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Durwood Zaelke: Urgently Optimistic About Climate Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Durwood Zaelke
The White House has been spewing some pretty foul policy lately. It can be difficult to identify something hopeful about our struggling planet. May...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Jeremy Lent: Human History and the Climate
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jeremy Lent
As we move into a new year, and try to square 2017 in our rear view mirrors, it's an opportune moment to contemplate how we avoid repeating the mis...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:40
Seismic Array
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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An array of seismographs provides an unprecedented look at the earth beneath the United States.

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bonobo Bad Guys
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Fizi, an adult male bonobo at Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary., Credit: Christopher Krupenye
One of our closest relatives, the bonobos, may have very different attitudes toward altruistic behavior in others.

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Viral Infection Detection
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A new test for viral infections promises cheaper and faster results.

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Robotic Dancing Birds
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Robotic birds help reveal which aspects of a pair’s coordinated song and dance are most important to an avian audience.

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Alaskan Power Microgrids
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Alaska leads the way to a more independent and renewable energy supply.

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Zero Mass Water: A New Source for H2O
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Cody Friesen
In our household we do our best to avoid buying bottled water - we're keenly aware of what those darn plastic bottles are doing to the environment....

  • Added: Dec 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Water from Air
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Water for the world’s most arid regions could come right out of the air.

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Hibernation Adaptation
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Some rodents have an impaired ability to sense the cold, allowing them to hibernate in winter.

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Nucleic Acid Dipstick
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Scientists develop a device that can purify genetic material from any organism right in the field.

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Narwhal Great Escape
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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These mysterious single-tusked denizens of the Arctic have a paradoxical response to danger.

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Sami Grover on Planes, Trains and Automobiles of the Future
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Sami Grover
As many of us prepare for the hectic holiday hustle of planes, trains and automobiles, we might be thinking about how our travel plans are going to...

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 3
Poisonous Waters: Neela Banerjee on Fracking
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Neela Banerjee
During the 2016 presidential race, many environmentalists found it disheartening that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump actually seemed to agree on ...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Sheep Face Recognition
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Sheep can recognize human faces.

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Sammy Roth: Desert Power Investigation
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Sammy Roth
With all the false claims about “fake news” and verifiable lies being proffered as facts by the president and others, it’s quite refreshing to be r...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
Geese vs. Hunters
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Geese are holing up in the big city during the winter to avoid hunters.

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Male Mammoths
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Mammoths that left remains in Siberia were overwhelmingly male. Scientists want to know why.

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Where There’s Smoke: California Wildfires
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ed Struzik
Most of us associate Napa and Sonoma counties with delicious wine and rolling hills. But this year those hills were ablaze. Dozens lost their lives...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Marco Krapels: Empowering Puerto Rico
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Marco Krapels
We have profiled nonprofit startup Empowered By Light in the past because of the organization’s good work in developing countries. This week on Sea...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
The Myth of Meritocracy: John Brittain on Legacy Preference
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Brittain
The official subject matter of Sea Change Radio is environmental sustainability. This week, however, we are deviating from that to talk about a top...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
Skin Tone Genes
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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The genetic origins of dark and light skin.

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bird Play & Tools
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Birds, like humans infants, learn about the world around them through play.

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
George Monbiot: Altruism For An Age Of Crisis
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: George Monbiot
When you think of the values emblematic of politics in the Occident, does the term “altruism” come to mind? Probably not lately. Our guest today on...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
Topher White: Connecting The Rainforest
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Topher White
Do you have a drawer somewhere filled with old cellphones collecting dust? Wouldn’t it be great if there were a way to put those phones to good use...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:00