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What does the future of natural gas look like in Massachusetts?
From: Possibly
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So-called “Natural gas”- the stuff a lot of us use to heat our homes and run our stoves- is basically methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. In the sh...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 2
Can we harness electricity from eels?
From: Possibly
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Recently, we got a question from one of our listeners. Matt from Providence wants to know - can we harness electricity from electric eels? We were ...

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


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 4
s1.e11. Back In The Future
From: Adrian Vilaca
Series: Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour
Caption: William, Credit: Adriano
The fresh water seas, the largest source of fresh water on the planet, hold the keys to life to come. Can we envision the life of the Lakes decades...

Bought by WGTE Public Media


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 1
s1.e10. Anthropocene
From: Adrian Vilaca
Series: Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour
Caption: Crawford Lake 1953, Credit: Bryan Davies
For better or worse, humans have altered and will shape the future of the Great Lakes. The Anthropocene epoch has arrived.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:01
s1.e9. Warmer & Wetter
From: Adrian Vilaca
Series: Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour
Caption: James St. Christmas, Credit: Gene Ubriaco
As the climate changes, how will the Great Lakes watershed be transformed? Will it still sustain its great diversity of flora and fauna?

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:01
s1.e8. Copper, Iron, Steel & Glass
From: Adrian Vilaca
Series: Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour
Caption: Algoma Steel, Credit: Adriano
The geology of the Great Lakes is the source of North American industrial strength, but how can these resources be used to sustain economy and ecol...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:01
s1.e7. Ships, Boats, Canoes
From: Adrian Vilaca
Series: Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour
Caption: Courage, Credit: Cheryl Thomas
From commerce to transport, fishing and tourism, what happens on the waters happens to the waters.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:02
s1.e6. Fisheries and Fish Tales
From: Adrian Vilaca
Series: Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour
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The life, death, and rebirth of the world class fisheries of the Great Lakes - and the myths, tales, and yarns that go with them.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
s1.e5. An Old Fish Teaches New Tricks
From: Adrian Vilaca
Series: Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour
Caption: Legend of the Serpent Snake, Credit: Norval Morisseau
The eternal mystery that lives in the heart of Turtle Island and the legend of the sturgeon fish (Ojibwe nma) family.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
s1.e4. The Boreal Forest
From: Adrian Vilaca
Series: Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour
Caption: Joanie & Luna , Credit: Gary McGuffin
The GLO Odyssey takes a deep dive into the boreal forest and its relationship to the human experience and how it affects the Great Lakes.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:01
s1.e3. The River Is Lifeblood
From: Adrian Vilaca
Series: Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour
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The lifeblood that gives power to the Great Lakes and its dreams; it goes on a river cruise.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:01
s1.e2. Beyond Borders
From: Adrian Vilaca
Series: Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour
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The GLO Odyssey sets a path through the arts and sciences, gathering knowledge from the land and waters, on a course that goes beyond borders both ...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:01
s1.e1. Launch
From: Adrian Vilaca
Series: Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour
Caption: Biinaagami Map, Credit: Adriano
The GLO Odyssey launches its quest to discover the eternal mystery at the Heart of Turtle Island.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:01
This Week in Water for March 10, 2024
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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A Man Was Indicted for Smuggling…Greenhouse Gases. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA, KMXT, RadioFreePalmer, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 6
789-Asteroid With A Tail
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet ISON, Credit: HST
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Josh Hogan was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Taurus with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona wh...

Bought by Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, KRWG and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
2024-03-08 How Activism Can Win Bigger and Faster with Kumi Naidoo
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Kumi Naidoo is a world renowned activist and climate leader. Before going on to lead Greenpeace International then Amnesty International, Naidoo wa...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 8
240308: How Activism Can Win Bigger and Faster with Kumi Naidoo, 3/8/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Kumi Naidoo is a world renowned activist and climate leader. Before going on to lead Greenpeace International then Amnesty International, Naidoo wa...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:57
EE 24-10: The future of food according to Alicia Kennedy, 3/8/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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In her new book No Meat Required, food writer Alicia Kennedy looks at vegetarian movements of the past and shares her low-tech vision for the futur...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Aqua-Cultural Thoughts
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Seafood is a world staple, under siege by increased consumption and over-fishing. Aquaculture is the necessary alternative, yet is a polarizing iss...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 05:18
The Ethical Dilemma of Geoengineering & Global Warming (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Image of Arctic Ice, Credit: Pink floyd88 a via Wikimedia Commons
In an era where climate change is top of mind for all and our futures hang in the balance, scientists think they’ve found a solution: geoengineerin...

Bought by WUWM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 4
Andrea Thompson: Battling Extreme Heat Fatigue
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Andrea Thompson
While you're shoveling snow out of the driveway this week, you may not want to hear about extreme heat - but then again, maybe you do! This week on...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Season 1, Episode 20 - 'Preserving Paradise' feat Sian Williams
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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A scalable solution to saving (and rebuilding) the planet’s coral reefs.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB


  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 01:00:53
  • Purchases: 2
Solar at Scale
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The sun is the greatest energy source available for our needs, thought we view it more today as an enemy than a resource and friend. If we are to a...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 05:07
Ecological Overshoot, part two
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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"We are not blind to the overall problem, and if we were in doubt, recent climate-explained events, near and far, should open our eyes more widely....

  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 05:13
Beware What You Wear with Alden Wicker
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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Should your clothes come with an ingredient list? They're full of toxic chemicals!

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 28:15
  • Purchases: 1

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