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Aug. 11, 2022

E52: Acción ciudadana de Sargazo en Costa Rica con Jose Ugalde

La llegada masiva de Sargazo flotante al Caribe de Centroamérica es un evento relativamente nuevo. Y el papel de las personas de la comunidad es un punto clave para comenzar los inicios del manejo de este fenómeno. Don José e...

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July 29, 2022

E 51: The long road to a Sargassum barrier with Rolando Chavez Penahe…

Rolando Chavez Penaherrera is the Latin American General manager for the Enviro-Clean segments of DESMI and Head of DESMI SEAWEED Division.DESMI is Danish manufacturer of pumps, pumping systems, environmental cleaning equipme...

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July 7, 2022

E50 The voices of the invisible - Sargassum impacts fishing communiti…

Bethia Thomas is currently a postgraduate student at CERMES pursuing a PhD in Natural Resource Management. Her research seeks to venture into the novel territory of pelagic sargassum with special emphasis on a community-based...

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June 8, 2022

Sargassum podcast Ep 49: Dr. Geoff Smith and Dr. Betsabe de la Barred…

Part of the problem with sargassum’s sudden proliferation is hard to track. Things like weather, currents, and even marine animals can make it challenging to understand where a sargassum beaching will occur and how big it mig...

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May 30, 2022

Sargassum podcast Ep 48: La llegada masiva de sargazo en Costa rica, …

La llegada masiva de Sargazo flotante al Caribe de Centroamérica es un evento relativamente nuevo, es por ello que conocer cómo está la situación actual de este fenómeno es muy importante para responder a ello. Cindy Fernánde...

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May 8, 2022

Sargassum podcast Ep 47: How drones can help quantify Sargassum with …

Kim Baldwin is a marine ecologist who uses geospatial tools and information technology to work with people to collaboratively create comprehensive spatial information to strengthen ecosystem-based environmental management in ...

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April 22, 2022

Ep 46 Les sargasses, objets de coopération caribéenne avec Lydia Barf…

Début mars 2022, le Sargassum podcast a reçu Madame Lydia Barfleur, coordinatrice du projet Sarg’coop. Docteure en droit international de l’université de la Sorbonne, Lydia Barfleur a étudié et enseigné la régionalisation éco...

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April 5, 2022

Ep. 45 Tracking Turtles Through the Lens of Sargassum with Dr. Kate M…

Dr. Kate Mansfield is a marine scientist, a sea turtle biologist, and an associate professor at the University of Central Florida. Her research focuses on sea turtle biology, ecology, behavior, management, and conservation. U...

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March 22, 2022

Ep. 44 Tura Homemade: A Healthy and Sustainable Fertilizer

Sargassum impacts the coastal and seaside communities of many countries, including Tobago. The piles and piles of it on the Atlantic side of the island leave an awful trace of toxins in the air that can be harmful to the …

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March 8, 2022

Ep. 43 Biostimulant: a soil solution from the sea with Daria Parshina…

Sargassum beaching events have become an international challenge that requires globally-cooperative solutions. With such pressing challenges, thankfully, come incredibly innovative solutions to sargassum overproduction and de...

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Feb. 20, 2022

Ep. 42: Flying Fish, Blue Weddings, and Sargassum in Barbados with Dr…

Since 2011, vast masses of the free-floating algae Sargassum have been washing ashore on Caribbean beaches – some leaving coastlines three-feet deep in seaweed. When it isn't rotting on beaches, Sargassum has incredible prope...

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Nov. 15, 2021

Ep 41: Dolphins and Sargassum with Dr. Denise Herzing and Cassie Rusc…

Dr. Denise Herzing is the Founder and Research Director of the Wild Dolphin Project and has studied Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Bahamian waters for over 35 years. In addition to many scientific articles, she is the co-ed...

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Nov. 7, 2021

Ep 40: Sargassum and Ocean Circulation with Dr. Rick Lumpkin

Dr. Rick Lumpkin is the Director of the Physical Oceanography Division of the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) research laboratory in Miami, FL: the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological L...

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Nov. 1, 2021

E39: Tourism, Sargassum, and Water Quality in the Cenotes of Quintana…

Courtney Gallaher is a jointly appointed associate professor in the Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences and the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Northern Illinois University. Her fields of ...

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Oct. 24, 2021

E38 : Sargasses : quel(s) droit(s) ? avec Victor David PhD.

VictorDavid est docteur en droit de l’environnement. Il est chargé de recherche à l’IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement), et en poste actuellement au Campus Agro Environnemental Caraïbe en Martinique. Il est affi...

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Oct. 17, 2021

Ep37: Saving Sea Turtles from Sargassum in Curacao with Ard Vreugdenh…

Ard Vreugdenhill is storyteller and conservationist with Nature Connecting, an NGO. He just finished working in Barbados. Before that, he worked for over five years for Sea Turtle Conservation in Curacao. Julieta Castro is a...

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Oct. 14, 2021

Bonus episode: Guanaja: After the fire - an interview with Darson Ben…

The Sargassum Podcast's Robby Thigpen interviews Darson Benet aka Drizzle Roadrunna and his mom Ms. Mazy about the fire on Guanaja, their family there and what they are trying to do to help. If you would like to donate to …

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Oct. 11, 2021

Ep36: The Living Ecological Community within Sargassum with Lindsay M…

Lindsay Martin is an Ocean Policy Specialist at the National Science Foundation (NSF) who is passionate about combining research with education. She has quite literally sailed around the world and is working to make research ...

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Sept. 16, 2021

Ep35: Biofuel from wild Sargassum with Ute Marx and John Roles

Ute Marx is Professor of Medical Engineering at Pforzheim University, but she has spent some of her research time in Brisbane Australia. Her teaching focuses on the subjects of technical sales and marketing, as well as natura...

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Sept. 7, 2021

Ep34: Sargassum Networking in West Africa with Professor Kwasi Appean…

Professor Kwasi Appeaning Addo is a coastal processes specialist with vast experience in the West Africa coastal region. He is the Director of the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS) in the University of G...

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Aug. 30, 2021

Ep.33: A Different Kind of Invasion - Panel on Sargassum horneri in C…

Sargassum Podcast Episode 33: A Different Kind of Invasion - Panel on Sargassum horneri in California Our panel of guests today are: Melissa Hanson Melissa is the Co-Founder of Kelpful, a wild harvested seaweed company based ...

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Aug. 24, 2021

Ep.32: Harvesting Algae and Climate Change in the Azores with Henriqu…

Henrique Ramos is the CEO of SeaExpert, which is a fisheries services and consultancy firm. He developed several aquaculture projects through SeaExpert, as an algae harvesting operation for the cosmetics biotech industry, as ...

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Aug. 20, 2021

Bonus épisode Tremblement de terre en Haïti avec Marc Edouin Juste

Le samedi 14 août, un tremblement de terre de magnitude 7,2 a frappé Haïti, suivi lundi par la tempête tropicale Grace. Cette catastrophe a fait de nombreux morts, blessés et sans-abri. Nous avons parlé à Marc Edouin Juste de...

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Aug. 16, 2021

Ep.31: Island Innovation and Sustainable Development with James Ellsm…

Our guest today is James Ellsmoor, who is the Founder and Director of Island Innovation, which connects rural and island locations around the world working on similar development issues. Island Innovation began with a newslet...

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