Into Life: Talking To A True Adventurer
How does a Martha Stewart Prep Cook become a Pro Diver for Jacques Cousteau? Clay Wilcox tells us how.
Brain Food: The Chemical Finding Its Way Into Your Food And Beverages
Bryan Adams of the Brain Institute of America explains his work on RNA and ties the negative health effects of BPA in plastic.
Deep Sea Stories From A Shadow Diver
Richie Kohler of Shadow Divers fame talks about his quest to identify an unidentified WWII German U-Boat off the coast of New Jersey, plus a lot more. Check it out!
John St. Augustine, talk radio host, author and environmentalist discusses “Earth Matters” vignettes, and his relationship with John Denver.
Dark Water & Indigenous Vision
Souta Calling Last, a Native American, shares amazing influential stories that shaped her commitment to environmental stewardship.
Pure and Plentiful Water: Maintaining Hope For A Cleaner Tomorrow
Father Andrea Vicini, Professor of Moral Theology and Bioethics at Boston College discusses the humanitarian crisis caused by climate change.
Hair of a Mermaid, Soul Of A Gypsy
Breezy Grenier is an ocean scientist, mariner, and educator. A modern day explorer with the ocean being her home, workplace and playground.
Kelp: Creating Green Products From Our Blue Ocean
Two students each pitch their idea for a product that uses kelp (first, a feminine hygiene product; second chewing gum). This is the first of three episodes, all focused on students' blue ways to make some green.
Brewing A Kelp-Based Revolution
Two more students each pitch their idea for a product that uses kelp (first, a festival; second kombucha). This is the second of three episodes, all focused on students' blue ways to make some green.
Helping Aquaculture Farmers Sea Crystal Blue
In this third and final episode of three, a Masters student pitches his technology-based service that helps kelp farmers.
Ocean Cleanup: A Classroom Conversation
NOAA’s Marine Debris Program visits with an 11th grade science class.
Environmental Action & Activism in 2020
Activist and journalist David Helvarg discusses the Ocean Climate Action Plan.
Conserving and Restoring Migratory Fish Habitats
Connecticut Dept of Energy and Environmental Protection speaks about fish habitat conservation.
Dianna Cohen, visual artists and Co-Founder and CEO of the Plastic Pollution Coalition.
Restoration in the Long Island Sound region, e.g. fishways and dam removal.
A graduate student shares information about Dungeness crabs and climate change impact.
How a photographer overcame a fear of water and why she likes exploring frigid waters.
Mental Health and Water: Blue Min…
Dr. Wallace “J.” Nichols, explains why “water is medicine”.