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Every time I pull a reference book or field guide off the shelf to read about a recently seen insect I seem to run across a quote by the famous ent...
- Added: Jun 23, 2022
- Length: 05:09
Coral Vita’s Sam Teicher discusses the urgent status of the world's coral reefs and how we can restore them by rapidly and effectively growing clim...
- Added: Jun 20, 2022
- Length: 58:00
The Joshua tree is an icon and ecological keystone of the California deserts. However, climate disruption with hotter, drier summers and more frequ...
- Added: Jun 06, 2022
- Length: 58:00
The Amazon is one of the most productive and important ecosystems on the planet. What will continue to be lost if we fail to protect the last great...
- Added: Apr 27, 2022
- Length: 05:18
HOUR ONE: "Plants As People" - If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should t...
- Added: Apr 15, 2022
- Length: 01:58:59
The biggest single problem facing ocean conversation is the lack of public awareness and political will. Public engagement efforts by agencies, ins...
- Added: Apr 14, 2022
- Length: 05:08
HOUR ONE: "Writing The Climate Change Story" - Floods, wildfires, winds and extreme temperatures. This hour, the novelists and journalists who are ...
- Added: Apr 01, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
This week we're referencing a recent post entitled The Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science: Exploring the Space Between Knowing an...
- Added: Mar 31, 2022
- Length: 05:39
Millions of people worldwide do not have access to adequate water supply for drinking, cooking and basic sanitation. According to a February report...
- Added: Mar 24, 2022
- Length: 05:04
This week we introduce listeners to World Ocean Explorer, a new, revolutionary and immersive 3D virtual aquarium project the W2O team has been deve...
- Added: Mar 16, 2022
- Length: 05:17
One of the most magical moments of my childhood was when I first dug up potatoes in a garden and we later had some for dinner. I was awe struck! Th...
- Added: Mar 15, 2022
- Length: 04:59
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...
- Added: Mar 11, 2022
- Length: 01:59:00
Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the world. What are they trying...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WFAE, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more
- Added: Mar 10, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
Science tells us mountains are giant piles of rock, formed millions of years ago. But that's not all they are. This hour, we'll remember a time whe...
Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more
- Added: Mar 10, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should they have rights?
Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more
- Added: Mar 10, 2022
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 6
Have you ever locked eyes with an animal in the wild? It can be a shattering experience.
Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, WHRV and more
- Added: Mar 10, 2022
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 7
This week on World Ocean Radio we're discussing the importance of ocean literacy and ocean education to transform our understanding of the ocean's ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2022
- Length: 05:15
HOUR ONE: "Rewriting The Romance Script" - Love is in the air, as it has been every Valentine's Day since 496. And we're still trying to get it rig...
- Added: Feb 11, 2022
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Searching For Order In The Universe" - The universe is full of mystery. This hour, what do fish and eels have to do with the maddening s...
- Added: Jan 21, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
The vast landscapes of the southwest are to die for and every once in a while I capture one with my camera. More and more I remind myself to just t...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:56
Xanthisma gracilis is an annual and found all over the southwest and into Mexico as well. Duh. A common name is slender goldenweed or spiny zinnia....
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 05:03
This week on World Ocean Radio we introduce listeners to a word many may have never heard before: xenobiotic--defined as a chemical substance found...
- Added: Dec 22, 2021
- Length: 05:10
This week on World Ocean Radio: new systems thinking offers alternatives to failing structures and behaviors. As food, energy and water are the thr...
- Added: Dec 07, 2021
- Length: 05:07
This week on World Ocean Radio we're defining "backwash" as the movement of water for filtration, for desalination, and for clearing of debris and ...
- Added: Nov 16, 2021
- Length: 04:58
HOUR ONE: "Living With Loneliness" - In countries all over the world, rates of loneliness are skyrocketing. How did it become a condition of modern...
- Added: Nov 12, 2021
- Length: 01:59:00