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Each week on Reel Discovery, host Kristin Dreyer Kramer takes a quick look at the latest in movies -- from the hottest new blockbusters to little-known indies and even Blu-ray releases. Whether you prefer explosive action movies or quiet dramas, you're sure to discover something worth watching. On the latest show, Kristin explores the relationship between J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI and the civil rights movement of the ‘60s in MLK/FBI.

This month on Climate Connections: 

Air Date  Title 

Mon., 1/25 - Century-old Michigan home produces more energy than it uses: Even an old building can help slow global warming.

Tue., 1/26 - Lockdowns led to huge drop in global warming pollution: But global emissions rose again as shelter-in-place orders lifted, recent research shows.

Wed., 1/27 - Climate change adds pressures to degraded Everglades: That makes restoration efforts more urgent, says one scientist at the South Florida Water Management District.

Thu., 1/28 - Warmer winters create new risks for cherished Minnesota pastime: Thin, unstable lake ice makes ice fishing more dangerous.

Fri., 1/29 - How solar panels are making Puerto Rico communities more resilient: During a blackout, solar-powered community centers can provide power for equipment and storing medicine.

Mon., 2/1 - Fleas and ticks become year-round nuisance for pets: Warmer weather is helping fleas to stay active and some ticks to move northward.

Tue., 2/2 - Eastern black rail imperiled by habitat loss, sea-level rise: It was recently listed as ‘threatened’ under the Endangered Species Act.

Wed., 2/3 - Some Florida homes could lose 15% in value by 2030: Sea-level rise is causing increasing danger from tidal flooding and storm surge.

Thu., 2/4 - Dynamic glass helps keep offices cool without blocking the view: A micro-thin coating on the glass can tint to reduce glare and heat.

Fri., 2/5 - NFL restores a coral reef near Miami: The reef is close to the site of last year’s Super Bowl.

Mon., 2/8 - Ultrarunner Clare Gallagher speaks up about climate change: ‘Clean air, I think, should just be a way of life.’

Tue., 2/9 - Sea-level rise could threaten coastal nuclear waste facilities: A recent study identified vulnerable sites along the U.S. coast.

Wed., 2/10 - Proposed Indiana park will turn floodwaters into an attraction: The nearby Ohio River is expected to flood more often as a result of climate change.

Thu., 2/11 - Montana fly-fishing lodge copes with warming rivers: Warm water contains less oxygen, which stresses fish.  

Fri., 2/12 - Data center gives new life to site of a former coal plant: The coal plant had been the biggest taxpayer for the city of Hammond, Indiana.

Mon., 2/15 - Flooding problems at D.C. landmarks likely to worsen: Global warming is driving intensifying rainstorms and rising seas.

Tue., 2/16 - Crab speeds up destruction of coastal salt marshes: The marshes help buffer Eastern U.S. coastlines from storms.

Wed., 2/17 - Arkansas school district goes solar, boosts teacher pay: New panels and efficiency measures are saving the district more than $300,000 a year.

Thu., 2/18 - What COVID lockdowns show about a future with electric vehicles: With fewer gas-powered cars on the road, the air could get a lot cleaner.

Fri., 2/19 - Leadership academy to teach Phoenix residents how to reduce urban heat: Planting trees can cool neighborhoods, but people don’t always know where to start. 

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Each week on Shelf Discovery, host Kristin Dreyer Kamer offers listeners a brief look inside the pages of a new book. From mysteries to memoirs, classics to chick lit, busy readers are sure to find plenty of picks to add to their shelves. On this week's show, Kristin sets sail with a couple of competing coworkers in Angie Hockman’s Shipped.

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The days are longer, the beaches are open again, and summer approaches.  This week on Beer Notes, we are highlighting the summer beers produced here on the Shore.

Craft beers full of flavor and lighter in color are popular as warm weather approaches.  Sours and fruited beers including the milkshake IPAs come into their own.  Porters and stouts are taking a back seat to pilsners, wit biers, and IPAs of all varieties.

Here on the Shore where local politicians say the sun kisses Ocean City first each morning, the ocean dominates our environment and our psyche, and so does summer. 

EVO craft brewing in Salisbury Maryland has the Delmarva Pure Pils, A supremely sessionable Eastern Shore take on a Czech-style pilsner.

Fin City, started in a crab house in West Ocean City, still serves crabs in working boats permanently docked at their pier all summer.  They take their location and fishing seriously.  With names like Angler Ale, White Marlin Pale Ale, Blackfin Black IPA, Catch of the Day IPA, and Backfin Blue Crab Stout to Marga Wheat A and  Marina Colada.  They even made a beer to support the creation and maintenance of artificial reefs off the coast of Ocean City for fishing habitat, OC Reef Red. 

3rd Wave-, a woman owned brewery in Delmar, a small village that sits astride the state border between Delaware and Maryland produces the SandStorm Belgian Tripel, BeachBreak Apricot Wheat, and ShoreBreak Pale Ale.

Crooked Hammock, nestled in among the beach resort towns of Coastal Delaware- produces BEACH ESCAPE and Hammock Easy.  Their neighbor in Lewes, Big Oyster Brewing has the Hammerhead IPA, a traditional west coast style that competes with the best  IPAs on the market.

As summer crests the horizon, make sure that your vision includes locally made craft beer with names and flavors that bring to mind all the places and activities you love about the season.

The "BLUEprint Series: How the Ocean Will Save Civilization" outlines a new and sustainable path forward, with the ocean leading the way. 

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Resources from this episode
- Schmidt Ocean Insitute Scientists Discover 500m Tall Coral Reef, Great Barrier Reef
- United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
- GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project: Nippon Foundation

Col. William H Jackson had a favorite tree. So, somewhere around 1832, Colonel Jackson gave the white oak tree to itself (and the city of Athens, GA played along). As of this broadcast, that tree's offspring still grows on the same spot. We have so many questions.