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240419: Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts , 4/19/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cool...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
2024-04-19 Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cool...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
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
This Week in Water for April 14, 2024
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How Taking a Walk Can Clean Water. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, KRZA and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2024
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 8
California Termites and the Atmosphere
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dylan Gaeta
California is famous for its picturesque sunsets, year-round mild weather, excellent surf, and largely progressive politics, including forward-thin...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
This Week in Water for March 17, 2024
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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The Benefits of Noisy Neighborhoods. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 6
Can we harness electricity from eels?
From: Possibly
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Recently, we got a question from one of our listeners. Matt from Providence wants to know - can we harness electricity from electric eels? We were ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KICI Iowa City, WRFA-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 4
Aqua-Cultural Thoughts
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Seafood is a world staple, under siege by increased consumption and over-fishing. Aquaculture is the necessary alternative, yet is a polarizing iss...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 05:18
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 WUWM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 4
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
Drinking Plastic with Mike Belliveau
From: Doug Wood
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Every plastic bottle is filled with hundreds of thousands of tiny pieces of plastic. Here's what you need to know.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 28:25
This Week in Water for February 25, 2024
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Despite the War, Ukraine Plans to Be a Green Energy Hub. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 6
875: In Your Dreams / 876: Mysteries Of Migration, 2/24/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "In Your Dreams" - Did you dream last night? Or are you among the millions of Americans who are not only sleep deprived but dream deprive...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
Why are we replanting the Atlantic Forest?
From: Possibly
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Today, we’re traveling to the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, the second largest rainforest in Brazil— behind the Amazon Rainforest. Today it stands at ...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 2
In the Wake of Sea Level Rise (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In 2011, Japan was rocked by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake. It triggered a tsunami that measured 130 feet high - killing around 18,000 people and caus...

Bought by WFHB, Kansas Public Radio, WORT, WRMU, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
In the Wake of Sea Level Rise (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 2011, Japan was rocked by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake. It triggered a tsunami that measured 130 feet high - killing around 18,000 people and caus...

Bought by KHEN-LP, KECG, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
In the Wake of Sea Level Rise (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 2011, Japan was rocked by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake. It triggered a tsunami that measured 130 feet high - killing around 18,000 people and caus...

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
In the Wake of Sea Level Rise (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In 2011, Japan was rocked by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake. It triggered a tsunami that measured 130 feet high - killing around 18,000 people and caus...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
This Week in Water for January 21, 2024
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How Your Next Email Could Heat a Swimming Pool. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRZA, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2024
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 8
Constant Wonder - Snorkeling Right in Your Own Backyard
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Is snorkeling just for a tropical vacation? Well, Keith Williams wants people to look into their local freshwater, literally look into that water w...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 1
How does Rhode Island’s new community choice aggregation program work?
From: Possibly
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If you live in Rhode Island, there’s a decent chance you got some version of this letter, too. That’s because last year, seven towns in Rhode Islan...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 2
Can I trust the solar panel companies that knock on my door?
From: Possibly
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Recently, I’ve had a lot of people knocking on my door, trying to sell me solar panels. It happened just last week! I wanted to find out if they ar...

Bought by KRPS, WRFA-LP, and Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 3
06-16: Cultural Mindshift: Full Spectrum Sustainability and Resilience, 1/10/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: David Orr, Credit: Tim Porter
Climate is the trip wire for every other foundational ecological and biological system – as well as the basis for human civilization. As we face th...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
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
Marine Biomimetics, part two
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In these three episodes of World Ocean Radio we are exploring a recent publication entitled “A Forgotten Element in the Blue Economy: Marine Biomim...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 05:07