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Permian Extinction
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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A unique combination of events came together at the end of Permian time (250 million years ago)that resulted in the extinction of more the 90% of l...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: Oct 31, 2020
  • Length: 31:05
  • Purchases: 1
Revealing Equity
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part eleven of the multi-part BLUEprint series. As we launch headlong into a new phase in the series we'll begin to...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 04:15
A New Normal
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part ten of the multi-part BLUEprint series. We have entered a phase in the series where we will begin to present i...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 05:43
2020-10-16 Climate Ambition with Gina McCarthy, Annie Leonard, and Tamara Toles O’Laughlin
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Environmental groups like NRDC, 350.org, and Greenpeace helped move climate onto the presidential agenda last year, pushing Joe Biden and other Dem...

Bought by WDSE, KRCB 104.9, KSQD Santa Cruz, KOWS, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
The Voyage of the USS Albatross (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In 1908, the U.S.S. Albatross set off on a research expedition to the newly acquired U.S. colony of the Philippines. Today, Kent Carpenter is study...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, KRDP, WJCT, WYAP and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Voyage of the USS Albatross (hour)
From: With Good Reason
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In 1908, the U.S.S. Albatross set off on a research expedition to the newly acquired U.S. colony of the Philippines. Today, Kent Carpenter is study...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WMUU-LP, KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Voyage of the USS Albatross (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In 1908, the U.S.S. Albatross set off on a research expedition to the newly acquired U.S. colony of the Philippines. Today, Kent Carpenter is study...

Bought by KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Global Pandemic, Climate Change, Virtual Tourism: Twenty Twenty novel predictions in 1995
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Twenty Twenty Book cover
In 1995, the late author Nigel Watts published his highly acclaimed fictional book, Twenty Twenty, that foretold the events the world is experienci...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2020
  • Length: 35:59
Climate Equity
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part six of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode–Climate Equity–we talk about the continued devolving U...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 05:16
Lake Powell Pipeline a “monkey wrench” in the future of Colorado River management
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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The Utah Board of Water Resources proposes to construct, operate and maintain the 141-mile long Lake Powell Pipeline, a project that would convey w...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 18:53
Uncharted Territory
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 3: Sea Level Rise
Caption: Children walking in flood water, Norfolk, VA, Credit: Emily Richardson-Lorente
In Norfolk, Virginia scientists battling sea level rise enlist residents to help collect data that could help the city better understand its rising...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 32:34
Invasive barred owl encroaches on California spotted owl in the Sierra Nevada
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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The barred owl is native to the eastern United States, and it’s cousin, the spotted owl is native to the western US. Since the 1980s, western bird...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 12:23
Quest for Equity on the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part two of a multi-part series entitled "BLUEprint: How the Ocean Will Save Civilization." In this episode, QUEST ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 04:55
The climatologically altered future of Lake Tahoe
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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During Tuesday’s online meeting of the interim Legislative Committee for the Review and Oversight of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Mar...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2020
  • Length: 16:49
Certify Water
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Market in Ubud, Indonesia , Credit: Bernard Hermant @bernardhermant
There are numerous examples of the ways that water consumption and use go unseen in our daily lives. From clothing to food, from paper to metal and...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 04:25
200807: Billion Dollar Burger, 8/7/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Long before the coronavirus began disrupting America’s trillion-dollar meat industry, lab-grown proteins were upending the way we consume chicken, ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
Heat: The Silent Killer
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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Extreme heat can be dangerous and is often called the "silent killer". We talk with Kirsten Goldstein, a grad student at Utah State University in ...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George, KVSC, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 05, 2020
  • Length: 23:58
  • Purchases: 3
On Thin Ice
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: On Thin Ice
Ice is more than a repository for water that would otherwise raise sea levels. It’s part of Earth’s cooling system, a barrier preventing decaying o...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KUAC, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
The Sargasso Sea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Lines of sargassum can stretch for miles along the surface of the Sargasso Sea. The clumps of floating algae are often concentrated by the strong winds and wave action associated with the Gulf Stream, Credit: Ocean Explorer | NOAA
This week on World Ocean Radio we discuss the Sargasso Sea--a verdant, vital, biodiverse ecosystem that supports a great diversity of life, provide...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:25
Cycle of Life (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As more cities close down streets to traffic, new riders are hopping on bikes every day.

Bought by WCNY, KAZU Seaside, Calif., 'The Sea', WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2020
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 14
Cycle of Life (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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As more cities close down streets to traffic, new riders are hopping on bikes every day.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WSGE, RadioFreePalmer, KRDP, WJCT and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Cycle of Life (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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As more cities close down streets to traffic, new riders are hopping on bikes every day.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WSGE, WNED Buffalo, KXCV, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 6
Ways to Mitigate Climate Anxiety
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we hear three perspectives on climate anxiety. We hear from Frances Roberts-Gregory, an environmental sociolo...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Revealing the Seabed Floor
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project aims to bring together all available data to produce a General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean by 2030, Credit: GEBCO
In 2019 a partnership was announced between The Nippon Foundation and the International Hydrographic Organization to undertake the GEBCO Seabed 203...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 05:13
Can we get rid of driftnets?
From: Possibly
Caption: Sea turtle caught in a ghost net
Driftnets are fishing nets that have largely fallen out of fashion because they can accidentally catch other marine life. But it's still legal to u...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1

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