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For the Birds

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

Birds have it going on. Many of these winged dinosaurs delight us with their song and brilliant plumage. Migratory birds travel thousands of miles ...

Bought by WRGY, KZUM, WMUU-LP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KIYU-FM and more

Do wind turbines kill birds?

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

Wind power is the largest source of clean, renewable energy in the United States. But the large turbines that create that power can endanger wildli...

Distillation

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

What are the five areas of our collective existence on earth where the ocean matters most? If we are looking for a context to drive motivation and ...

Do wind turbines freeze up in the cold?

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

In the terrible Texas cold front of 2021, some wind turbines stopped producing electricity. Does this mean we can’t rely on this clean, renewable s...

Nocturne

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

A nocturne is a short musical composition: dreamy, romantic, suggestive of the night, a passage from one place to the next. This week we're asking:...

Bev Thorpe, Co-Founder of Clean Production Action, discusses the “Triple Planetary Crisis,” the fossil fuel-derived chemicals widely used in our food system, and strategies to advance a non-toxic economy.

From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio

Did you know that fossil fuel subsidies contribute to the “cheap” cost of plastic? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda He...

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Won't more CO2 help plants grow?

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

Plants take in CO2 from the air to grow—and today’s atmosphere has about 50% more CO2 than it did before we started burning massive amounts of foss...

Nature's Balance Sheet

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

In business, as in life, there is a balance sheet, a statement of assets, profit and loss, income and expense, showing whether our accounts are in ...

Christiana Figueres on Good Citizen

From: Madison Brown

Christiana Figueres makes the case for “stubborn optimism” in the face of our global climate crisis. An internationally-renowned climate change lea...

Aqua-Cultural Thoughts

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

Seafood is a world staple, under siege by increased consumption and over-fishing. Aquaculture is the necessary alternative, yet is a polarizing iss...

The Ethical Dilemma of Geoengineering & Global Warming (Encore)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Image of Arctic Ice, Credit: Pink floyd88 a via Wikimedia Commons

In an era where climate change is top of mind for all and our futures hang in the balance, scientists think they’ve found a solution: geoengineerin...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, and RadioFreePalmer

AMOS 24-62: Different Rates of Sea Level Rise, 3/27/2024

From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science

Different Rates of Sea Level Rise

Solar at Scale

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

The sun is the greatest energy source available for our needs, thought we view it more today as an enemy than a resource and friend. If we are to a...

Ecological Overshoot, part two

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

"We are not blind to the overall problem, and if we were in doubt, recent climate-explained events, near and far, should open our eyes more widely....

Ecological Overshoot, part one

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

In this episode and the next, World Ocean Radio reports on the status quo, business-as-usual, tunnel vision conclusions at COP28 in Dubai, hosted b...

Your Mind on Movies

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

By one estimate we spend a fifth of our lives watching movies or TV. In fact, we consume entertainment almost as habitually as we eat or sleep, act...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska and more

Over the Weather: Leadership at the Weather Channel

From: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future

There’s not a business on the planet that isn’t impacted by weather at some level. Leaders must prepare their organizations for what’s to come. It’...

The Ocean's Genome

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

Caption: Ocean's Genome, Credit: Seth Shostak

After helping to sequence the human genome more than twenty years ago, biochemist Craig Venter seemed to recede from the public eye. But he hadn’t ...

Bought by WVTF, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WMUU-LP, KZUM and more

Colette Pichon Battle on Climate Justice Reparations

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Climate change isn’t looming, it’s here. We have crossed what some call the change horizon. Can it also be a liberation horizon? “There’s beautifu...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Radio Catskill, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer and more

Night Flight

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

Owls are both the most accessible and elusive of birds. Every child can recognize one, but you’ll be lucky to spot an owl in a tree, even if you’re...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, KZUM and more

Like Lightning

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

Every second, lightning strikes 50 to 100 times somewhere. It can wreak havoc by starting wildfires and sometimes killing people. But lightning als...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRGY, KZUM and more

#50YearsOfHarm: Rep. Ro Khanna & Lisa Graves Call Out ALEC / The American Legislative Exchange Council

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Many people have never heard of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC – but for 50 years, the group has been the driving force behind ...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KWMR, and WNYE

What's a Few Degrees?

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

Brace yourself for heatwave “Lucifer.” Dangerous heatwaves may soon become so common that we give them names, just like hurricanes. This is one of ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more

AMOS 23-182: When Dust Caused an Ancient Ice Age, 9/12/2023

From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science

When Dust Caused an Ancient Ice Age

Laurie Beyranevand, JD, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at the Vermont Law and Graduate School

From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio

Did you know that food is at the core of health and wellness as well as national and international security? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Regist...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

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