The Microbead Dilemma
President Obama signed a bipartisan bill that prohibits selling and distributing products containing microbeads. Personal care products such as the shampoo, facial cleanser and even toothpaste you use...
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Cowabunga! Surf History!
Duke Kahanamoku, Gidget, Beach Boys, Dick Dale and the Endless Summer — how much do you know about surfing’s history? We talk with Jane Schmauss, Co-founder, California Surf Museum, about surfing’s...
View ArticleWetlands Restoration Helps You!
Coastal wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate, despite their importance to ocean and coastal health, humans and the economy. We talk with Megan Cooper, Project Analyst at the State Coastal...
View ArticleWhat is Ocean Acidification?
What is ocean acidification? What about hypoxia? How serious are these issues? Our guest is Dr. Tessa M. Hill, Associate Professor at the University of California-Davis, who tells us about what the...
View ArticleVaquita: On the Verge of Extinction
The enchanting, small Vaquita porpoise is the most endangered marine marine mammal in the world, and the call is out to halt its threatened extinction. We talk with Dr. Barbara Taylor, NOAA Southwest...
View ArticleEndangered White Abalone
White abalone is on the brink of extinction — but what does breeding have to do with it? Our guest is Kristin Aquilino, Manager, White Abalone Captive Breeding Program, UC Davis Bodega Marine...
View ArticleGet Into Your Sanctuary!
Kayaking! Diving! Surfing! Wildlife watching! June is the month to explore your national marine sanctuary. Make a splash in the four off California: Greater Farallones, Cordell Bank, Monterey Bay and...
View ArticleHow Blue is Your Mind?
We know that people will pay more for an ocean view, but did you know that water actually makes you more creative? That a walk along the coast helps you be more connected? We talk with Wallace J....
View ArticleCreatures of the Deep
Monsters? Spaceships? Aliens? No, these are Creatures of the Deep! These strange, odd and fascinating animals live in the waters off our shores, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and beyond....
View ArticleForgotten Ghost Ships of San Francisco Bay
A mystery wreck of an early steam tugboat is now home to schools of rockfish, a pair of wolf eels and a giant octopus. It’s one of more than 300 “ghost” shipwrecks being documented by researchers off...
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