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After water, the largest volume of natural material used to support global growth is sand. Demand has grown exponentially in the last two decades a...
- Added: Aug 17, 2015
- Length: 05:30
The federal government recently closed an eight-year investigation into smuggling operations related to an unusual sport. A Virginia scholar studi...
Bought by KENW, WABE, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 14, 2015
- Length: 03:26
- Purchases: 3
Over the past 50 years, the Amazon rainforest has lost nearly 20% of its forest cover. We talk with the Amazon expert who coined the term “biodiver...
Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUD, KVSC, WKCC and more
- Added: Aug 14, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 8
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Opposition to Arctic Oil Drilling Provokes Civil Disobedience Actions Targ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Access to water has been declared an international human right, but it may be increasingly difficult to enforce. This episode explores how countrie...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 20:03
Bolivian President Evo Morales has given the go-ahead for a mega dam that will flood one of the earth's last great expanses of biodiversity while f...
- Added: Aug 03, 2015
- Length: 16:12
The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure its use, how it is valued, and how (...
- Added: Jul 21, 2015
- Length: 05:22
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Tentative EU-Greece Bailout Deal Inflicts More Painful Austerity, But Will...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Jul 15, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Kolbert discusses the powerful and possibly catastrophic mass extinction unfolding right in front of us. Her book won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for N...
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 30:01
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Greeks Say No to More EU Austerity, Yes to Dignity; Despite $18.7 Billion ...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Jul 08, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: U.S. Deployment of Heavy Military Equipment to the Baltics and Eastern Eur...
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 29:01
The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure the water that is used, how it is va...
- Added: Jun 29, 2015
- Length: 05:41
A tiny Australian bird sets off false alarms to fool predators.
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Women's Walk for Peace Across Demilitarized Zone Advocates Peace Treaty Be...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
For such a small region, this sprawling landscape of the Bootheel has some of the most productive farmland in the U.S. A solid water supply and nut...
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 06:50
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: U.S. Media Buries the Lead in Special Forces Assault Inside Syria; Wiscons...
- Added: May 27, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Arctic opportunities and territorial claims are on the rise as temperatures change and the ice melts. Once impassable, the Arctic is now increasing...
- Added: May 26, 2015
- Length: 05:31
The Rasuwaghadi Dam project in Nepal, severely damaged by the recent earthquake, is mired in controversy. One of many mega-projects along the Tishu...
- Added: May 18, 2015
- Length: 05:33
Just five lakes contain more than half of the Earth's liquid surface fresh water. Dr. Robert Sterner, director of the Large Lakes Observatory (LLO)...
- Added: May 05, 2015
- Length: 17:37
In this fourth and final episode in the "Nature's Trust" series, host Peter Neill highlights two citizens' lawsuits filed against governments for f...
- Added: Apr 27, 2015
- Length: 05:22
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Leaked Secret TPP Chapter Reveals Corporate Rights that Undermine Democrac...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Apr 01, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
After wrapping up the multi-part “Planning with Water” series, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill returns to the fresh water discussion with a wate...
- Added: Mar 30, 2015
- Length: 05:24
Host Joan Kjaer and her guests explore the age of the Anthropocene through the lens of energy, investigating the global environmental transformatio...
- Added: Mar 29, 2015
- Length: 25:25
Host Joan Kjaer and her guests explore the age of the Anthropocene through the lens of energy, investigating the global environmental transformatio...
- Added: Mar 29, 2015
- Length: 27:53
