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We've all heard the Earth is running out of water... but how is that measured? Is there a better way to gauge water scarcity? Dr. Kate Brauman thin...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Sep 06, 2016
- Length: 19:12
- Purchases: 1
Ever hear of forest bathing? It's an idea that comes from Japan, of literally immersing yourself in nature to improve your mental and physical heal...
Bought by KVMR
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 19:57
- Purchases: 1
The MN Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center has a new lab at the U of MN, St. Paul campus. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg chatted with Sue Galatowitsch, ...
- Added: Apr 05, 2016
- Length: 16:44
In this hour we talk about ethics and we explore the world's oceans for zooplankton and follow a roving tick robot. (And more...)
- Added: Jun 19, 2015
- Length: 53:55
- Purchases: 5
If you swipe a stranger’s car and nobody sees, what do you do? In this week's show we talk about ethics (and more...).
- Added: Jun 19, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 7
Have you ever found a tick on you after a day in the field or deep woods? Most of us have and many hunters have been bitten by ticks. Ticks carry s...
- Added: Mar 21, 2015
- Length: 01:35:39
Dale Peterson joins us to discuss chimpanzee behavior.
Bought by 'The Sea', 'The Sea', WMUU-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KPVL
- Added: Feb 24, 2014
- Length: 27:44
- Purchases: 5
When it comes to the Myers-Briggs personality type test, are you an introvert or an extrovert? Do you focus on sensing, or do you use your intuitio...
- Added: Feb 08, 2014
- Length: 07:20
A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...
- Added: Nov 14, 2013
- Length: 23:52
To what degree are we born a blank slate, and how much are we a result of our influence by our environment? Consensus: Nature or nurture is the wr...
- Added: Sep 27, 2013
- Length: 07:20
Dr. Lance Grande discusses his new book, "The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time."
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Jul 17, 2013
- Length: 20:48
- Purchases: 1
Paleobiologist and geologist Jon Payne discusses Earth’s previous mass extinctions including his work on the largest extinction in Earth’s history,...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 29:14
Human ecologist Bill Durham discusses his career trajectory including his work in the Galapagos Islands, issues surrounding the new field of eco-to...
- Added: Mar 19, 2013
- Length: 39:54
In our pilot episode, we combine voices from our entire first season to explore the boundaries of the Anthropocene. [Episode 1, Season 1]
- Added: Mar 19, 2013
- Length: 46:10
Paul Ehrlich, author of the iconic book The Population Bomb, reflects on the history of environmentalism and his gloomy outlook for the future. [Ep...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 46:21
Richard Alley, a climate researcher and the host of PBS’s Earth: The Operators’ Manual, discusses rapid changes in Earth’s climate through history ...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 27:55
In this interview, we learn from James Holland Jones how diseases emerge and spread as humans encroach into the wilderness, and how the patterns wi...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 37:41
Peter Kareiva, the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, discusses his definition of nature and challenges the assertion that nature is fragi...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 29:43
Conservation biologist Terry Root discusses the road to triage and her somewhat controversial approach to saving species in the face of climate cha...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 37:16
Luis Zambrano discusses preserving Aztec culture through a rare salamander in the Mexico City wetlands, and compares emerging conservation battles ...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 22:05
In this episode, we visit Leah Wade at San Francisco's Quiet Science Taxidermy Studio to learn about the art of making the dead live again ... sort...
- Added: Jun 05, 2012
- Length: 27:11
- Purchases: 2
What happens to our garbage after it leaves the bins behind out houses? Is all trash waste? Author and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ed Humes...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT
- Added: May 16, 2012
- Length: 33:06
- Purchases: 2
One of the most disgusting creatures is in fact one of the most useful. Join Paula Kahumbu and Dino Martins on a smelly journey of discovery.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 31, 2010
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 2
There are places in Antarctica so thick with meteorites that you can find them like a child would shells on the beach. Others plunge into the ice ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW
- Added: Aug 31, 2010
- Length: 08:50
- Purchases: 2
When the polar ice caps melt, sea level will rise. That’s happened earlier in the history of the world, and it appears it will happen again.
In t...
- Added: Aug 16, 2010
- Length: 58:01
