Living on Earth
World Media Foundation
As the planet we call home faces a climate emergency, Living on Earth is your go-to source for the latest coverage of climate change, ecology, and human health. Hosted by Steve Curwood and brought to you by PRX.
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May 19, 2017 • 51min
Living on Earth: May 19, 2017
Air Pollution Chokes Out Happiness / Air Pollution Transformed into Renewable Energy / Science Note: The Power of Dust / Solar Eclipsing Coal in Jobs / BirdNote: American Robins are Exceptional Singers / Astrophysics for People in a Hurry / Sounds of Space: The Songs Of Uranus And Neptune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 12, 2017 • 51min
Living on Earth: May 12, 2017
Trump Admin Fires Key Science Advisors / Senate Saves Methane Rule / Big Plans For and Against Big Oil / BirdNote: Just Whose Ducklings Are Those? / The Charm and Mystery of 'Steve' / The Place Where You Live: Chadron, Nebraska Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 5, 2017 • 51min
Living on Earth: May 5, 2017
Breaking the Barriers to Offshore Oil / Follow the Oil Spill Data / Marching for the Climate, Before and In Trump's Era / Novel Man-Made Minerals / Birdnote: Motherly Instincts / Unraveling the Myths and Mysteries of the Tides Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 28, 2017 • 51min
Living on Earth: April 28, 2017
The Goldman Winners 2017 / Marching for Science / Alaskan Bears and Wolves Under Gun / Wildebeest Jousting / Comments from Listeners / The Traveler's Guide to Space Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 21, 2017 • 51min
Living on Earth: April 21, 2017
Marching for the Earth and Science / Passing Up the March for Science / Lead Safety Budget Cuts / Beyond The Headlines / Science Note: Ant First Aid / How to Save Most Species / We Are All In This Together Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 14, 2017 • 51min
Living on Earth: April 14, 2017
EPA Boss Under Fire from Left and Right / Beyond The Headlines / Roundup® Maker Sued Over Cancer Risks / Science Note: Why Lyme Disease Thrives Up North / Climate Change and Your Health / Death and Life of the Great Lakes / Purrfect for Cats and Coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 7, 2017 • 51min
Living on Earth: April 7, 2017
Keystone Fight Renewed / Clues to the Long-term Effects of Gulf Spills / Yurok Tribe Losing Salmon and Way of Life / Remembering Sir Derek Walcott, Nobel Prize-Winning Poet / A Blueprint for $1 Trillion Infrastructure Spending / BirdNote: Thieving Frigatebirds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 31, 2017 • 51min
Living on Earth: March 31, 2017
Trump Dumps Fed Climate Programs / Science Note: Cooling the Arctic with Guano / Chemicals Reduce Sperm Counts / BirdNote: "The Golden Pendulum": Montezuma Oropendola / Watching the Arctic Melt / A Way to Refreeze the Arctic / Mallards Brave New England's Winter Surf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 24, 2017 • 51min
Living on Earth: March 24, 2017
U.S. Nixes G20 Climate Finance Declaration / Science Note: Enduring Swifts / El Niño Returns? / The Place Where You Live: The American River, Sacramento, CA / Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 17, 2017 • 51min
Living on Earth: March 17, 2017
Environmental Protection on the Chopping Block / Inoculating the Mind from Climate Misinformation / BirdNote: Swallows of Capistrano / Gov. Perry Takes Over the Energy Dept / Lessons From Mexico About the Deepwater Horizon Disaster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
