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We’ve celebrated Earth Day in the United States for more than 50 years. Today, we’re taking a look at what made the first Earth Day in 1970 such a ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 04:00
Last week we learned that individuals’ home water consumption doesn’t really make a dent in the water supply, and the benefit of personal water con...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 03:37
Saving water might not seem all that important in a humid climate like Rhode Island. But actually, there are plenty of reasons why water conservati...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 03:26
Perfect for the late April celebration although of course every day is Earth Day!
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 58:50
"What gives me hope is watching the sparkle in the eye of a child, a young
mother, a middle-aged business person, or an elderly person when they im...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 58:02
Today, we’re taking a look at how we dispose of our food. Next time you’re scraping a plate, should that food go into compost, your sink disposal, ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 03:32
A postcard from each edge of the Americas.
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 02:00
After the headlines, Sierra Club Connecticut's Martha Klein talk with Patti & Doug about stopping a big new natural gas pipeline known as Project M...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 28:54
In America’s agricultural heartland, a small group of immigrant farmers look to ancient methods to help modern farming respond to the climate crisi...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 35:17
Fool’s Gold May Turn Out to Be Golden. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 21, 2024
- Length: 06:09
- Purchases: 4
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks comes near the Sun once every 71 years. It was discovered in 1812 by Jean Louis Pons at Marseilles, France and then rediscov...
Bought by KRWG, KICI Iowa City, and KKRN
- Added: Apr 21, 2024
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 3
The town of Brunswick, Maine is set to remove 2/3 of the trees on Maine Street because it is too expensive to work around them as they install new ...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 01:49
- Purchases: 1
Producer Allison Salerno reports on community organizations and scientists who are working with farmworkers in Florida to safeguard themselves from...
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 25:21
Over 100,000 people live in New York City basement apartments; most are immigrants. It’s an open secret that, while basement apartments offer cheap...
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 31:45
When Hurricane Otis devastated the resort city of Acapulco in October 2023, Mexican authorities struggled to respond to the disaster. Producer Gret...
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 32:08
This week on World Ocean Radio we're discussing a recent trip to Lisbon, Portugal to attend the Economist Ocean Summit. One such conversation we pa...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 05:04
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: How Earth keeps time" - No one understands time like a geologist. And with the climate convulsing and the future breathing do...
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 01:59:00
Host Diana Korte speaks with US Senator Tim Kaine from VA and former Democratic vice-presidential candidate. He is the author of a new memoir-...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 08:53
Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cool...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 58:59
Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cool...
Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KOWS, WGCU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 6
For her PhD, Deja Perkins is studying datasets generated by the public, also known as participatory science projects. These projects include eBird,...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
While Dara Wilson was working at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in D.C., she introduced visitors to the Amazonia exhibit. She would describe the so...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When Adé Ben-Salahuddin stopped to help a trapped young bird on his way home from work, he found an unexpected source of help: an older Black woman...
Bought by KBIA and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 2
This episode narrated by Marcus Rosten explores the history and the birdlife of the Niagara River Corridor. Just downstream from the falls, Long-ta...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In this episode, neuroscientist Lola Neal explores how birds are used as models to understand many neural processes, as they have cognitive abiliti...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
