Podcasts: December 2008

Year in review. (5:50 minutes)

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How does the National Ocean Service help Santa on his journey around the country? Tune in to this special holiday edition to find out. (5:50 minutes)

Links from current episode:

• Santa Visits NGS Training Site for Orientation
  • National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
  • NGS Continually Operating Reference Systems
  • NGS Aeronautical Survey Program

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A new study finds significant ocean acidification in the Caribbean, and may lead to a better understanding of how coral reefs will adapt to this harmful process. And find out what teams in coastal states around the nation are doing to help communities develop in a way that preserves water quality, protects natural areas, and improves quality of life. (7:30 minutes)

Links from current episode:

• Protecting Our Living Coasts
  • CICEET
  • CICEET: Tools for Living Coasts
  • Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management CICEET Program
    
• New Study Leads to Better Understanding of Ocean Acidification
• NOAA Coral Reef Watch
• NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
• NOAA Coral Reef Information System
• International Year of the Reef 2008

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Toxins from red tides are showing up in bottlenose dolphins in higher-than-expected amounts. We'll find out what's goin on. We'll also tell you why you should cross coral jewelry off of your shopping list this holiday season. (6:35 minutes)

Links from current episode:

• Harmful Algal Blooms Toxins Found in Dolphin Diets
• National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
• Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
• Marine Biotoxins Program

• Corals are Already Gifts; Don't Give Them as Presents
• NOAA Coral Reef Watch
• NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
• NOAA Coral Reef Information System
• International Year of the Reef 2008

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This week, we talk about a new national system of marine protected areas. Then we go to California to look at what three marine sanctuaries are up to there. The boundaries of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, one of the three, just expanded to include a huge underwater mountain. (7:00 minutes)

Links from current episode:

• Framework Sets Stage to Protect Marine Natural, Cultural Resources
• Marine Protected Areas of the United States
• MPA Federal Advisory Committee
• MPA Virtual Library
• The Framework for the National System of Marine Protected Areas
• Nominating MPAs to the National System of Marine Protected Areas

• Plans Released to Manage, Protect California Sanctuaries
• Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
• Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
• Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

• Davidson Seamount Expedition (2002), NOAA's Ocean Explorer

• Davidson Seamount Expedition (2006), NOAA's Ocean Explorer

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