Latest Episodes
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Save the Valley Dragons! Restoring the Blunt-Notes Leopard Lizard to the San Joaquin Desert with Dr. Michael Telemeco and Dr. Michael Westphal
Who knew there was a desert in the San Joaquin Valley inhabited by the “valley dragon,” aka, the “blunt-nosed leopard lizard.” The lizards have...
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"What's in Those Plastics, Anyway?" with Professor Susannah Scott of UC Santa Barbara
The world is awash in plastic. According to a study published in 2020, total production of plastics since 1950 is now over 10 billion...
153
After the Floods--The Search for Resilience in Ellicott City, with Professor Ken Conca, American University
As the recent deadly floods in Central Texas remind us, Nature bats last. There seem to be a growing number of severe weather-related disasters...
152
The False Promise of Deep-Sea Mining with Professors D.G. Webster and Susan Park
The United States has indicated that it will begin to explore commercial mining of mineral nodules on the international seabed, in violation of the...
126
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation with Hugh Warwick (rerun)
Do you remember the Northern Spotted Owl, icon of the old-growth Redwood Wars of the 1990s? Well, the Northern Spotted Owl is, once again,...
150
Out, Out, Damned Carbon! with Dr. Barbara Haya & Dr. Stephen Lezak, Berkeley Carbon Trading Project
Carbon is a boon and a bane. It is at the core of all life on Earth, past and present. In the atmosphere, carbon...