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Why does an invisible, life-threatening virus prompt a nationwide emergency, but invisible, life-threatening gases don’t? Experts have been emphasi...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
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Why does an invisible, life-threatening virus prompt a nationwide emergency, but invisible, life-threatening gases don’t? Experts have been emphasi...

Bought by WUTC, WJCT, WAMU, Colorado Public Radio, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 20
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Addressing the climate challenge requires incremental and transformational change on both personal and systemic levels. That means altering our per...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
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Addressing the climate challenge requires incremental and transformational change on both personal and systemic levels. That means altering our per...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WGCU, WDSE, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Frayed U.S. Social Safety Net Cripples Response to Coronavirus Pandemic; ...

Bought by WKPW and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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For years, scientists have been saying that the climate battle will be won or lost in the next decade. The IPCC has stated that to avoid climate ca...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WDSE, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
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"The Earth Has One Big Ocean With Many Features." So states the first principle of the ocean literacy curriculum, a series of fundamental concepts ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 04:21
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Rejecting Profit-Driven Public Health Systems Key to Combating Future Pand...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Mar 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week's episode of World Ocean Radio kicks off a multi-part series on the key principles of Ocean Literacy. The next eight episodes will provid...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2020
  • Length: 04:14
Caption: Fresh drinking water from brackish seawater in Kiunga, Kenya , Credit: © GivePower
In the middle ages, alchemists for a time believed they could turn base metal into gold. This early endeavor may be the origin story for modern inv...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 04:31
Caption: Earthrise, NASA image AS08-14-2383, taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission
A scientific paper published in May 2019 states that eight urgent, simultaneous actions are needed to head off potential ecological disaster in the...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2019
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Increasingly, people around the world are experiencing a fresh water crisis. More than 17 countries are under high water stress, and one fourth of ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 05:25
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There has never been a better time to become a citizen scientist: curious individuals interested in collecting data to build toward solutions, expa...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:49
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From the Amazon to the Congo to California, our planet’s forests are being decimated. And along with them, the stability of our climate. Why? Becau...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio we call upon the Canadian government to amend and expand their June 2019 legislative action--the Wild Animal a...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2019
  • Length: 05:12
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Nearly 25 percent of America’s electricity now comes from renewables, surpassing coal for the first time. Ten states, and Puerto Rico and Washingto...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
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Nearly 25 percent of America’s electricity now comes from renewables, surpassing coal for the first time. Ten states, and Puerto Rico and Washingto...

Bought by WJCT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WLPR , Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
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Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity's annual demands on Nature exceed the capacity for Earth's ecosystems to regenerate those resource...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2019
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: Wolf Schram for Unsplash
How often do we think about what lies below the surface of the land, below the sea floor? This week on World Ocean Radio we're thinking about water...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 05:33
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The new climate reality means that those living on a hill will be affected by flooding in the valley, while those living in the North will be affec...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, WMUU-LP, KBBI Alaska, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 11
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The new climate reality means that even those living on a hill will be affected by flooding in the valley, and those living in the North will be af...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Right-Wing Terrorist Groups on the Rise as Trump Cuts Funds to Fight Whit...

Bought by WKPW and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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According to David Wallace-Wells, we’re cooked – literally. In his new book The Uninhabitable Earth, Wallace-Wells explores how climate change will...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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According to David Wallace-Wells, we’re cooked – literally. In his new book "The Uninhabitable Earth," Wallace-Wells explores how climate change wi...

Bought by WCNY, WJCT, Nevada Public Radio, WCQS, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10