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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Aug 23, 2013 • 52min
Living on Earth: August 23, 2013
Nuclear Power Storage Crisis / Climate Risks from Leaky Natural Gas Wells / Otters As Climate Defenders / Nature's Help for Cancer Vaccines / BirdNote ® - Snail Kite - Bird of the Everglades / Eternity of Eagles / Greenland Melt Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2013 • 52min
Living on Earth: August 16, 2013
Pollutants Implicated in ADHD / Mercury Hot Spots Around the World / Fracking on Amish Lands / Science Note: A Plant With Oily Leaves / The World's Largest Known Organism In Trouble / Can Prairie Dogs Save Mexico's Prairie From the Desert? / Conservation Canine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 9, 2013 • 52min
Living on Earth: August 9, 2013
Chemicals That Promote Obesity Down the Generations / Secret Cash for Climate Denial / Working Woodlands for Carbon and Cash / How Insects Influence Plant Evolution / Snow in Summer / Fungi / Sounds Heard by Aldo Leopold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 2, 2013 • 52min
Living on Earth: August 2, 2013
Climate Change and Conflict / Tesla Stock Soars / Invasive Crayfish / Science Note: Best To Be Eaten / Russia Nixes Antarctic Marine Reserve / Swimming Polar Bear / Hip Hop Born in the Parks / Recording Nature By Sound / BirdNote® All That Jazz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 26, 2013 • 52min
Living on Earth: July 26, 2013
Microbes and Evolution / Challenges for the New EPA Chief / Science Note: Palm Oil / Radioactive Water from Fukushima in the Pacific / Trash in Kerala / Zero Waste Atlanta / Citizens on the Watch for Hummingbirds / National Moth Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 19, 2013 • 52min
Living on Earth: July 19, 2013
The Risks of Oil Trains / Oil Train Concerns in the Pacific Northwest / Climate Disruption and Sea Level Rise / Hult Prize Competition / Hunting For Edible Insects / Eat-a-Bug Cookbook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 12, 2013 • 52min
Living on Earth: July 12, 2013
Mystery Route For Keystone XL / Coal and Shortened Lives in China / Static Electricity: The Secret of Spider Webs / Invasive Beetles and Moths On the March / Ancient Underwater Forest in the Gulf of Mexico / BirdNote ®: The Big Thicket / Saving Ourselves- The Green Boat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 5, 2013 • 52min
Living on Earth: July 5, 2013
World Population Day / Alternative Tar Sands Pipelines / Bayou Community Struggles with Sinkhole / Sea Turtle Paternity Test / New National Parks / Rethinking Fast Fashion / Ritual and Deforestation in India / Dancing Gnats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 28, 2013 • 52min
Living on Earth: June 28, 2013
Obama's Grand Climate Plan / Solar Powered Ship / Oberlin Environmental Dashboard / Science Note- Cicadas Meet Citizen Science / "Trash"Animals / Chasing Springtails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 21, 2013 • 52min
Living on Earth: June 21, 2013
Adverse Health Effects For Pigs Fed Genetically Modified Food / Arkansas Tar Sands Oil Spill Update / Helping Fish Return to the Elwha River / Turkish Development Threatens Marine Life / BirdNote © Willow Ptarmigan / The Perfect Protein / Juneteenth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
