Voice of the Sea Season 3
Voice of the Sea is broadcast on TV in Hawaiʻi, American Samoa, Guam, Palau, The Federated States of Micronesia, and The Marshall Islands. Click on the episodes below to watch Voice of the Sea full episodes or 30 second promos. Voice of the Sea is also available on our YouTube channel and Vimeo page.
Strange Fish of The Deep
In this episode, researchers give us a peek at the strange, and sometimes very little fish, of the deep sea as we learn about the importance of these fishes to the overall ocean food web. Watch the trailer for Season 3, ...
Zooplankton in The Deep Sea
In this episode, we take a look at zooplankton—tiny ocean animals—with researcher Cecelia Hannides and learn how she studies zooplankton samples. — Season 3, Episode 18. FULL EPISODE Or watch this episode on YouTube Additional Resources: Schmidt Ocean Institute profile ...
Suspended Particles in the Ocean
In this episode, researcher Hillary Close takes us through the process of using chemical isotope analysis to uncover secrets of the ocean food web hidden in tiny, suspended particles. Watch the trailer for Season 3, Episode 17 on Vimeo or Youtube. FULL EPISODE Or ...
Measuring Mercury in the Clean Room
In this episode, we're invited inside the cleanest room in Hawaii to see how scientists study pollutants in the food web. Watch the trailer for Season 3, Episode 16 on Vimeo or Youtube— Season 3, Episode 16. FULL EPISODE Or watch ...
Mercury and the Food Web
In this episode, we learn how scientists use isotope analysis to understand food webs and how organisms are interacting. Watch the trailer for Season 3, Episode 15 on Vimeo or Youtube. FULL EPISODE Or watch this episode on YouTube Additional Resources: Dr. Brian Popp, ...
Amouli Village Meeting
In this episode we’re talking about village life in American Samoa. We talk with the mayor of Amouli Village about Samoan village traditions, and we attend a village meeting where climate change and fishing pressures are changing how locals manage ...
Building Science Experiments
In this episode, we’re designing, building, and conducting underwater experiments to learn about macro algae, fish, and the reef’s interdependencies. Watch the trailer for Season 3, Episode 12 on Vimeo or Youtube. FULL EPISODE Or watch this episode on YouTube Additional Resources: IN THIS ...
Coral Reseach on Moorea
In this episode, we learn about the importance of long-term marine research in a changing environment. Researchers from UC Santa Barbara have been studying the reefs in French Polynesia, on the island of Moorea, for over two decades. Their research ...
Mutualism on the Reef
In this episode, we're in French Polynesia, on the island of Moorea at the Gump Research Station. Scientists are discovering exciting new examples of mutualism on the reef. Watch the trailer for Season 3, Episode 10 on Vimeo or Youtube. FULL EPISODE Or watch ...
Our Tiny Worlds
In this episode, we’re creating tiny ocean replicas to better understand how climate change will affect coral reefs—and to see what reefs may look like in the next century. Watch the trailer for Season 3, Episode 9 on Vimeo or Youtube. FULL EPISODE Or ...
Ocean Acidification and Snail Overpopulation
In this episode, we learn about competition on the reef and how large populations of snails are affecting coral growth in French Polynesia. Watch the trailer for Season 3, Episode 8 on Vimeo or Youtube. FULL EPISODE Or watch this episode on YouTube Additional ...
How Fish help Corals Grow
In this episode, scientist Andy Brooks shows off his research in the beautiful waters of French Polynesia. Andy and his colleagues have mapped changes in the reefs of Moorea for over 15 years and are studying the effects of fish ...
Building Super Corals
In this episode, we're at the Gump Research Station, on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, checking out the molecular lab. They're studying corals, fresh from the reef for long-term studies that will teach us about the future of ...
Corals in a Changing World
In this episode, scientist Ruth Gates talks about why corals are dying at alarming rates across the world. She explains the effects that coral reefs have on the food chain as well as the role science can play in trying ...
Sea Urchin Disaster
In this episode, we look at the dramatic decline in the sea urchin population along Moorea's eastern reefs. Researcher Stella Swanson takes us out in the field as we look for evidence of what caused an entire species to be ...
Stella’s Sea Urchins
In this episode, we meet researcher Stella Swanson's and learn about her sea urchin study in French Polynesia. Stella and her colleague snorkel the reefs of Temae, on the island of Moorea, gathering corals for analysis and setting up fish ...
Sammy’s Reef
In this episode, we're back in Cook's Bay with graduate student Samantha Davis studying how Moorea's reefs recover from massive die-offs while other reefs around the world are not recovering. Perhaps the Moorea reefs will offer insights for maintaining reef ...
Macroalgae Attack!
In this episode, we're in Cook's Bay, on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, checking out the reef study of PhD student Samantha Davis. Sammy is looking at the relationship between macroalgae and herbivores as macroalgae threatens to overwhelm ...
