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Making Waves is a bi-weekly audio podcast reporting on the latest National Ocean Service news and information.
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Diving Deeper is a bi-weekly audio podcast featuring discussions with NOS scientists on a wide variety of ocean topics.
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Making Waves Episode 25— April 29, 2009 (12 minutes)Join us this week to learn about EstuaryLive, an annual event that allows students to take a virtual field trip to estuaries around the country.
Where exactly is Four Corners?
We'll also hear from Chief Geodetic Surveyor Dave Doyle on the recent controversy surrounding the position of the Four Corners monument, located at the point where the states of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona meet up.
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Making Waves Episode 24: Bay Hydro II Joins the NOAA Fleet; Tropical Fungus Range Expands into Northern Waters — April 15, 2009
Join us this week to learn about Bay Hydro II, the newest addition to NOAA's fleet of hydrographic research vessels. We also take a look at a new NOAA-led study that finds a type of tropical fungus called lobomycosis is now infecting bottlenose dolphins off the coast of North Carolina. (9:50 minutes)
Links from current episode:
- Meet the Bay Hydro II (NOS feature story)
- Office of Coast Survey
- NOAA Nautical Charts and Publications
- Seeing the Sea Floor (NOAA.gov feature story)
- "NOAA Dedicates New Chesapeake Bay Research Vessel (NOAA.gov press release)
- "Lobomycosis in Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), North Carolina," Emerging Infectious Diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (NOAA Fisheries)
NOAA's Oceans and Human Health Initiative- University of North Carolina Wilmington
- University of Tennessee
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Making Waves Episode 23: Ocean Glider Set to Attempt Atlantic Crossing — April 8, 2009
Undergraduate students from Rutgers University are finalizing preparations to launch an ocean glider on a journey from New Jersey to Spain. If the craft completes the trip, it will be the first unmanned underwater vehicle to successfully cross the Atlantic. We talk to Zdenka Willis, program director for NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System, about the upcoming mission and the future of ocean observing. (10:30 minutes)
Links from current episode:
- NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System Program
- "Mission to Cross the Atlantic Ocean," Coastal Ocean Observation Lab, Institute of Mariene and Coastal Sciences (mission updates, blog, current glider position, ocean data, photos, and more)
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Diving Deeper: Estuaries — Apr. 22, 2009Learn about estuaries in this special double interview with Sarah McGuire and Bart Merrick from the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. The discussion highlights why estuaries are important and more information on the Reserve System. (16:45 minutes)
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Diving Deeper: Tides — Apr. 8, 2009
Learn about tides in this interview with Steve Gill from the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services. This discussion highlights what causes tides, the factors that affect them, and why we study tides. (15:33 minutes)
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Diving Deeper: Nautical Charts — Mar. 23, 2009
Learn about nautical charts in this interview with Tom Loeper from the Office of Coast Survey. The discussion highlights the importance of nautical charts, how they are developed, and the many people who use these charts every day. (15 minutes)
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