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How can we prepare for heat waves?
From: Possibly
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This year, heat waves across the world shattered records, tested our abilities to stay cool, and even cost lives. Here at Possibly, we wondered: in...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - Medical Leeches, Beavers, Malcom Mitchell Reads
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Leeches are Still Used in Modern Hospitals; Topic 2: Are Beavers Contributing to Climate Change? Topic 3: Super Bowl Champ’s Reading Crusade

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 24, 2021
  • Length: 51:42
  • Purchases: 3
Does climate change cause extreme weather? Take 2
From: Possibly
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Last year, we answered this question from Marius, a third-grader at Heights Elementary School in Sharon, Massachusetts. He wanted to know- Can glo...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 30, 2021
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 2
How is climate change affecting our crops?
From: Possibly
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Today, we’re going to talk about eating. How will climate change affect our food?

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Herding Cats Podcast
From: Justin Schmidt
Series: Herding Cats Podcast
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Herding Cats Podcast is a student lead and produced podcast that addresses environmental challenges as well as takes an introspective look at the s...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:27:56
Shianna Stewart
From: KXCI
Series: Thesis Thursday
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I am a graduating Senior at the University of Arizona with a degree in Plant Science.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:19
GN_3.55_Reef Relief
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
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Protecting your skin from the sun is a must. So is protecting coral reefs from toxic sunscreen.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Blue Dot: A REAL Science Project - Ellery McQuilkin and a High Sierra Glacier
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave visits with Lee Vining High School junior Ellery McQuilkin about a very real science project that has earned her spots in the California State...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Arch Vibrations
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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Arches are always vibrating. The unique size and shape of each arch produces a unique wave frequency that it vibrates at. We talk with Jeff Moore...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 18:22
  • Purchases: 1
Mitigating Mosquitoes
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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In Moab, climate change has greatly reduced the size of the wetlands and many of the mosquitoes’ natural predators that used to live there have als...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 18:10
  • Purchases: 1
Is it worth it to pay more for organic meat?
From: Possibly
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These days, it seems like there’s an organic option for every type of food out there, including meat. But organic usually means more expensive. Tha...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Smoking
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Recorded in August of 2002, a generational discussion about smoking

  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 24:40
Take out battles: France vs The US
From: Possibly
Caption: Takeout in Paris
I order a lot of takeout food these days. And I often cringe when I see the packaging, especially when I get all of those little soy sauce packets....

  • Added: Mar 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
What's happening to all of the insects?
From: Possibly
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There are about 5.5 million different species of bugs and they make up nearly 80% of all animals on Earth. But all is not well with the world’s mos...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:53
How to Understand the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: visualcapitalist.com/countries-by-share-of-earths-surface, Credit: Virtual Capitalist: Visualizing Countries By Share of Earth's Surface
This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-five of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode: the importance of ocean literacy and ocean ed...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 05:15
How does the color of the ground affect climate change?
From: Possibly
Caption: Places like Iceland have high albedo, Credit: Fatima Husain
Take a look out your window. What color is the ground? It turns out that what you see plays a big role in the speed of climate change.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Coyote
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: The Wind
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An ode to the coyote. Dan Flores and his book Coyote America, dueling press releases, and The Wind Inaugural Coyote Calling Contest.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 47:41
What's the best way to get solar power?
From: Possibly
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Today, we have a question from listener David Kellogg. He’s a big fan of solar power, but he wants to know, is it better to put solar panels on you...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 03:41
Blue Dot: THE NEW CLIMATE WAR: A Conversation with Michael Mann
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave visits with one of the world's leading climate scientists, Dr. Michael Mann. The professor of atmospheric sciences at Penn State's just publis...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
What's one thing kids can do to fight climate change?
From: Possibly
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Today, we’re answering a question from Ada, a student from Bristol, Rhode Island. She wants to know the best thing kids can do at home to help stop...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
What kind of holiday lights should I buy?
From: Possibly
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Our own Fatima Husain was looking to buy holiday lights and she wondered— which type should I buy? Is there really a big difference between incande...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
Coro al amanecer
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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El alba. Un tiempo para amaneceres, café y pájaros extremamente ruidosos ¿Se han vuelto más ruidosos, o se ha calmado el mundo?

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Why are the Junipers dying?
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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When it comes to arid climates, junipers are some of the toughest trees around. But in the past two years, southeastern Utah has seen huge swathes ...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: Oct 31, 2020
  • Length: 21:03
  • Purchases: 1
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
Bringing together Native Science and Western Science in higher education
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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There is a growing movement in colleges and universities to bring together Native Science with Western Science, to produce better informed, well-ro...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 07:57