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Maria Gallucci: Zero Emission Marine Vessels
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Maria Gallucci
When it comes to energy transitions, marine vessels tend to get overlooked, even though they are some of the worst polluters of our oceans and air....

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Ethical Dilemma of Geoengineering & Global Warming (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Image of Arctic Ice, Credit: Pink floyd88 a via Wikimedia Commons
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
Andrea Thompson: Battling Extreme Heat Fatigue
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Andrea Thompson
While you're shoveling snow out of the driveway this week, you may not want to hear about extreme heat - but then again, maybe you do! This week on...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Salt Lake City Water Reclamation Center
From: KRCL
Series: Ways of Water
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Connor visited the site of the new Salt Lake City Water Reclamation Center. This is the largest public utilities project in SLC's history, coming i...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 08:54
Daniel Kammen: The Perils of Deep-Sea Mining
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Kammen
Most of us have never been there but according to a quick Google search, some of the things you might see at the bottom of the ocean include sea sp...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Jan 24, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Matt Simon on Microplastics, Pt. 2
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matt Simon
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we learned that the plastics industry plans to triple production in the next 40 years, reaching 3 trillion pounds of...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Matt Simon on Microplastics, Pt. 1
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matt Simon
Look around you: at this very moment, chances are that within a one-foot radius of your body, there’s something plastic. The ubiquity of plastic co...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Constant Wonder - A Humble Farmer Walks the Globe and Meets the World's Elite
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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By age 25, a young Croatian had come down with a bad case of wanderlust. So much wanderlust that he lived out his days as a perpetual pedestrian, w...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Joseph McFadden: A Cattle Biologist Explains Feed Additives
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Joseph McFadden
Did you know that India accounts for about one-third of the world’s one billion head of cattle? Last week on Sea Change Radio, we spoke to the head...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
David Messina: Rumin8 Strives To Reduce Cow Methane Emissions
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Messina
When we think about greenhouse gas emissions, automobiles, airplanes, and power plants usually figure more prominently than livestock. The methane ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Professor Greg Abbott discusses the emergency facing The Great Salt Lake
From: KRCL
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KRCL's Lara Jones discusses the current emergency facing The Great Salt Lake with Brigham Young University Professor Greg Abbott.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 07:36
2023-03-03 Has Hydrogen’s Moment Finally Arrived?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Not long ago, it was said that “hydrogen is the fuel of the future - and always will be.” Now, with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law tagging $9.5 ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
230303: Has Hydrogen’s Moment Finally Arrived?, 3/3/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Not long ago, it was said that “hydrogen is the fuel of the future - and always will be.” Now, with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law tagging $9.5 ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Lisa Song: Hard Pass on The Gas
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lisa Song
Frequent Sea Change Radio listeners have known for a while about the drawbacks of gas stoves - it turns out they're considerably worse for both the...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Glyphosate: What You Need to Know and What You Can Do About It with Kelly Ryerson
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Join Kelly Ryerson, founder of Glyphosate Facts, as she reveals truths about glyphosate, one of the most common ingredients in herbicides and the m...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Top of Mind - Green Lights for Migraines, Black in Science, Lithium Mining
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Green Lights for Migraines; Topic 2 - Black in Science; Topic 3 - Lithium Mining

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 51:45
  • Purchases: 1
And That’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg: Bob Berwyn on European Glacier Melt
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bob Berwyn
Ice caps, or the apex of glaciers, are delicate things. As the earth warms, they respond by rapidly thawing into their oceanic homes. This week on ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Neel Dhanesha: Nurdle Hurdles
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Neel Dhanesha
What is a nurdle, you ask? Is it the latest variation on the popular New York Times puzzle, Wordle? No, not quite. Nurdles are the tiny little petr...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
William Moomaw: Climate Change Assessments
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: William Moomaw
“It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. The scale of recent changes are unprecedented over many centurie...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hog Wild: Susanne Rust on the Feral Pig Problem
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Susanne Rust
You may not have seen them running through your yard, but just wait. Feral pigs are everywhere and they’re a growing problem. This week on Sea Chan...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
20220311 Turning Air into Stone: Tech-Based Carbon Removal
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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It has been 3 million years since we’ve had this much CO2 in the atmosphere. Even if we stop all burning of fossil fuels today, humans have already...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KWIT, WMUU-LP, KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
20220311: Turning Air into Stone: Tech-Based Carbon Removal, 3/11/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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It has been 3 million years since we’ve had this much CO2 in the atmosphere. Even if we stop all burning of fossil fuels today, humans have already...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
2022-03-04 Peat, Kelp and Trees: Nature-Based Carbon Capture
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Humans must dramatically rein in greenhouse gas emissions in order to slow the planetary warming caused by centuries of fossil fuel combustion. But...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 9
220304: Peat, Kelp and Trees: Nature-Based Carbon Capture, 3/4/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Humans must dramatically rein in greenhouse gas emissions in order to slow the planetary warming caused by centuries of fossil fuel combustion. But...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
2022-02-25 Cow Poop and Compost: Digesting the Methane Menace
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In a 20-year time frame, methane is 80 times more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide. Nationally, 37% of methane emissions come from cows....

Bought by Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10