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Value Trade Off
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Manganese nodules on the Atlantic Ocean floor off the southeastern United States, discovered in 2019 during the Deep Sea Ventures pilot test, Credit: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-seven of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we talk about a carbon-free future: one that ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 05:39
Study evaluates the electric vehicle use needed to meet renewable energy goals in Nevada
From: Brian Bahouth
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To better understand the level of electric vehicle adoption needed for Nevada to meet CO2 emissions goals, the Natural Resources Defence Council, S...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2021
  • Length: 17:15
Mapping the Ocean: Material Survey
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-two of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we discuss the history of resource extraction o...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2021
  • Length: 04:54
Mapping the Ocean: Physical Cartography
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-one of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we introduce listeners to the concept of ocean ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Planetary Health
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Howard Frumkin
Recent events around the globe clearly demonstrates the interconnectedness of human health and the health of our planet. Heat waves in California, ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Challenge of Technological Change
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part twelve of the multi-part BLUEprint series. As we embark on our collective quest for a sustainable future, we a...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2020
  • Length: 05:30
2020-10-02 Tech to the Rescue?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Technology has helped the world survive, thrive, and stay connected through the COVID-19 lockdown. As countries look toward re-opening in a post-pa...

Bought by KIYU-FM, WDSE, WMUU-LP, KCPW Salt Lake City, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
The Voyage of the USS Albatross (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In 1908, the U.S.S. Albatross set off on a research expedition to the newly acquired U.S. colony of the Philippines. Today, Kent Carpenter is study...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, KRDP, WJCT, WYAP and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Voyage of the USS Albatross (hour)
From: With Good Reason
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In 1908, the U.S.S. Albatross set off on a research expedition to the newly acquired U.S. colony of the Philippines. Today, Kent Carpenter is study...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WMUU-LP, KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Voyage of the USS Albatross (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In 1908, the U.S.S. Albatross set off on a research expedition to the newly acquired U.S. colony of the Philippines. Today, Kent Carpenter is study...

Bought by KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Certify Water
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Market in Ubud, Indonesia , Credit: Bernard Hermant @bernardhermant
There are numerous examples of the ways that water consumption and use go unseen in our daily lives. From clothing to food, from paper to metal and...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 04:25
On Thin Ice
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: On Thin Ice
Ice is more than a repository for water that would otherwise raise sea levels. It’s part of Earth’s cooling system, a barrier preventing decaying o...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KUAC, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Revealing the Seabed Floor
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project aims to bring together all available data to produce a General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean by 2030, Credit: GEBCO
In 2019 a partnership was announced between The Nippon Foundation and the International Hydrographic Organization to undertake the GEBCO Seabed 203...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 05:13
Future Farming of America (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Southwest Virginia has seen a decline in coal and tobacco—two industries that once boomed in the region. Could hemp be a way to boost the local eco...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, WNED Buffalo, WCMU Michigan, WTJU and more


  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 12
Future Farming of America (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Southwest Virginia has seen a decline in coal and tobacco—two industries that once boomed in the region. Could hemp be a way to boost the local eco...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WLIW, KRDP, KMUN, WFHB and more


  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Future Farming of America (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Southwest Virginia has seen a decline in coal and tobacco—two industries that once boomed in the region. Could hemp be a way to boost the local eco...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
Per Mortem Oleum: Death by Oil
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: The sun is setting on fossil fuels , Credit: @zburival on Unsplash
This week on World Ocean Radio we assert that the age of oil is over: from the rise of renewable energy production worldwide to the reevaluation of...

  • Added: May 19, 2020
  • Length: 05:23
A Blue Energy Future
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Alternative energy is needed more today than ever before. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill asserts that the fossil fuel era i...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2020
  • Length: 04:59
Climate Changed
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Climate Changed, Credit: Seth Shostak
Rising waters, more destructive wildfires, record-breaking heatwaves. Scientists have long predicted these events, but reporting on climate change ...

Bought by KZUM, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Carbon Offsets at a Scale That Matters
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Carbon offset programs offer ways for retailers and consumers to help address the challenge of climate impacts and environmental consequences, and ...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 10:51
2020-01-24 Drawdown / Solving Climate Change
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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When it comes to cutting carbon pollution, where do we start? Today’s solutions are doable, but daunting: decrease global meat consumption, improve...

Bought by WJCT, KJZZ, KBBI Alaska, WMUU-LP, WMRA and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
Ocean Alchemy: Clean Water for Kiunga and Beyond
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Fresh drinking water from brackish seawater in Kiunga, Kenya , Credit: © GivePower
In the middle ages, alchemists for a time believed they could turn base metal into gold. This early endeavor may be the origin story for modern inv...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 04:31
Rare Paiute cutthroat trout reintroduced to native habitat, a 30 year saga for Bill Somer
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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Bill Somer is a senior environmental scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. In 1988 he joined the effort to reestablish the ...

Bought by KRZA and KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 13:36
  • Purchases: 2
Project Drawdown
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio we introduce listeners to Project Drawdown, a collective of scholars and innovators assembled to address the challen...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 05:32
Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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We’re use to hearing about how much humans have impacted the earth. Scientists have given a name for this period to recognize human dominance over ...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2