Living on Earth: Extra
Series produced by Living On Earth

LOE half-hour weekly extra program.
This is the series for the half-hour weekly extra program.
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The deep ocean is one of the most challenging places on Earth to conduct scientific research, but new upgrades to the deep-sea submersible Alvin wi...
- Added: Jul 07, 2021
- Length: 29:00
Insects far outnumber us on this planet, and they’ve shaped the course of human history. Stories about the ancient relationship between human socie...
- Added: Jul 01, 2021
- Length: 29:00
Activists are ramping up actions against the Line 3 pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil through delicate wetlands and the treaty territory of...
- Added: Jun 25, 2021
- Length: 29:00
June 19th marks the holiday known as Juneteenth, when African Americans gather to celebrate their ancestors’ emancipation from slavery with picnics...
- Added: Jun 18, 2021
- Length: 29:00
California has often led the nation in environmental ambition, and now that his state finds itself with a big budget surplus Governor Gavin Newsom ...
- Added: Jun 11, 2021
- Length: 29:00
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Brazil’s environment minister and nine other government officials are accused of corruption, including profiting from ill...
- Added: Jun 04, 2021
- Length: 29:00
Few things are more important to our survival than food, but access to fresh, healthy food has become a luxury for many on the planet, and the food...
- Added: May 28, 2021
- Length: 29:00
Brood X is here at last: trillions of cicadas, underground for the last 17 years, are emerging in numerous Eastern and Midwestern states to transfo...
- Added: May 21, 2021
- Length: 29:00
Germany's highest court recently ruled that present government commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are insufficient to protect future ne...
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 29:00
In a bipartisan vote the U.S. Senate approves $35 billion to address the public health hazards of lead pipes and overflowing wastewater. Why water ...
- Added: May 07, 2021
- Length: 29:00
Animals like the American Bison, bald eagle, and giant panda have come dangerously close to extinction thanks to our own species. But thanks to som...
- Added: Apr 30, 2021
- Length: 29:00
As Living on Earth celebrates 30 years on the air, we share an Earth Day special that explores Earth as a complex and self-sustaining organism know...
- Added: Sep 01, 2021
- Length: 29:00
President Biden has invited 40 world leaders to a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate this Earth Day, a key moment in the international effort to add...
- Added: Apr 16, 2021
- Length: 29:00
Some stereotypes about who can be “outdoorsy” can leave people of color out, but a pair of beloved Air Jordan “Bred” 11 sneakers is helping one env...
- Added: Apr 09, 2021
- Length: 29:00
Enric Sala’s love for the ocean drew him into a career in marine biology. But as he studied damaged marine environments, he began to feel he was wr...
- Added: Apr 02, 2021
- Length: 29:00
The first broad study of all greenhouse gases in the Amazon rainforest reveals that the damaged ecosystem is now a net contributor to climate chang...
- Added: Mar 26, 2021
- Length: 29:00
Fine particulate matter produced from fossil fuel combustion is known to cause numerous health issues, and a recent study finds that this pollution...
- Added: Mar 19, 2021
- Length: 29:00
The climates of North America and Europe depend on tropical heat circulated by massive system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean. But research shows...
- Added: Mar 12, 2021
- Length: 29:00
Despite rising global temperatures and an increase in climate change-related natural disasters, climate denial still runs rampant. Renowned climate...
- Added: Mar 05, 2021
- Length: 29:00
The coldest air to visit Texas in a decade killed dozens, crippled the state’s power grid and revealed the risks of extreme deregulation. How Ameri...
- Added: Feb 26, 2021
- Length: 29:00