Climate Change

Life on Mars? Explorations of a SETI Planetary Scientist-PPW093

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/MarsJRStoke.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreLife on Mars? Dr. Jr. R. Skok of the SETI Institute discusses Current and Upcoming Exploration and Research on MARS Dr. Skok, explorer and planetary scientist with SETI, earned his B.S. at Cornell University and • Read More »


Trump’s Solar Tariffs: Boon or Bane?-PW055

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/SolarTariffs.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:19 — 73.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreHow will Trump’s tariffs on solar panels affect efforts to install millions of solar panels and fight climate change? Who are the winners and losers in this trade game? We’ll hear from Markus Beck CTO • Read More »


Dr. Robert Kopp on the Latest Climate Report-PW052

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/RobertKoppCimateReport006.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:26 — 73.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreWe hear from Dr. Robert Kopp, one of the leading climate scientists in the U.S. talking about the most recent government report and what it says about sea level rise. Also, a story about selective • Read More »


Micro-Hydro Power Guru Don Harris – PW013

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 »


City Climate Action Coordinator: Tiffany Wise-West of Santa Cruz, California – PW012

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/TiffanyWise-WestClimateCoordinatorCitySantaCruz.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:42 — 49.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreClimate Action Coordinator for the city of Santa Cruz, California – Dr. Tiffany Wise-West discusses the city’s Climate Action Plan and the process of preparing for sea level rise. She explains the distinctions between climate • Read More »


Communicating About Climate Change-PW008

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/YaleEdMaibachClimateCommunication09.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 98.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreWhy is it so hard to communicate about Climate Change? What if the future depended on our  communicating about this better? Two experts in science communications, Susan Joy Hassol and Dr. Edward Maibach talk about how • Read More »


The Solutions Project: A Roadmap for Getting the U.S. completely off fossil fuels – PW007

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/MarkJacobson06.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 98.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreA road map for getting the U.S. completely off fossil fuels by 2050 is the subject of today’s interview with Mark Jacobson, Stanford University professor of engineering and author of The Solutions Project.   Also • Read More »


Adapting to Climate Change: Water & Ecosystems-PW006

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/AdinaandErikaecosystems05.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:01 — 98.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreOn today’s show, two scientists talk about ecosystems and water resources in a changing planet. University of California Santa Cruz evolutionary biologist, Professor Erika Zavaleta discusses her work on ecosystems and how they adapt to • Read More »


Climate Change: Impact on Plants – PW005

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/MichaelLoik04.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:01 — 98.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MorePlants and Climate Change: How will plants survive the wide swings in climate that are expected in the next century? To understand how short-term weather patterns, altered atmospheric composition, and climate change drive plant physiology, • Read More »