How To Protect The Ocean

Dive into the Depths: Join Andrew Lewin on 'How to Protect the Ocean' – Your Gateway to Exclusive Ocean Insights! Explore the latest, uncharted realms of ocean science and conservation that you won't find anywhere else. Andrew takes you on an inspiring journey to uncover the hidden gems of oceanic discovery and initiatives. Tune in to discover how you can transform your life for a better ocean, one episode at a time.

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Jan. 16, 2026

Distant water fishing fleets are stripping the ocean bare and the new high seas treaty may be our last chance

Distant water fishing fleets are operating just beyond national borders, pulling massive amounts of squid from the ocean with almost no rules, and this episode asks a simple but urgent question: can the new high seas treaty s...

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Jan. 14, 2026

Hidden costs of seafood: Why “Sustainable” Tuna Is Being Paid for by Taxpayers

Hidden costs of seafood are shaping the global tuna industry in ways most people never see, and this episode asks why it matters for the ocean, workers, and anyone who buys seafood. Hidden costs of seafood raise a simple but ...

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Jan. 12, 2026

This ocean place will help protect the planet, but we need to do something to help it

This ocean place will help protect the planet but it is disappearing faster than scientists can track it, and that puts climate goals, food security, and coastal protection at risk. In this episode, we explore why seagrass me...

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Jan. 7, 2026

Ocean carbon sequestration: The climate solution hiding in seaweed forests

Ocean carbon sequestration is failing because we are ignoring one of the ocean’s most powerful climate allies, seaweed forests, and that blind spot could cost us precious time in the fight against climate change. This episode...

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Jan. 5, 2026

How Scientists Detect Ocean Life From a Single Bottle of Seawater and Why It Could Change Ocean Protection Forever

How Scientists Detect Ocean Life is one of the biggest challenges in ocean conservation, because we cannot protect what we cannot see, measure, or even prove exists. How Scientists Detect Ocean Life using environmental DNA as...

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Dec. 31, 2025

Human Relationship with the Ocean: Why Losing This Connection Could Cost Us Everything

Human Relationship with the Ocean begins with a simple but uncomfortable question: how did humanity become so disconnected from the very system that makes life on Earth possible, and why does that disconnection matter right n...

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Dec. 30, 2025

Gulf Coast communities and oil drilling: Who really pays the price for new offshore leases?

Gulf Coast communities and oil drilling are once again at the center of a national decision, and the stakes could not be higher. A new US offshore oil drilling plan proposes expanded lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, includi...

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Dec. 28, 2025

Should We Be Mining the Ocean Floor, The Hidden Costs No One Is Talking About

Should We Be Mining the Ocean Floor is a question that sounds futuristic, but the decisions are being made right now, quietly, and with consequences that could last for centuries. Governments and corporations are moving close...

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Dec. 23, 2025

Coastal Economy and Tourism Are Being Put at Risk by Offshore Oil Drilling

Coastal Economy and Tourism face a serious threat as the US government moves forward with a plan to open more than one billion acres of ocean to offshore oil and gas drilling, a decision that could impact beaches, fisheries, ...

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Dec. 21, 2025

Wikie and Keijo Orcas: The Breakthrough That Could Save Them, Or Come Too Late

Wikie and Keijo Orcas are the last two captive orcas in France, and a major government decision may finally give them a path out of concrete tanks, but the clock is ticking. France has officially backed the Whale Sanctuary Pr...

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Jan. 14, 2026

The Hidden Costs of Seafood: Who Really Pays for “Sustainable” Tuna?

The problem no one talks about We are told that sustainable seafood is better for the ocean, better for people, and better for the future. But what if some of the seafood labeled as sustainable is only surviving because taxpayers are quietly coveri…

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Dec. 28, 2025

US Oil and Gas Drilling: Why This New Offshore Plan Could Shape the O…

Oil spills do not end when the headlines fade. They linger in the water, in wildlife, and in the lives of the people who are forced to clean them up. Right now, the United States is facing a new offshore oil and gas drilling plan that could put coas…

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Dec. 18, 2025

Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents: Exploring Endeavour, a Hidden World Shap…

Far beneath the Pacific Ocean, life thrives in complete darkness, fueled not by sunlight but by heat, chemistry, and geology. This matters because these deep sea systems are not isolated curiosities, they actively shape ocean chemistry, biodiversity…

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