Learning to be a Good Primate-PW076

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/MichelleMerrillPrimatesAreUS.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:56 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreHow does what we’re learning about the great apes teach us about our humanity and hopes for survival on planet earth? Our guest on this week’s Planet Watch is Michelle Merrill. She is currently an independent • Read More »

Deep Sea Explorers and Elephant Seals-PW075

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/DeepSeaResearchLindaSnookCabrilloStudentStories.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:10 — 48.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreOn the podcast we hear an interview with deep sea researcher Linda Snook whose work takes her 1500 feet down underwater in a tiny submersible. The creatures she sees few people lay eyes on in • Read More »

Mars-The Red Planet: NASA Scientist Carol Stoker talks about her research-PW072

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/LifeonMars016.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:07 — 71.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | More An interview with NASA scientist Carol Stoker, an expert on Mars, the Red Planet. Carol Stoker is a staff planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. Her most recent work is focused on developing instruments • Read More »

Micro-Hydro Power Guru Don Harris – PW070

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/Microhydrogenerators011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:01 — 49.5MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreEver thought of making your own electricity in a nearby stream? We’ll talk with Don Harris, world-class guru on micro-hydropower and inventor of the Harris Hydroelectric Permanent Magnet Turbine about his experiences with these low-cost, • Read More »

Saving American Democracy and the Planet -PW069

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/DavidOrrSavingAmericanDemocracy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:45 — 116.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreA conversation with David Orr, writer and professor emeritus of environmental studies and political science from Oberlin College about the future of American democracy. What do we do to repair the damage being done to • Read More »

Green Skyscrapers? Tiny Changes Can Save Big Energy-PW067

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/BarryGilesGreenBuildings.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:04 — 48.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreWhat’s so green about skyscrapers? What are the top three best ways to “green them up”? How long until owners recoup their investment in green retrofits? Find out with green building guru, Barry Giles, CEO • Read More »

Darkness and Light: Keeping Day-time Natural and Night-time Dark-PW063

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Mary Silver: Ocean Science Pioneer-PW061

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/MarySilverOceanPioneer.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:39 — 49.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreWe present a conversation with Dr. Mary Wilcox Silver,Professor Emeritus of Ocean Sciences, one of the first women to head a major Ocean Sciences department at a UC. Her works focuses on phytoplankton and ocean • Read More »

What Ancient Hot Earth Can Teach Us About Global Warming-PW060

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/JimZachosPaleoClimateStudies.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:56 — 74.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreJames Zachos‘s investigations of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and other major climate shifts in Earth’s past are highly relevant to understanding how human activities are driving modern-day global climate change. A study he coauthored in • Read More »

Protecting America’s Coastline-PW057

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https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/ProtectingOurCoastsCharlesLesterCoastalCommission.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:49 — 98.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreIn this podcast we present an interview with former Director of the California Coastal Commission, Charles Lester. Lester presided over the most powerful regulatory body in the nation when it comes to coastal protection under • Read More »