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“It's the end of the world where we thought nature was an infinite resource and we could exploit it without consequence,” Professor Richard Weller ...
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 57:07
The seas generate much of the oxygen we breathe and drive much of our weather. But most people know very little about the ocean below the surface ...
Bought by KZYX
- Added: May 26, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
An interesting object is spotted streaking across the night sky at the rate of 17 full moon diameters per day.
Bought by KRSC, WLPR , Radio Newark, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more
- Added: Sep 22, 2016
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 9
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noun. the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.
The environmental and...
- Added: Aug 01, 2016
- Length: 05:15
Storks in Europe are forgoing migration to Africa because of the ready availability of human food from landfills.
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR
- Added: Mar 20, 2016
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 3
Professor Tim Garrett of the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah, joins us to discuss the thermodynamic implications of our ene...
Bought by KMUD
- Added: Feb 16, 2016
- Length: 59:12
- Purchases: 1
In a continuing conversation about the future of the Arctic, host Peter Neill shares his concerns about the disconnect between a strong commitment ...
- Added: Nov 10, 2015
- Length: 05:26
Fresh water shortages are making headlines everywhere. Issues large and small are adding up to a global water crisis which threatens all of us, ric...
- Added: Oct 26, 2015
- Length: 05:17
As a lead up to the Climate Summit in Paris scheduled for December (COP21), World Ocean Radio will highlight some encouraging signs of climate prog...
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 05:27
The climate is changing: changing moisture, increased temperature, accelerated growth and distribution of pollen, increased allergic reactions. Sci...
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- Added: Sep 29, 2015
- Length: 05:23
- Purchases: 1
The effects of leaking radiation have long raised concerns as a cause for many inexplicable natural events at sea. Since 2004 Ken Buesseler and his...
- Added: Aug 31, 2015
- Length: 05:17
After water, the largest volume of natural material used to support global growth is sand. Demand has grown exponentially in the last two decades a...
- Added: Aug 17, 2015
- Length: 05:30
Over the past 50 years, the Amazon rainforest has lost nearly 20% of its forest cover. We talk with the Amazon expert who coined the term “biodiver...
Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUD, KVSC, WKCC and more
- Added: Aug 14, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 8
Kolbert discusses the powerful and possibly catastrophic mass extinction unfolding right in front of us. Her book won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for N...
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 30:01
The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure the water that is used, how it is va...
- Added: Jun 29, 2015
- Length: 05:41
A tiny Australian bird sets off false alarms to fool predators.
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
Just five lakes contain more than half of the Earth's liquid surface fresh water. Dr. Robert Sterner, director of the Large Lakes Observatory (LLO)...
- Added: May 05, 2015
- Length: 17:37
Host Joan Kjaer and her guests explore the age of the Anthropocene through the lens of energy, investigating the global environmental transformatio...
- Added: Mar 29, 2015
- Length: 25:25
Host Joan Kjaer and her guests explore the age of the Anthropocene through the lens of energy, investigating the global environmental transformatio...
- Added: Mar 29, 2015
- Length: 27:53
Host Joan Kjaer and her guests explore the age of the Anthropocene through the lens of energy, investigating the global environmental transformatio...
- Added: Mar 29, 2015
- Length: 24:12
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill continues a discussion about the most important issue facing the world today: the global wate...
- Added: Mar 02, 2015
- Length: 05:32
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill discusses the most important issue facing the world today: the global water crisis. Is it pos...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 05:13
Fen’s book, “Fraser’s Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica,” shows his passion for this otherworldly place and many of its two-footed in...
Bought by Radio Newark, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Feb 10, 2015
- Length: 10:01
- Purchases: 3
Externality refers to a disconnected or unconsidered consequence. Hydrofracking, mountaintop removal, filled wetlands, carbon emissions, and plasti...
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 05:05
