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The Sustainable Brilliance of Indigenous Design | Manu Peni | TED
When human rights advocate Manu Peni returned to Papua New Guinea from abroad, he built a home for himself using modern techniques — and promptly learned a harsh lesson on how the newest ideas aren’t always the best ideas. Peni … Continue reading
Where do we go when the seas rise? – BBC World Service
After learning how long it will take the Earth’s ice sheets to melt in the previous episode, we continue our journey in Greenland. Listener Johan isn’t too optimistic about governments’ ability to curb greenhouse gas emissions and get a handle … Continue reading
Abrupt global ocean circulation collapse. Time to start prepping?
An abrupt collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, was the plotline for the 2004 hit movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’. Thankfully the apocalyptic scenes depicted in that film are not going to happen, but the AMOC system … Continue reading
Nguri – Indigenous rangers tell ancient stories of the Great Barrier Reef | WWF-Australia
n Dyirbal language, ‘nguri’ is a word used to say that an action was done in order to redress a balance. In light of the recent mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef, WWF-Australia travelled to Saltwater Country … Continue reading
How will our beloved reefs survive in the oceans of the future? | Aeon Essays
Healthy hard corals in a shallow-water reef. Will this be a rare sight in the near future? Photo © K M Stiefel A warming planet and acid oceans will radically transform marine ecosystems. How will our beloved reefs survive? It … Continue reading
What Will Happen If Earth Keeps Getting Warmer? | Avoiding Apocalypse | Spark
The Earth is heating up and this climate change will have cataclysmic consequences for humanity – namely the desertification of agricultural lands and submersion of some of the planet’s most populated zones. This episode explores the best scientific solutions to … Continue reading
The Best Places To Live To Survive Climate Change
[…] We hear a lot about ways to mitigate climate change, but as the effects start to pile up, we should probably talk about ways to prepare for the worst. So let’s look at the best places around the world … Continue reading
Study Finds That Biking Like the Dutch Would Lower Global Emissions | My Modern Met
By Madeleine Muzdakis on September 5, 2022 Amsterdam is a city of bikers. (Photo: OLGACOV/Depositphotos) People in the Netherlands cycle an average of 1.6 miles per day. The city of Amsterdam is known for many things, one of which is … Continue reading
Meet the Fossils
Funded by This American Life Written and Narrated by Robert Krulwich Animation Directed and Designed by Nate Milton Based on the work of Aatish Bhatia Music by Buck St. Thomas natemilton.com open.spotify.com/artist/3KiADQLV8xnI7FHTJ2059L
Iceland’s Deserts Are Turning Purple – here’s why
In this video, we are putting the Icelandic Lupin debate under the microscope to try and find out the good and the bad about this invasive species. […]
How salt and sand could replace lithium batteries
The lithium-ion battery has powered us for decades. But for a renewable future, we need a new solution—and fast. So what are our options? Reporter: Beina Xu Video Editor: Tomas Rosenberg Supervising Editor: Joanna Gottschalk We’re destroying our environment at … Continue reading
