The Oceans: Our Last Frontier
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The gold rush is on for the world's oceans and their resources. They promise not just oil, but precious minerals, potential biofuels, food sources, medical discoveries, and strategic advantages for the world's superpowers. Will this new Blue Economy stress the ocean's already fragile ecosystem beyond its breaking point?
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| 0:00.0 | Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence. |
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| 0:27.6 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:35.6 | Gold Rush on the Seas, the new blue economy. |
| 0:42.6 | I'm Barbara Bogave sitting in for Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:47.3 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:50.4 | The ocean is our last frontier, still largely unmapped and unclaimed. |
| 0:55.0 | But that's rapidly changing. |
| 0:57.0 | Nations are vying for seabed and exploratory rights, |
| 0:59.0 | and entrepreneurs are investing in new ocean-based technologies like aquaculture, seabed mining, and biofuels. |
| 1:06.0 | This blue economy could generate jobs, but will the ocean be able to withstand the onslaught of its new |
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| 1:59.4 | Coming up, the gold rush is on for the world's |
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