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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
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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
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This year, heat waves across the world shattered records, tested our abilities to stay cool, and even cost lives. Here at Possibly, we wondered: in...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Topic 1: Leeches are Still Used in Modern Hospitals; Topic 2: Are Beavers Contributing to Climate Change? Topic 3: Super Bowl Champ’s Reading Crusade

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 24, 2021
  • Length: 51:42
  • Purchases: 3
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Last year, we answered this question from Marius, a third-grader at Heights Elementary School in Sharon, Massachusetts. He wanted to know- Can glo...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 30, 2021
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Today, we’re going to talk about eating. How will climate change affect our food?

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Herding Cats Podcast is a student lead and produced podcast that addresses environmental challenges as well as takes an introspective look at the s...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:27:56
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I am a graduating Senior at the University of Arizona with a degree in Plant Science.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:19
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Protecting your skin from the sun is a must. So is protecting coral reefs from toxic sunscreen.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Arches are always vibrating. The unique size and shape of each arch produces a unique wave frequency that it vibrates at. We talk with Jeff Moore...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 18:22
  • Purchases: 1
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In Moab, climate change has greatly reduced the size of the wetlands and many of the mosquitoes’ natural predators that used to live there have als...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 18:10
  • Purchases: 1
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These days, it seems like there’s an organic option for every type of food out there, including meat. But organic usually means more expensive. Tha...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Recorded in August of 2002, a generational discussion about smoking

  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 24:40
Caption: Takeout in Paris
I order a lot of takeout food these days. And I often cringe when I see the packaging, especially when I get all of those little soy sauce packets....

  • Added: Mar 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
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There are about 5.5 million different species of bugs and they make up nearly 80% of all animals on Earth. But all is not well with the world’s mos...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:53
Caption: visualcapitalist.com/countries-by-share-of-earths-surface, Credit: Virtual Capitalist: Visualizing Countries By Share of Earth's Surface
This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-five of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode: the importance of ocean literacy and ocean ed...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 05:15
Caption: Places like Iceland have high albedo, Credit: Fatima Husain
Take a look out your window. What color is the ground? It turns out that what you see plays a big role in the speed of climate change.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Today, we have a question from listener David Kellogg. He’s a big fan of solar power, but he wants to know, is it better to put solar panels on you...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 03:41
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Today, we’re answering a question from Ada, a student from Bristol, Rhode Island. She wants to know the best thing kids can do at home to help stop...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Our own Fatima Husain was looking to buy holiday lights and she wondered— which type should I buy? Is there really a big difference between incande...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
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When it comes to arid climates, junipers are some of the toughest trees around. But in the past two years, southeastern Utah has seen huge swathes ...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: Oct 31, 2020
  • Length: 21:03
  • Purchases: 1
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A unique combination of events came together at the end of Permian time (250 million years ago)that resulted in the extinction of more the 90% of l...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: Oct 31, 2020
  • Length: 31:05
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode, we’re going to take a crack at nuts. You might’ve seen ads for healthy almonds, packs of pistachios, and more. They seem to be the “i...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:37
Caption: Bioplastic cups, Credit: Brian Yurasits
Some take-out food containers, cups, and utensils are called “certified compostable.” What does that really mean?

  • Added: Sep 14, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
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About a month ago, I got a text message, asking me if I was ready to “shave the peak.” The message included a link with tips for using less electri...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 03:41