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Every time I pull a reference book or field guide off the shelf to read about a recently seen insect I seem to run across a quote by the famous ent...
- Added: Jun 23, 2022
- Length: 05:09
Coral Vita’s Sam Teicher discusses the urgent status of the world's coral reefs and how we can restore them by rapidly and effectively growing clim...
- Added: Jun 20, 2022
- Length: 58:00
The Joshua tree is an icon and ecological keystone of the California deserts. However, climate disruption with hotter, drier summers and more frequ...
- Added: Jun 06, 2022
- Length: 58:00
The Amazon is one of the most productive and important ecosystems on the planet. What will continue to be lost if we fail to protect the last great...
- Added: Apr 27, 2022
- Length: 05:18
This week we're referencing a recent post entitled The Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science: Exploring the Space Between Knowing an...
- Added: Mar 31, 2022
- Length: 05:39
Millions of people worldwide do not have access to adequate water supply for drinking, cooking and basic sanitation. According to a February report...
- Added: Mar 24, 2022
- Length: 05:04
This week we introduce listeners to World Ocean Explorer, a new, revolutionary and immersive 3D virtual aquarium project the W2O team has been deve...
- Added: Mar 16, 2022
- Length: 05:17
One of the most magical moments of my childhood was when I first dug up potatoes in a garden and we later had some for dinner. I was awe struck! Th...
- Added: Mar 15, 2022
- Length: 04:59
This week on World Ocean Radio we're discussing the importance of ocean literacy and ocean education to transform our understanding of the ocean's ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2022
- Length: 05:15
The vast landscapes of the southwest are to die for and every once in a while I capture one with my camera. More and more I remind myself to just t...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:56
Xanthisma gracilis is an annual and found all over the southwest and into Mexico as well. Duh. A common name is slender goldenweed or spiny zinnia....
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 05:03
This week on World Ocean Radio we introduce listeners to a word many may have never heard before: xenobiotic--defined as a chemical substance found...
- Added: Dec 22, 2021
- Length: 05:10
This week on World Ocean Radio: new systems thinking offers alternatives to failing structures and behaviors. As food, energy and water are the thr...
- Added: Dec 07, 2021
- Length: 05:07
This week on World Ocean Radio we're defining "backwash" as the movement of water for filtration, for desalination, and for clearing of debris and ...
- Added: Nov 16, 2021
- Length: 04:58
How are cities from Pittsburgh to Bogotá using sustainable development goals to guide pandemic recovery and increase health and equity?
Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge
- Added: Oct 21, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Sea level rise and coastal inundation are changing the agricultural landscape around the world. Fortunately, saltwater irrigation has been studied ...
- Added: Oct 04, 2021
- Length: 05:24
According to the US Geological Survey, 70% of the available freshwater worldwide is used for irrigation. Industrial agriculture and modern irrigati...
- Added: Sep 29, 2021
- Length: 05:18
"MacArthur 'genius award'winning landscape designer Kate Orff believes that gray infrastructure, like levees and flood gates and sea walls, can on...
- Added: Sep 21, 2021
- Length: 03:30
Visualization is a powerful tool for understanding beyond data, opening our minds and enabling transformative change through a new way of seeing. T...
- Added: Sep 13, 2021
- Length: 05:16
This week on World Ocean Radio we are discussing hydrology, the "hydrospatial" perspective, and the importance of multi-dimensional analyses and vi...
- Added: Sep 07, 2021
- Length: 04:47
This week on World Ocean Radio we're looking to the night sky, to ponder the wonder contained therein, and to explore the danger of polluting it fo...
- Added: Aug 31, 2021
- Length: 05:08
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard discovered, 2016 WJ1, a relatively large asteroid which can come close but will not hit the E...
Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, WTIP and more
- Added: Jul 25, 2021
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 10
This week on World Ocean Radio we are discussing the challenges of excess carbon dioxide in the air and some of the engineered solutions now being ...
- Added: Jul 19, 2021
- Length: 04:47
Ocean systems are as challenged as ever, and the ocean remains essential as we plan for change. The World Ocean Observatory is a major utility for ...
- Added: Jun 08, 2021
- Length: 04:35
In this episode, part thirty-seven of the multi-part BLUEprint series, we continue to discuss the take-aways from the recently published 2nd United...
- Added: May 11, 2021
- Length: 05:04
