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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Jul 24, 2015 • 51min
Living on Earth: July 24, 2015
Coal Dethroned: Now What? / Beyond the Headlines / Emerging Science: Undervaluing Wild Bees / Pollinator Declines Threaten Public Health / Prairie Dogs: Saving Mexico's Prairie from the Desert / On Guard / Why Are We Waiting To Save Ourselves? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 17, 2015 • 51min
Living on Earth: July 17, 2015
Climate Change Fuels Wildfires / Caviar Sends Poachers After Columbia River Sturgeon / Human Influences on the Mosquito / Squashing the Mosquito Population / Drones: Taking Off in the Agriculture Industry / The Power Plant that's Draining the Colorado / Earth Ear: Rhinoceros Auklets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 10, 2015 • 51min
Living on Earth: July 10, 2015
The Supreme Court Blocks EPA's Mercury Rule --For Now / BP Will Pay $18.7 Billion to Settle Gulf Oil Spill Fines and Gov't Claims / Arsenic and Frackwater Waste / Fingerprinting Frackwater / Beyond the Headlines / Restoring Giant Kelp Forests / Fighting Invasive Ribbon Grass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 3, 2015 • 52min
Living on Earth: July 3, 2015
Newly Discovered Algae Helps Corals In Warming Oceans / Pond Scum May Be Associated With ALS and Alzheimer's / Louisiana's Moon Shot / Climate Change & Pacific Northwest Glaciers / Meltdown in Tibet / Harvesting "Himalayan Viagra" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 26, 2015 • 51min
Living on Earth: June 26, 2015
Pre-Natal Exposure to DDT Linked To Breast Cancer / BPA Exposure Associated With Poor Parenting / Mule Deer Poachers Slip Past The Law / Drones Stymie Rhino Poachers / Beyond the Headlines / BirdNote®: How Much Birds Sing / The Evolution of Birdsong / Purple Martins: Extroverts of the Air Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 19, 2015 • 52min
Living on Earth: June 19, 2015
Pope Calls for Harmony With Nature To Save Humanity / Cleaning Up the Power Sector / Beyond the Headlines / BirdNote®: A Big Black Gas Leak Detector / The Quest for the 'Asian Unicorn' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 12, 2015 • 51min
Living on Earth: June 12, 2015
Losing Frozen Earth Could Cook the Planet / G7 Calls for an End to Fossil Fuels / Beyond the Headlines / Chimps Like To Cook / BirdNote®: Bird Song, Music, and Neuroscience / New Music Brings John Muir's Story to Life / The Place Where You Live: East Claridon, Ohio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 5, 2015 • 51min
Living on Earth: June 5, 2015
US House Votes New Fishing Rules / Beyond the Headlines / World Sailors Call For Plastic-free Oceans / Testing Boston Harbor for Plastic / Meeting the Challenge of Plastic Marine Debris / Boston's Not-So-Dirty Water / The High Human Cost of Cleaning Up Boston Harbor / Kittiwake: A Life on the Edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 29, 2015 • 51min
Living on Earth: May 29, 2015
Rail Finance Off Track / The True Cost of Fossil Fuels / Beyond the Headlines / Coal Rising in the West / Discovering the Lost World of the Old Ones / BirdNote: Protecting Our Largest Shorebird Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 22, 2015 • 51min
Living on Earth: May 22, 2015
FBI Breaks Its Own Rules to Spy on Keystone Protestors / Beyond the Headlines / Living With The Rise and Fall of King Coal / Elk Island: A World Less Apart / The Great Transition to Renewables Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
