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Should I grill with gas or charcoal?
From: Possibly
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If you're choosing between charcoal and gas, choose gas. Grilling with charcoal for an hour produces three times the emissions of grilling with gas...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
What's the most energy-efficient way to heat your home?
From: Possibly
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First make sure your home is well insulated. Then, swap out your furnace or boiler for a device known as a heat pump. Heat pumps run on electricity...

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
Are Carbon Offsets Worth It?
From: Possibly
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Carbon offsets are designed to compensate for the carbon dioxide emissions we create. You can offset your carbon by paying for projects that absorb...

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
What Creates More Greenhouse Emissions - Flying Or Driving?
From: Possibly
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In general, if you're traveling alone, driving creates two times the emissions of flying in a plane. Driving with just two people in the car makes ...

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
Is It Possible To Convert Your Gas Car Into An Electric Car?
From: Possibly
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Technically yes. There are some car hobbyists who have done this, but there's no streamlined approach to converting your car. The process would be ...

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  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
Can we turn methane leaks into a climate solution?
From: Possibly
Caption: Anaerobic digester
It turns out, there's a way to capture methane before it leaks into the atmosphere. In the case of a landfill, you can cover the surface and then i...

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  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Does global warming cause extreme weather?
From: Possibly
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Yes. Global warming increases the intensity of our weather because it causes temperatures to rise, which leads to more water evaporation. When thos...

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  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
586-Northern PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was observing in the constellation of Ursae Major with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona wh...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
582-Stealthy Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroids which approach Earth from inside of our orbit about the Sun are often difficult to discover and may represent a unique threat to our home...

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
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574-Record Year
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In 2019, asteroid hunters set a new record by discovering 2,433 Earth approaching objects including 85 which could potentially become a threat to p...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
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547-Impact Mars
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A given piece of ground on Mars receives several times more space rock impacts than a similar sized area on Earth. Perhaps, in the future the Marti...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
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534-Followups
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Without followup data, many if not most of the Earth approaching objects would be lost as they move away from us leaving us with no idea when they...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
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533-100 Moons
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small telescope makes a substantial contribution to our knowledge of the celestial visitors to our neighborhood.

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
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517-Close Again
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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As asteroid hunters equipment and skills continue to improve we will be able to find and track some of these tiny impactors and perhaps be able to ...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
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509-Close
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Until recently the discovery of very close approaching asteroids was rare, however, due to improvements in telescopes, cameras, and computers aster...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
505-What A Night
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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To give you an idea of the celestial traffic in our neighborhood, on a recent clear night, using our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, my C...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
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502-Pair of PHAs
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid Hunters keep careful track of nearly 2,000 Potentially Hazardous Asteroids [PHAs] to make sure that they are no threat to humanity. The re...

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
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500-Why Look
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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What asteroid hunters fear is that a small space rock capable of injuring people and damaging buildings is heading our way and that we will not fin...

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Deadly currents -- why they hit the Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Silver Beach County Park in St. Joseph, Michigan, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Since 2002, powerful currents in the Great Lakes have caused more than 150 drownings, researchers say. A look at the science behind the currents.

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 9