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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Nov. 26, 2025

How Deep Sea Mining Could Break the Ocean’s Most Important Wildlife Highways

How Deep Sea Mining could permanently disrupt the ocean’s most important animal routes, and most people have never thought about it. This episode asks the critical question: what happens when mining operations collide with sp...

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Nov. 23, 2025

Fish Farm Clean Up: What they pulled from a Forty Ton Ghost Farm will SHOCK you!

Fish Farm Clean Up reveals the hidden reality beneath a quiet coastline in Methana, Greece, where a ghost fish farm left behind more than forty tons of plastic cages, nets, metal frames, pipes, and even sunken boats. What loo...

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Nov. 19, 2025

Whales don’t get cancer: How bowhead whale DNA could change human health

Whales don’t get cancer as often as you might expect, and in this episode you learn how the bowhead whale’s unique DNA repair system is helping scientists understand cancer prevention and healthy aging. This Arctic giant live...

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Nov. 13, 2025

Fish feed in aquaculture, understanding what goes into feeding farmed fish

Fish feed in aquaculture is at the center of a complicated global story that most people never hear about. In this episode, Andrew sits down with marine biologist and policy expert Marine Cusa to explore the hidden world of f...

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Nov. 11, 2025

Orcas vs Great White Sharks: How Killer Whales Are Changing Shark Populations

Orcas vs Great White Sharks is more than a dramatic headline—it’s a sign of how ocean ecosystems are shifting before our eyes. New drone footage shows orcas in the Gulf of California attacking and killing juvenile great white...

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Nov. 9, 2025

Seagrass Decline in Moreton Bay: What Long-Term Research Reveals About Ocean Change

Seagrass meadows are among the most vital yet overlooked ecosystems on our planet. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean , Andrew Lewin explores a new 19-year study from Moreton Bay, Australia, which shows that seagrass...

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Nov. 7, 2025

Animals Affected by Climate Change: How Seabirds Reveal the Hidden Impacts of Warming Oceans

Animals affected by climate change are showing us how fragile our ecosystems have become. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean , host Andrew Lewin speaks with Dr. Helen Killeen, a marine ecologist whose research connec...

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Nov. 5, 2025

Marine Conservation Projects: Why Recent Wins for Endangered Species Matter

Marine Conservation Projects are driving real wins: green sea turtles downgraded to least concern in many regions, North Atlantic right whales showing a small but meaningful uptick, and a new vaquita calf sighting offering ho...

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Nov. 3, 2025

Bill Gates & Climate Change: Why His Latest Comments Shocked the Climate Community

Bill Gates and Climate Change have become a trending topic after the billionaire philanthropist argued that the world is too focused on cutting carbon emissions and not focused enough on improving human welfare. In this episo...

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Oct. 30, 2025

Are These Whales Doing Better?

North Atlantic right whales have been teetering on the edge of extinction for decades, with fewer than 400 individuals left. But recent reports hint at a small sign of hope: the population may finally be stabilizing, or even ...

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Nov. 27, 2025

Could Deep Sea Mining Break the Ocean’s Wildlife Highways?

Deep-sea mining is closer than ever, and it may not be the seafloor we should be most worried about. The real danger could be to the ocean’s most important migratory species, including whales, sea turtles, sharks, seabirds, and marine mammals.…

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July 17, 2023

Record Sea Surface Temperatures and Climate Ambitions

According to the podcast episode, the shipping industry is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It is revealed that if international shipping were a country, it would rank among the top 10 carbon dioxide emitters based on ann…

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July 15, 2023

ECONCRETE: An Innovative Solution for Protecting Marine Life

ECONCRETE is a business idea founded by Dr. Ido Sella, a marine biologist, and entrepreneur, with the aim of creating environmentally beneficial concrete. Dr. Sella recognized the need for concrete structures that could support and promote the growt…

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