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2024-05-10 Big Plastic: The New Big Oil

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One

Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that the...

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240510: Big Plastic: The New Big Oil, 5/10/2024

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed

Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that the...

Why are EVs more popular than hydrogen cars?

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

Just 20 years ago, hydrogen cars and battery electric cars (EVs) were pretty evenly matched as clean alternatives to gas-powered cars. But today, E...

240419: Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts , 4/19/2024

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed

Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cool...

Do wind turbines kill birds?

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

Wind power is the largest source of clean, renewable energy in the United States. But the large turbines that create that power can endanger wildli...

Do wind turbines freeze up in the cold?

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

In the terrible Texas cold front of 2021, some wind turbines stopped producing electricity. Does this mean we can’t rely on this clean, renewable s...

All the Noise Surrounding Electric Cars

From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour

Brian Dunning separates fact from fiction as he examines the talking points made by the many people who hate electric cars.

Aqua-Cultural Thoughts

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

Seafood is a world staple, under siege by increased consumption and over-fishing. Aquaculture is the necessary alternative, yet is a polarizing iss...

AMOS 24-60: Mindset and Genes, 3/25/2024

From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science

Mindset and Genes

In the Wake of Sea Level Rise (half)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

In 2011, Japan was rocked by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake. It triggered a tsunami that measured 130 feet high - killing around 18,000 people and caus...

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In the Wake of Sea Level Rise (hour/no bb or bed)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

In 2011, Japan was rocked by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake. It triggered a tsunami that measured 130 feet high - killing around 18,000 people and caus...

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In the Wake of Sea Level Rise (hour)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

In 2011, Japan was rocked by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake. It triggered a tsunami that measured 130 feet high - killing around 18,000 people and caus...

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, RadioStPete Florida and more

In the Wake of Sea Level Rise (promo)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo

In 2011, Japan was rocked by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake. It triggered a tsunami that measured 130 feet high - killing around 18,000 people and caus...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM

AMOS 24-006: Why Elephants Don't Get Cancer, 1/9/2024

From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science

Why Elephants Don't Get Cancer

Marine Biomimetics, part two

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

In these three episodes of World Ocean Radio we are exploring a recent publication entitled “A Forgotten Element in the Blue Economy: Marine Biomim...

2023-09-15 The Nuclear Option

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One

Fourteen years after receiving its permit, the nation’s first new nuclear reactors in decades just fired up in Georgia. Massive, traditional nuclea...

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230915: The Nuclear Option, 9/15/2023

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed

Fourteen years after receiving its permit, the nation’s first new nuclear reactors in decades just fired up in Georgia. Massive, traditional nuclea...

How are other cities responding to rising waters?

From: Possibly

Today, we’re talking about how cities and towns are preparing for rising waters. Right here in Rhode Island, the town of Warren is developing a pla...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WRFA-LP, and Raven Radio

RESCUE, part 17: Technology & the Ocean Pharmacopeia

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

This week the multi-part RESCUE series continues with an examination of familiar products derived from the ocean that we use to support our ways of...

RESCUE, part 15: Technology Food and Health

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

Caption: Photo by Tim Foster on Unsplash, Credit: @timberfoster

This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with the topic of seafood consumption. While more than 3 billion people worldwide rely on wild-c...

RESCUE, part 14: Technology and Climate Action

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with an outline of the four technological focus areas of the recently announced Ocean Climate Ac...