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Crude Oil Catastrophes Part 3: A Tale of Two Treaties

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: Points North

The U.S. Constitution refers to treaties with other sovereign nations as “the supreme law of the land.” But what happens when promises have been ma...

Is Climate Change a Caribou Cop Out?

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: Points North

Lake Superior’s northern shore has been home to woodland caribou for thousands of years. But now, the species is facing local extinction. Some blam...

The Phosphorus Paradox

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: Points North

Harmful algal blooms are a growing concern in the Great Lakes. The toxins they produce can close beaches and even poison drinking water. What’s fue...

Leave It To Beavers?

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: Points North

States in the Great Lakes kill beavers and remove dams on select rivers and streams. They’re doing it, in part, for anglers and the multi-billion d...

The Prince Fish

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: Points North

In October 1960, Prince Akihito of Japan visited Chicago for 21 hours. Chicago’s mayor presented the prince with a diplomatic gift: 18 bluegill. Wh...

This Week in Water for June 9, 2024

From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water

How Wetland Scientists Made D-Day a Success. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City

BD - One of California's truly special places: Angelo Coast Range Reserve

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot

Caption: Angelo Coast Range Reserve , Credit: Ian Shive

Located between Highway 101 and the Pacific Coast Highway in Mendocino County is one of the most pristine pieces of northern coastal range ecosyste...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach

BD - The Rescue Effect: a conversation with author and environmental scientist Michael Mehta Webster

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot

Dave visits with NYU Environmental Studies Professor Michael Mehta Webster to discuss his book, The Rescue Effect: The Key to Saving Life on Earth....

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach

The Return of the River Otter

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: Employees of the DNR releasing a river otter into the wild, Credit: Carrol Henderson

Next year, Carrol Henderson has a memoir coming out from Afton Press about his 41 years as the Minnesota DNR's first Nongame Wildlife Program Super...

This Week in Water for March 10, 2024

From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water

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

AMOS 24-57: Ice Age Plant Survives Big Chill, 3/20/2024

From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science

Ice Age Plant Survives Big Chill

BD - Exploring the ancient world of the Neanderthals with Ludovic Slimak

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot

Dave visits with French archaeologist and paleoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak about his multi decadal research into Neanderthals. Author of the new ...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach

Season 1, Episode 14 - 'Cosmic Consciousness' feat Brian Thomas Swimme

From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1

We are the universe experiencing itself, as told by a world class student of the cosmos.

Bought by WDSE, KTRT RADIO INC, and WOJB

Stephen Most – "The Klamath River"

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

River of Renewal, Myth & History in the Klamath Basin Since the last Ice Age ended about 12,000 years ago, human beings have traveled along the Kl...

This Week in Water for February 4, 2024

From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water

We study history to learn from the past. But what if the pages in a history book melt away? A library just west of Denver is trying to preserve clu...

Bought by KMXT, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City

Oppenheimer’s omission and other secrets of the Atomic Age

From: New Hampshire Public Radio

Caption: Paul Pino of Carrizozo, New Mexico., Credit: Nate Hegyi

From NHPR's Outside/In comes two stories that shed light on unseen consequences of America's nuclear ambitions.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Vermont Public, and Valley Public Radio

BD- West coast climate now and in the past with Hannah Palmer and Veronica Vriesman

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot

Caption: Fog wafting off the Pacific Ocean at Mount Tamalpais, Credit: Getty Images

Dave visits with UC Davis climate and environmental scientist Hannah Palmer and colleague Veronica Vriesman, a marine scientist and paleontologist ...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach

765: Shapeshifting / 766: Plants As People, 2/4/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Shapeshifting" - Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the...

753: When Mountains Are Gods / 754: The Sound Of Silence, 12/24/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "When Mountains Are Gods" - Science tells us mountains are giant piles of rock, formed millions of years ago. But that's not all they are...

BD - Harnessing the power of cold: an interview with Fred Hogge

From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot

Dave visits with British born Thailand resident Fred Hogge about his new book, Of Ice and Men: How We've Used Cold to Transform Humanity. In it, Ho...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach

719: The Secret Language Of Trees / 720: Pick Your Poison, 8/27/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: 'The Secret Language of Trees' - Trees talk to each other, and even form alliances with other trees or other species. Some are incredibly...