The Ocean News Podcast
Oceanographic Magazine 107 episodes Nov 9, 2026
The Ocean News Podcast is a daily news briefing from Oceanographic Magazine, hosted by editor Rob Hutchins and social media manager Ben Hartley. Each weekday episode covers the most important stories on marine life, climate change, sustainability, ocean exploration, and global ocean policy. It aims to keep listeners informed about oceanic affairs in a quick, accessible format, making it a go-to source for ocean news.
Episodes
A Life of Direct Action | In Conversation with Captain Paul Watson
In this episode of the Oceanographic Podcast, Community Editor Rob Hutchins sits down with famed environmentalist Captain Paul Watson to explore a life defined by controversy and courtrooms, and why his uncompromising approach to marine conservation has made him one of the ocean's most polarizing figures.In this episode:The Courtroom Battles: Inside a life of controversy, and how relentless le
How Warming Seas Are Rewiring the Marine Food Web | The Weekly Catchup
Join Rob Hutchins and Eva Cahill on The Weekly Catchup as they dive into four major stories shaking up the oceanographic newsroom this week.In this episode, we break down a groundbreaking 35-year study off the coast of Plymouth that reveals how climate change and shifting ocean chemistry are entirely rewiring the base of the marine food web. We discuss how these changes are causing smaller plankto
The Making of Blue Planet III | How the BBC Captured the Impossible
In this Oceanographic Roundtable discussion, community editor Rob Hutchins sits down with the filmmaking team behind BBC’s landmark series Blue Planet III: Series Producer Lara Bickerton, alongside episode producers Yolly Bossinger (Tropical Seas) and Natasha Fellows (Open Ocean), to pull back the curtain on four and a half years of filming across 100 countries.From pioneering low-angle camera rig
The Ocean’s Forgotten Wilderness | In Conversation with Dr Ben Harris
In this episode of the Oceanographic Podcast, Eva Cahill sits down with marine scientist Dr Ben Harris of the Convex Seascape Survey to explore the misunderstood world of the soft-sediment seafloor, and why the vast mudscapes beneath our waves hold the key to the ocean's future.In this episode:The 27-Million-Square-Kilometre Blind Spot: Why continental shelf soft sediments, spanning an area larger
Why Mexico’s New Fishing Rules Could Seal the Vaquita’s Fate | The Weekly Catchup
Join Rob Hutchins and Eva Cahill on The Weekly Catchup as they dive into four major stories shaking up the oceanographic newsroom this week.In this episode, we break down Mexico’s alarming decision to slash the vaquita’s gillnet-free zone by 86%, a move conservationists warn turns its back on the species and could sound the final death knell for the world’s most endangered marine mammal.Plus, we c
The Battle to Protect Our Oceans at COP17
As world leaders gather in Armenia for COP17, the ocean finally has a dedicated stage, but are ambitious biodiversity targets translating into real-world protection? From hollow fisheries commitments and the battle to save global kelp forests to securing sustainable futures for coastal communities, what will it actually take to bridge the gap between global promises and ocean action?Join Oceanogra
Surviving the Drake Passage: High Seas, Survival, and Unfiltered Adventures | In Conversation with Niccolò Banfi
In this episode of the Oceanographic Podcast, Rob Hutchins sits down with explorer and photographer Niccolò Banfi to uncover what happens when you trade a corporate job in Milan for 5,600 miles of stormy seas, remote Pacific atolls, and secret Arctic research vessels.In this episode:Quitting Corporate Life for the High Seas: How a Milan fashion marketer survived 10-meter waves in the Drake Passage
Why the Jackdaw Gasfield Has Marine Experts Terrified | The Weekly Catchup
Join Rob Hutchins and Eva Cahill on The Weekly Catchup as they dive into four major stories shaking up the oceanographic newsroom this week.In this episode, we break down the UK government’s controversial decision to greenlight the Jackdaw gasfield, a move critics say leaves the UK’s climate ambitions in tatters while threatening fragile marine ecosystems.Plus, we cover:The 16-Year Disaster: Why t
Bluefin Tuna Return: The Comeback of the UK's Apex Ocean Giant
After vanishing for decades, massive Atlantic bluefin tuna are returning to UK seas in record numbers. Why are they back now, and what does it tell us about our changing oceans? Join Oceanographic Magazine and a panel of top marine experts as they uncover the story behind one of the most unexpected marine comebacks of the century.
The Silent War for the Poles: China, Russia, and the Future of the Oceans | In Conversation with Professor Klaus Dodds
In this episode of the Oceanographic Podcast, Eva Cahill sits down with world-renowned geopolitics expert Professor Klaus Dodds to uncover the hidden battleground shaping the future of our polar oceans. In this episode:How China transformed into a "polar science superpower" and why it matters. The secret battle hiding behind penguin conservation and scientific research. Trump's b
Is Europe Failing Its Marine Life? Inside the New Oceana & EJF Report
In this episode, Oceanographic's editor Eva Cahill dives headfirst into a shocking new joint report from Oceana and the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) that exposes the brutal, hidden reality of Europe's bycatch crisis.
North Sea, Nature Untamed: The Secret World of the North Sea | In Conversation with Peter van Rodijnen
Think the North Sea is just cold water and shipping lanes? Think again. Host Eva Cahill sits down with renowned underwater cinematographer Peter van Rodijnen to reveal the unseen, wild heart of the North Sea.In this episode:Behind-the-scenes stories from Peter's landmark film, North Sea, Nature Untamed.What it really takes to capture wildlife footage in harsh, low-visibility waters.The surpris
The 1.5°C Target Just Failed. Here’s What Scientists Aren't Telling You.
Editor of Oceanographic Magazine, Rob Hutchins dives into a new UNEP report that finds the world will likely breach 1.5°C within years, but a rapid "overshoot, peak, and decline" pathway - steep emissions cuts plus governed carbon removal - could still bring temperatures back down.
2,000 Hours of Sewage: Can Anyone Fix Britain’s Broken Waters?
In this Roundtable special, Eva Cahill dives into the news that water companies dumped sewage into England's bathing waters for over 2,000 hours in the summer of 2026, campaigners say, with 636 reported sickness cases - prompting a 330,000-signature petition demanding a Clean Water Bill.
Who Controls the Ocean Floor? Inside the Battle Over Deep-Sea Mining
In this Roundtable episode, Eva Cahill dives into ISA Council negotiations have concluded with the deep-sea mining regulatory framework still incomplete and scientific gaps unresolved, as conservation groups call on 43 governments already supporting a moratorium to push for formal action at the ISA Assembly.
Max Bello - When nature ruled over life under a dictatorship
In this episode of the Oceanographic Podcast In Conversation With... Community Editor, Rob Hutchins sits with the Politician Whisperer himself, Blue Marine Foundation's Marine Protected Area specialist, Max Bello to explore a childhood under a dictatorship and the closeness his family had with nature.
What's Actually Happening Under Greenland's Ice? (And Why Europe Should Be Worried)
In this Roundtable episode, Rob Hutchins dives deep into the latest news story aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough. Scientists have departed for Greenland to measure how melting glaciers are threatening Atlantic ocean circulation, with potential consequences for the climate of the UK and Europe.
Are the UK's Oceans Getting Too Hot to Handle?
In this Roundtable episode, Eva Cahill dissects the newest heatwave to hit the UK and how it's increased water temperatures could cause mass fish die-offs, jellyfish and algal blooms and lead to an influx of invasive species.
Are UK Marine "Sanctuaries" a Total Lie?
In this episode Rob Hutchins, dives into Oceana UK's new report which notes that none of the UK's cetacean marine protected areas fully ban bottom trawling, with one porpoise sanctuary enduring over 30,000 hours of the destructive practice in 2025 alone.
The rights of the wanderer
The River Wye rises in the Cambrian Mountains of mid-Wales and winds two hundred and fifty kilometres south to the Severn Estuary. Writers, painters and poets have been inspired by its beauty for centuries. This storied waterway is held in the hearts of the communities that live along its banks.Recently, it found another way to make its way into our history books. The Wye has become the first cros
Ghost Ships: How Shell Companies are Hiding the Ocean's Biggest Criminals
In this episode, Eva Cahill dives into the report titled “Whose Boat Is This” , which found that current regulations risk enabling vessel owners to operate through complex corporate structures and hide behind shell companies.
Our Ocean Conference - Everything YOU Need To Know
In this Oceanographic Roundtable special, Eva Cahill dives deep into the Our Ocean conference.
Can Art Save Our Ocean? - The Ocean News Podcast
In this special interview, Eva Cahil sits down with Oceanographic Magazine's newest Storyteller in Residence, Francesca Page to talk about her passion for storytelling, art, and what it really takes to dedicate your life to the sea.
The River That Fought Back: Inside the Landmark Case That Could Change Everything
A new charter formally recognises the entire catchment of the River Wye as a living ecosystem with intrinsic rights, making it the first river in the UK to receive cross-border protection of this kind.
Saving the Solent: How Do We Stop the "Forever Chemical" Crisis?
In this episode, we dive deep into the waters of the Solent, where researchers have traced the toxic build-up back to treated sewage.Environmental NGOs are demanding stricter government regulation, but what is the damage and who is responsible?
Can plastic DECOY puffins save a species from its rat problem?
Puffins once bred in great numbers on a small British islet located off the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, but that all changed in the 1790s when a shipwreck introduced brown long-tailed rats to the island which decimated the population.But now, following a successful rat eradication programme, conservationists are luring these social colony birds back.
Timmy the whale - A question of conservation or conscience?
In this special edition recording of Oceanographic's Roundtable, we dissect the media coverage of the stranded - and subsequent death - of the humpback whale nicknamed 'Timmy' and ask - was this €1.5 million rescue mission a question of concern, conservation, or a guilty conscience? And what does it mean for t he wider environmental problems that ocean life faces today?
Britain’s Blue Future: The Energy Independence Bill and the North Sea
The UK may officially moving away from North Sea oil and gas. In this episode, Eva Cahill explores the new Energy Independence Bill and what it means for the future of our oceans.The Breakdown:The Big News: A permanent ban on new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea.The Trade-off: Why the massive rush to build offshore wind farms has some conservationists worried about marine habitats.The Securit
Is the Atlantic Current Collapse Closer than We Think?
In this special edition recording of Oceanographic's Roundtable, we dissect recent news that the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) - the ocean mechanism responsible for moving heat around the planet - could lead to “devastating and irreversible impacts” for countries around the world.
Critically THREATENED bird put at RISK by Guga Hunt
A rare, red-listed seabird is being put at risk by Scotland’s annual guga hunt, a Freedom of Information request from animal campaign group Protect the Wild has revealed.The controversial annual tradition of hunting young gannets for their meat dates back to the 15th century, but recently it has come under fire from environmental campaigners and conservationists in recent years for being ‘outdated
Landmark win BANS Trawling in Sussex...But for How Long Will It Last? | The Ocean News Podcast
In this special edition recording of Oceanographic's Roundtable, we dissect a new bylaw shielding Sussex coast from bottom trawling, meaning that nearly a third of Sussex's inshore waters are now protected, safeguarding rare chalk reefs, seahorses and centuries-old marine habitats
The marvel of maerl : Blue Marine's Freddie Watson on Jersey's historic MPA
The island has nearly quadrupled the area of its seas protected from damaging fishing practices — and those working closest to the project say it could offer a blueprint for ocean conservation far beyond Jersey's waters.
Trawling bans spark RECOVERY for Scotland’s seabeds
Scientists have found a marked resurgence in seabed marine life nearly a decade after protections against bottom trawling and dredging were put in place in an area off the Scottish coastline, which they say underscores the need for better protections.
Iceland on the brink: Is Iceland about to resume fin whale hunting this summer?
Iceland is on the verge of resuming commercial fin whale hunting this summer, with a single ministerial decision now standing between declared government policy and what conservationists are calling irreversible harm.Speakers, Vala Arnadottir, Katrin Oddsdottir, Inga Thordar, and Luke McMillan join Oceanographic's Rob Hutchins to discuss and dissect this critical news story.
A summer of whale hunts: Iceland on BRINK of fin whale hunting
Iceland is on the verge of resuming commercial fin whale hunting this summer, with a single ministerial decision now standing between declared government policy and what conservationists are calling irreversible harm.
Against the evidence: The UK continues to overfish its own waters | Oceanographic Roundtable
Coral reefs face catastrophic collapse. Thermal tipping points for widespread, irreversible dieback have already been passed at 1.2–1.4°C of global warming.In this special edition recording of Oceanographic's Roundtable, we dissect the warning that without rapid emissions cuts, restoration, biobanking, and accelerated discovery through Ocean Census, we risk losing irreplaceable coral reef biod
The Fate of Our Seabirds: How Ancient Poo Offers New Insight into Future Seabird Populations
Researchers were analysing the geochemistry of the cores, to get an insight into historic wind speeds on the island, when they found layers of ancient bird poo preserved in the peatland.This bird poo, or guano, now gives them a window into 8,000 years of seabird history, in one of the most important seabird breeding sites on Earth: Bird Island is home to vast colonies of wandering albatrosses, pet
Ecosystems are collapsing. This film wants the public to know! - The Ocean News Podcast
This recording is taken from our Oceanographic Roundtable panel session.A new community screening initiative is bringing the facts about climate change and nature loss directly to the British public – and organisers want elected representatives sitting in the audience when it happens.
Gray whales entering San Francisco Bay are not coming out alive
Scientists tracking gray whales in San Francisco Bay have found that nearly one in five individuals identified there died in its waters after becoming victims of vessel strikes, starvation, and a migration route that was never meant to pass through one of the world’s busiest ports.
Into the marsh: Protecting saltwater habitats from sea level rise
On a foggy March morning, Eva Cahill spoke to the National Trust’s project manager Katy Gilchrist, and countryside manager Matt Wilson, to get a sense of the work being done in Essex's Blackwater Estuary to protect one of Britain's most storied, and most threatened, landscapes
Nat Geo scientists plan to map 10,000 NEVER BEFORE SEEN deep-sea sites
The deep-sea covers more than half of the planet’s surface, yet less than 0.001% of it has ever been visually explored – an area approximately a tenth of the size of Belgium.A new roadmap identifying 10,000 sites for deep-sea visual exploration, unveiled this week, is about to change that. Eva Cahill talks to National Geographic Explorer Katy Croff Bell about the team's ambition.
Bottom trawling undermines food security - The Ocean News Podcast
This episode is a special recording from Oceanographic's Roundtable panel event. Bottom trawling undermines local food security, nutrition and livelihoods in coastal communities, according to a new global study.The destructive fishing practice involves towing nets to catch fish and other marine species living on or close to the seabed. It accounts for over a quarter of total global marine fish
Flashing Red: The UN’s Starkest Report Yet - The Ocean News Podcast
This episode is a special recording of an Oceanographic Roundtable online panel event.The WMO's 2025 climate report confirms the hottest eleven years on record, record ocean heat content, accelerating sea-level rise, and greenhouse gas concentrations at their highest in 800,000 years.
GHOST FORESTS: Are our trees the next to fall victim of sea-level rise?
The lush and bountiful forests dotted along the United States’s eastern coastline are slowly being replaced by ‘ghost forests’, recognisable by clusters of greying trunks, and skeletal dead trees – and researchers have said that these forests may hold the key to understanding how coastal forest ecosystems respond to climate change.
Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 lands in the UK
For first time in its history, the Ocean Photographer of the Year exhibition has come to a venue in the UK. In this Friday special episode of the Ocean News Podcast, Community Editor chats with exhibition curator, Nick Ball, and the ocean photographers and 2025 finalists, Kaushik Subramaniam and Jenny Stock.
NEW Pollution Study Raises Human Health Concerns - The Ocean News Podcast
For decades, the "plastic crisis" was defined by what we could see: ghost nets, stranded whales, and islands of floating debris. But a groundbreaking global study, published this month in Nature Geoscience, has shifted the lens to the invisible.In this special episode, we dive into a massive meta-analysis of over 2,300 seawater samples that reveals a startling reality: there is virtually
"Every key climate indicator is FLASHING RED" - The UN's startling climate report
The Earth’s climate is more out of balance than at any time in observed history. That is the stark conclusion of the World Meteorological Organisation’s State of the Global Climate report for 2025 – a document that confirms the unprecedented speed and scale of planetary change now underway with consequences that will outlast every living generation.
Access the full report here.
A pathway for the future: Cutting the Ropes to Save the whales - The Ocean News Podcast
Climate change has been driving whales closer to shore and into the lines of California's crab fishermen. Now, a technology born from top secret Navy operations offers a fruitful solution for both
In this episode of the Ocean News Podcast, editorial assistant Eva Cahill sits down with Dr Geoff Shester, Oceana’s Senior Scientist and Fishery Innovation Director, to discuss this technology.
We can UNLOCK Green Energy Sector WITHOUT Deep-Sea Mining - The Ocean News Podcast
Deep-sea or critical ecosystems on land do not need to be sacrificed to limit global warming to 1.5°C, according to a new report from Institute for Sustainable Futures (UTS), in collaboration with Greenpeace International.
MYSTERY Marine Die-off Triggers Health CRISIS...But What Can WE Do? - The Ocean News Podcast
Coastal communities in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, have been facing a growing environmental and public-health crisis since December 2025. Thousands of fish and other marine organisms have washed ashore dead, while hundreds of residents – many of them children – have fallen ill. Four months later, authorities have yet to identify the cause.
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to suppo
CHILE protects ONE MILLION square kilometres of its OCEAN - The Ocean News Podcast
Once fully implemented, the designation will bring the total fully protected area in the region to 946,571km², making it the third largest fully protected marine area in the world, behind the Ross Sea and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Bad Faith in the Abyss: Deep-Sea Mining and the Case Against The Metals Company - The Ocean News Podcast
In this episode, Eva Cahill examines a formal dossier of evidence submitted by Greenpeace International to the International Seabed Authority (ISA).
The evidence alleges that The Metals Company (TMC) has been operating in bad faith, utilising exploration data gathered under international licenses to bypass global frameworks for a unilateral U.S. mining permit.
Will New Zealand move to PROTECT this VULNERABLE marine ecosystem and its ANCIENT CORALS? - The Ocean News Podcast
Scientists have discovered ANCIENT CORALS and fragile deep-sea life on a previously unexplored seamount on Lord Howe Rise, confirming it as a Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem and strengthening calls for a permanent bottom trawling ban.
A SYSTEMIC patriarchal issue: How is society influencing the sector - An Ocean News Podcast special episode
Listen to the concluding episode of our special mini series on Women in Marine STEM, celebrating International Women's Day on Sunday 8th March. In this episode, Eva Cahill sits down to talk with Dr Elvira De Eyto from the Marine Institute about her 20 year career in the marine science sector.
DIRTY BUSINESS: Channel 4 puts human face on UK's sewage crisis
After Channel 4’s Dirty Business exposed the human toll of sewage pollution, public outrage has surged, with campaigners demanding urgent government action to reform Britain’s privatised water industry.
Are CANNIBAL Killer Whales a sign of EVOLUTION in action? - The Ocean News Podcast
In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a startling discovery on Bering Island off Russia’s Pacific coast: a severed killer whale fin marked with the teeth of another killer whale. Two years later, it happened again, just two kilometres from the original find.
The Whale Entanglement Crisis: How Climate Change is Pushing Humpbacks Closer to Shore
As climate change rewrites the rules of the ocean, one of the most iconic species on the US West Coast is facing a new and deadly challenge.
In this episode of the Ocean News Podcast, we dive into groundbreaking research recently published in PLOS Climate that explains why humpback whale entanglements are surging, even as their populations recover.
Breaking the Glass Current: Career Resilience and Inclusion in Marine STEM - A women in Marine STEM mini series from the Ocean News Podcast
In this episode of the Ocean News Podcast, editorial assistant Eva Cahill sits down with PhD researcher Marianne Glascot for the second instalment of our Women in STEM series.
With a background in organisational development and a previous career at HSBC, Marianne brings a unique, late-career perspective to academia. She shares her journey from environmental physics to a PhD at the University of Su
Why the return of the GIANT TORTOISE to the Galapagos is a win for the ocean
For the first time in 180 years, giant tortoises are once again roaming the Galápagos, as 158 were released in Floreana Island this month – which conservationists say will strengthen the island’s land-sea ecosystems.
INDUSTRIAL krill fishing brings Antarctic food web close to COLLAPSE - the Ocean News Podcast
Sea Shepherd has launched its 2026 Antarctic campaign to document industrial krill fishing near key whale feeding grounds. The mission will gather scientific data, increase public scrutiny and inform international policy amid growing pressure on the Southern Ocean ecosystem.
If you can't SEE IT, you can't BE it - A women in Marine STEM mini series from the Ocean News Podcast
“I've been asked so many times whether I was the assistant of the researcher. Even after explaining, no, that's me, I've been asked again: are you the assistant?” says George Short, a female Marine ecologist working with the Sussex Wildlife Trust.
Right whales the RIGHT WAY: Canada's big move to reduce whale ENTANGLEMENT
Canada has unveiled a sweeping new plan aimed at reducing deadly whale entanglements while safeguarding the future of its coastal fisheries. Earlier this month, Fisheries and Oceans Canada released its Whalesafe Fishing Gear Strategy – a five-year national framework designed to lower the risk of entanglements.
Turtles at loggerheads: TURTLES adapt to CLIMATE CHANGE but are laying fewer eggs
Loggerhead turtles are successfully adapting to warming temperatures by breeding earlier, but depleting ocean productivity is causing a major decline in their reproductive capacity.
An Ocean ODYSSEY - How Seas the Day CONQUERED their Pacific Ocean row - The OCEAN NEWS PODCAST
Jessica Rowe and Miriam Payne - the aptly named duo behind Seas the Day - have returned to the UK having completed their ocean odyssey - an unsupported and non-stop row across the Pacific Ocean. Hear their tale of inspiration and determination on the Ocean News Podcast.
LEGAL personhood for WHALES? Leaders in New Zealand could be setting a GLOBAL standard
A parliamentary bill introduced in Aotearoa New Zealand is seeking to fundamentally reshape how whales are protected in law, proposing that cetaceans be recognised as legal persons with inherent rights. It’s a move that could shape our approach to nature rights across the globe.
"Our seas CANNOT wait": Why does the UK keep FAILING on its fisheries?
A UK government consultation wants to secure the "long-term viability" of fish stocks to "protect coastal economies", but environmental groups like Oceana have warned government proposals are INADEQUATE, and have done little to “deliver REAL CHANGE for our seas”
Ancient wonders: The ocean's oldest inhabitants documented in new Colombian study
Scientists in Colombia - in partnership with NatGeo Pristine Seas - have documented and photographed some of the ocean's most ancient residents... ctenophores, an ethereal species as old as the ocean and as equally hypnotic.
Investing in Hope: Philippe Cousteau Jr.’s Case for Coral
In this episode, Eva Cahill speaks with Philippe Cousteau Jr., grandson of Jacques Cousteau, about his new mission to move coral restoration from a charitable endeavour to a global commercial success.
As the CEO of VoyaSea ReGen, Philippe explores why the current "one square kilometre" pace of restoration is insufficient and how emerging technologies like 3D printing and AI can rebuild reefs as cr
The Fight Against Forever Chemicals: Can Regulations Save Our Seas - The Ocean News Podcast
In this episode, Editorial Assistant Eva Cahill, dives deep into a new study that shows the efficacy of regulations, and calls for new legislation to limit the growing use of new PFAS.
Photography by Vincent Kneefel
Tesco FINEST salmon? Diseases and supply chain bans - The Ocean News Podcast
Supermarket giant, Tesco has suspended salmon supplies from Bakkafrost's Portree farm after footage captured in Skye was released, showing diseased fish being dumped in the sea while live salmon were left to suffocate before being shredded.
The Living Sea Wall: Restoring Biodiversity to Britain's Coast - The Ocean News Podcast
In this episode, Eva Cahill takes us to Shoreham Port on Britain's south coast, where a groundbreaking "living sea wall" is transforming artificial structures into thriving marine habitats.
We hear from University of Brighton researcher Isaac Doyle about how textured panels and "vertipools" are boosting biodiversity by creating ecological niches for local species.
Kelp Forest in Choir: MUSIC meets ART on the Solent - The Ocean News Podcast
In this episode, Oceanographic's Community Editor Rob Hutchins sits for a chat with musician Richard Walters and Blue Marine Foundation's Louise MacCallum to talk all things music, art, conservation and - of course - the voice of Jeremy Irons.
The Doomsday Glacier: Why Thwaites is Reshaping Our Oceans - The Ocean News Podcast
In this episode, Eva Cahill explores the high-stakes mission to collect first-of-its-kind data on a glacier that, if it collapses, could raise global sea levels by 65 centimetres.
With thanks to the British Antarctic Survey Team for all additional audio clips in this podcast, to see the full video, head to their website.
Biodiversity Loss: A National SECURITY CRISIS - the Ocean News Podcast
In this episode, we explore the hushed release of a critical report from the UK government that makes clear - in no uncertain terms - that global biodiversity loss is a threat to national and international security around the world.
The Eight-Armed Shift: The Octopus Surge in UK Waters - The Ocean News Podcast
In this episode, we explore a new scientific report detailing a climate-driven octopus surge off the southwest UK and how, as warming seas facilitate transport across the English Channel, these highly intelligent predators are reshaping local marine ecosystems.
A Load of Pollocks: The Hidden Costs of Alaska’s Largest Fishery - The Ocean News Podcast
In this episode, Eva Cahill dives into news that campaigners have called recent reports into the Alaskan Pollock Industry into stark question, claiming that their 2025 report failed to account for the fishing industry’s negative environmental impact, while overstating the economic benefits for everyday Alaskans.
The Grind at a Standstill: Accountability and Silence in the Faroe Islands - The Ocean News Podcast
In this episode of The Ocean News Podcast, Editor Rob Hutchins chats with Valentina Crast, a Danish animal rights activist who has worked for more than a decade on ending the Faroese grindadráp.
The Mining Dilemma: Investigating the Mystery of "Dark Oxygen" - The Ocean News Podcast
In this episode, Editorial Assistant Eva Cahill covers the landmark upcoming expedition led by Professor Andrew Sweetman of the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), set to launch in April 2026. The mission focuses on "dark oxygen" oxygen produced on the seafloor in total darkness, which was first detected in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone; an area now being sized up for deep-sea mining.
The Flag Loophole: How EU Owners Side-Step Fishing Regulations - The Ocean News Podcast
In this episode, Rob Hutchins explores a new report by Oceana that identifies at least 105 large-scale fishing vessels owned by EU citizens and companies but registered under "flags of convenience".
The High Seas Treaty Is International Law....Now What?! - The Ocean News Podcast
In this episode, Editor Rob Hutchins dives into the news surrounding the long-awaited High Seas Treaty - otherwise known as the BBNJ.
This law establishes a legal framework to protect biodiversity in international waters. NGOs have celebrated it coming into effect. But, is it time to set their sights on turning the legal milestone into concrete action?
