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Wind power is the largest source of clean, renewable energy in the United States. But the large turbines that create that power can endanger wildli...
- Added: Apr 11, 2024
- Length: 06:41
In the terrible Texas cold front of 2021, some wind turbines stopped producing electricity. Does this mean we can’t rely on this clean, renewable s...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 07:03
In an era where climate change is top of mind for all and our futures hang in the balance, scientists think they’ve found a solution: geoengineerin...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Mar 05, 2024
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 3
And how California’s car emission standards continue to influence the rest of the country.
- Added: Jun 04, 2019
- Length: 39:44
The stuff in Scotchguard and Teflon coatings is poisoning water supplies and never goes away It's even been found in animals on the North Pole! Wit...
- Added: Aug 23, 2018
- Length: 05:27
Algae blooms continue to color western Lake Erie a deep green. Now researchers and scientists want to know more about toxins produced by the algae....
Bought by KPIK-LP, WBFO, WOSU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more
- Added: Oct 13, 2017
- Length: 03:38
- Purchases: 9
Dr. Mark Jacobson, distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, is on-air with us to explain the economic...
Bought by KZYX
- Added: Jan 13, 2016
- Length: 59:24
- Purchases: 1
Ten years later and thousands of miles away, Hurricane Katrina lives on.
- Added: Dec 02, 2015
- Length: 27:58
When we think of garage scientists, the eccentric, gray-haired Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future might come to mind. But these days, garages...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 08:47
- Purchases: 1
90% of the world's goods are carried by cargo ships. And the oceans they sail on are streaming with wind: High tech wing sails used on America's Cu...
Bought by Hark!, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WTIP, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 15, 2013
- Length: 06:41
- Purchases: 5
Here's the first episode in our “Summer Dispatches” series, in which reporter Megan Molteni braves the scarred landscape of Colorado Springs after...
- Added: Oct 02, 2012
- Length: 13:57
- Added: Jan 07, 2008
- Length: 05:04
- Purchases: 1
Solar and wind get all the press, but geothermal is poised for a comeback
Bought by WBEZ and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 16, 2007
- Length: 05:01
- Purchases: 2
French scientist runs office lab atop an active volcano
- Added: Mar 15, 2007
- Length: 07:14
High oil prices and a federal tax credit are fueling biodiesel's growth both at retail pumps and in big fleets
Bought by KVNF and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Jan 17, 2006
- Length: 07:53
- Purchases: 2
