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  • This Green Earth | May 20, 2025

    This Green Earth | May 20, 2025
    2025/05/20
    Celebrate World Bee Day with Daniel Raichel, the acting director of the Pollinator Initiative at the Natural Resources Defense Council, who talks about the current state of bees and what these pollinators mean to biodiversity and human livelihoods. Then, journalist Chris Berdik shares his new book, "Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World and How We Can Take it Back." In it, he brings attention to a pollutant that may not be getting the attention it deserves.
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    50 分
  • This Green Earth | May 13, 2025

    This Green Earth | May 13, 2025
    2025/05/13
    Scientists Fay Wei Li and Jacob Suissa discuss their new book, "Ferns: Lessons in Survival From Earth’s Most Adaptable Plants." It explores the incredible world of these fascinating creatures which have survived for nearly 400 million years and continue to find ways to adapt to an ever changing planet. Then, Cara Giaimo takes readers on epic journeys around the globe from Antarctic deserts to lush jungles into the deepest fathoms of the oceans in her book, "Atlas Obscura: Wildlife."
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    52 分
  • This Green Earth | May 6, 2025

    This Green Earth | May 6, 2025
    2025/05/06
    Renowned climate scientist Dr. Jagadish Shukla discusses his new book, "A Billion Butterflies: A Life in Climate and Chaos Theory." Widely praised as an inspiring and informative memoir, the book shares Dr. Shukla's groundbreaking work, which revolutionized weather forecasting. Then naturalist and photographer Charles Hood captures his nocturnal adventures all over the world in his new book, "Nature at Night." While most tales may warn us about the dangers that lie waiting in the dark, there is actually an abundance of thriving, colorful and even adorable creatures that live their best lives at night.
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    44 分
  • This Green Earth | April 29, 2025

    This Green Earth | April 29, 2025
    2025/04/30
    Nick Mucha, the environmental capacity building director at Patagonia and the editor of the recently published book, "Tools to Save Our Home Planet," talks about the contributions from 56 environmental leaders and the inspiration it provides to environmental justice movements. Then, Sara Jo Dickens discusses best practices for gardening and lawn maintenance as we head into the spring season.
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    50 分
  • This Green Earth | April 22, 2025

    This Green Earth | April 22, 2025
    2025/04/23
    National Campaign Manager Evan Raskin of earthday.org talks about the past, present and projected future of Earth Day — and how you can get involved. Then, Park City Community Foundation's Andy Hecht talks about the progress of their Zero Food Waste Initiative and shares a freshly launched partnership that will provide even more efficient food waste composting.
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    48 分
  • This Green Earth | April 15, 2025

    This Green Earth | April 15, 2025
    2025/04/15
    Native herpetology coordinator Alyssa Hoekstra talks about the different types of rattlesnakes in Utah and their important role in our ecosystem. Then, Walt Meier, senior research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, talks about the current state of arctic sea ice. In March, arctic sea ice was at its lowest ever recorded for that month, measuring six percent below the long-term average.
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    51 分
  • This Green Earth | April 8, 2025

    This Green Earth | April 8, 2025
    2025/04/08
    Amanda Rodewald is the Senior Director of the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Rodewald takes us through the finding of the recently-released State of the Birds report and shares which bird species are struggling and which are thriving.Award-winning environmental journalist Sophie Yeo author of "Nature's Ghosts, The World We Lost and How to Bring it Back" joins the show. She examines how the planet would have looked before humans scrubbed away its diversity: from landscapes carved out by megafauna to the primeval forests that emerged following the last Ice Age.
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    51 分
  • This Green Earth | April 1, 2025

    This Green Earth | April 1, 2025
    2025/04/01
    Ryan Langendorf, a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, shares a recent study shedding light on sea otters as a keystone species helping to regenerate kelp forests. Then, marine biologist Ronja Steinbach talks about the world of marine fungi and the role they are playing in degrading plastics. Her research highlights a largely untapped resource that is helping to remove plastics from the ocean.
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    51 分