New from Dolly Parton “World on Fire” -an anthem for our times. What is happening with the world’s biggest greenhouse gas? Texas atmospheric scientist Andrew Dessler, Plus, why are half the world’s lakes drying up? Dr. Ben Livneh explains a developing disaster affecting …
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“Endless record heat” over Asia. Strange Spring heat waves from Spain to Botswanna. Is it because the ocean has never been hotter? Then Katrin Gandswindt from Urgewald names the trillion dollar pension funds and investment houses paying for a new surge in fossil …
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Are your savings helping the mad new expansion of fossil fuels? From RAN, Dr. April Merleaux names big banks expanding oil, gas & coal from the Arctic to the Amazon. Where does that lead? From London, broadcaster, author, and science journalist Gaia Vince …
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Antarctic currents, We the Children, and worst car maker award. From Australia, Dr. Matthew England explains new Antarctic science that literally changes the whole world. I talk with 11-year-old Zach Fox-DeVol about his “We the Children” podcast. From Public Citizen, Erika Thi Patterson …
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Tornadoes, climate and a rocky future Long-time science journalist Alex Smith finally admits his own hopes and fears, knowing what we know now. Some neglected new science shows up, plus clips with Todd Rose on collective illusions, and a word from 11-year-old climate …
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Can crisis tip us into an ecologically sane civilization? UK Think tank report author Laurie Laybourn on a future where disasters ripple across the world. Then let’s get away – to Antarctica. Why did sea ice crash around that frozen continent? Increasing El …
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Systems & security expert Thomas Homer-Dixon: situation update and battered hope. From Rotterdam, Dr. Yogi Hendlin, exploring the brains of fossil fuel lovers, as the house is on fire. Homer-Dixon is author of “The Upside of Down” and “The Ingenuity Gap”, Director of …
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The latest and best overview of climate feedbacks is out. UK scientist Tim Lenton reports possible futures. From New York, author and activist Andrew Boyd on his new book “I Want A Better Catastrophe.” Listen to or download this Radio Ecoshock show in …
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Blistering heat waves across the Southern Hemisphere, strange storms in the North. Alex reports new science of Atmospheric Rivers, Arctic Ice and teleconnections. Columbian scientist Paola Arias Gomez explains continuing drought & record heat smashing agriculture in Argentina, South Brazil, and Uruguay – …
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Up to 20% of creatures you know will go extinct this century, according to research by Australian biologist Corey Bradshaw, Professor of Global Ecology at Flinders University, Adelaide. Then: why do top economists claim global warming over 3 degrees will cause only minor …
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Tipping points, feed-backs & social collapse: the late Australian super-scientist Will Steffen in his own voice. From Radio Ecoshock 2018, Hothouse Earth and Trajectories of the Earth System. From Ecoshock 2020, the risk of “societal collapse” as climate impacts mount. We need to …
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The ocean acts like a giant air-conditioner, absorbing 90% of extra heat added by humans. What if it stops? Dr. Keith Moore explains. From New Zealand, Dr. Kevin Trenberth reports more record ocean heating – levels not seen for over a million years. …
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