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Ocean Health, part 2
Season 9
Episode 6
In part one, we looked at fisheries and the impacts of warming and CO2 on the ocean. In part two, we discuss plastic pollution, fertilizer runoff, oil spills, coastal erosion and deoxygenation, as well as potential solutions. Guests are Dr. Richard Spinrad, former Administrator of NOAA, and Dr. Margaret Leinen, former Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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