Beste Pop Kultur podcasts (2024)

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Standardizing Energy Efficiency, with Mark Kresowik 1:45

3d ago1:45

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The Current State of US Energy Consumption The United States consumes vast amounts of energy and spends enormous amounts of money every year to fuel our economy, business, and lifestyle. The US accounts for 4% of the world’s population, yet uses 16% of the world’s total energy. The production and consumption of energy are major drivers of global cl…

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Rerun: Using Climate Journalism to Connect Weather Events and Climate, with Jonathan Vigliotti 1:45

9d ago1:45

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Staying Educated About Climate Change As climate change intensifies, the heightened frequency of natural disaster weather-related events is quickly becoming the new reality. Whether it be prolonged wildfire seasons in Northern California or destructive hurricanes off the Florida coast, citizens across the country are beginning to bear the burden of…

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Rerun: Resilience Hotspots: Nature's Role in Urban Climate Adaptation 1:44

17d ago1:44

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What are “Resilience Hotspots”? Technology and high-tech solutions are not the only responses to climate change. Nature can also be a powerful form of climate resilience. Resilience hotspots are small pockets of nature that, when restored and maintained, act as barriers to climate impacts. For instance, wetlands can insulate shores from storm surge…

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Rerun: Induction Ranges, No Rewiring Required, with Sam Calisch 1:42

24d ago1:42

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Induction-Range Stoves: Gas stoves have recently been in the news as a source of harmful pollutants in the home and generators of greenhouse gas. The adoption of energy-efficient induction-range stovetops could offer a solution. Induction cooktops use electromagnetism to generate heat from directly within cookware, preventing the levels of energy l…

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How Native American Ecology Can Tackle Climate Anxiety, with Dr. Melinda Adams 1:45

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Climate Change and Anxiety: Some Data Climate or “eco” anxiety refers to people feeling distressed about climate change and its impacts on our ecosystems, the environment, and human health and well-being. It is rooted in a deep existential dread concerning the future of the planet. Symptoms include feelings of grief, loss, anger, sadness, and guilt…

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Regenerating our Ecosystems with Good Fire, with Dr. Melinda Adams 1:45

1M ago1:45

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Wildfires and climate change: a brief overview North America is no stranger to wildfires. As of August 15, 2024, 29,917 fires this year have burned more than 5.2 million acres, according to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. While this year’s number of wildfires is below the annual average of 35,691, the yearly acres burned is above the average …

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Including Marginalized Communities in Policy Decisions 1:45

1M ago1:45

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Climate change and household financial well-being The increase in climate-related disasters, such as floods, wildfires, and heat waves, has created serious financial burdens on households across the country. Since 1980, the world has seen a fivefold increase in the number of billion-dollar natural disasters. 2018 to 2022 alone saw an estimated $617…

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Promoting Clean Energy through Pop Culture, with Klean Energy Kulture Co-Founders Michael Hawthorne Jr. and Corey Dennard 1:45

2M ago1:45

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A New Sustainable Culture Through the rise in pop culture, climate change awareness has increasingly been integrated into the entertainment industry. Particularly in the Black community, multimedia cultural campaigns are used to increase interest in environmental movements with the use of light-hearted, fun content. Artists, musicians, and influenc…

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Eliminating Contrails to Increase Aircraft Sustainability, with Matteo Mirolo 1:45

2M ago1:45

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The aviation industry and climate change: what are contrails? A 2022 IPCC report found that direct GHG emissions from the transport sector accounted for 23% of global energy-related CO2 emissions in 2019. Road vehicles accounted for 70% of direct transport emissions, while 1%, 11%, and 12% of emissions came from rail, shipping, and aviation, respec…

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Locating Methane Leaks with Satellites, with Dr. Timiebi Aganaba 1:45

2M ago1:45

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What is methane? Methane (CH4) (the primary component of “natural gas”) is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide. Around 60% of global methane emissions come from human activities in three main sectors: energy production (oil, gas, and coal), agriculture (livestock and rice), and waste (landfill and waste water). Energy prod…

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Energy as a Service, with Bob Hinkle 1:45

2M ago1:45

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What is Energy-as-a-Service? Most current energy technologies burn fossil fuels and emit carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming. Adopting low and zero-carbon technologies is one way to reduce emissions, but barriers such as high upfront and maintenance costs have impeded the adoption of these technologies. Energy as a Service (EaaS) is…

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Rerun: Using Solar Energy to Power Composting with Chris Seney 1:45

3M ago1:45

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In 2018, nearly one-third of the 39 million tons of waste in California landfills was compostable organic material. Organic material – food and agricultural waste – releases methane, a very potent greenhouse gas, as it decomposes. As a result, California’s Short-Lived Pollutant Reduction law, SB-1383, targets such food waste by establishing methane…

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Disability-Inclusive Climate Solutions, with Michael Stein 1:45

3M ago1:45

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Introduction People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by climate change; however, they have been traditionally excluded from conversations about national plans and responses to climate change. Including the disabled community in decision making is key to addressing potential harms and designing effective, inclusive solutions. Disabl…

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Rerun: What Does Effective Climate Communication Look Like? with Dr. Candice Howarth 1:45

3M ago1:45

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What is “place-based” climate change communication? Climate change can feel overwhelming and impersonal when discussed on a global or national scale. Place-based communication works to make climate change feel relevant to local communities and individuals. Issues that impact local communities and have connections to climate change, such as waste, e…

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Rerun: Electric Vehicle Retrofitting with Dr. Aly El Tayeb 1:46

3M ago1:46

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What is electric vehicle (EV) retrofitting and why does it matter? ‘EV retrofitting’ refers to the process of converting a gas-powered vehicle into an electric vehicle by replacing its gas engine with a battery pack. The battery pack is designed to fit within the vehicle’s chassis—the structural frame to which its wheels, suspension, engine, and ot…

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Sustainable Investing for a Climate-Proof Economy, with Kirsten Spalding 1:45

4M ago1:45

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Mobilizing Investors to Build a More Sustainable Global Economy As the effects of climate change rise in prevalence, all facets of the global economy will be affected. In order to address many of the global environmental crises of today, such as biodiversity loss and extreme drought, entrepreneurs are looking into sustainable investment initiatives…

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Increasing Efficiency Through Power Line Reconductoring, with Umed Paliwal 1:45

4M ago1:45

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Reconductoring power grids to boost energy efficiency The expansion of renewable energy has resulted in a heightened need for greater transmission capacity of the electrical grid. Unfortunately, permitting and cost allocation have been large hurdles to the potential of rapid expansion to meet future demand. As an alternative, large-scale reconducto…

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Rerun: Using Concrete for Carbon Removal with Dr. Erica Dodds 1:45

4M ago1:45

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What is Carbon Mineralization Carbon mineralization is a naturally occurring chemical process that occurs when carbon dioxide becomes “mineralized” through a chemical reaction. The chemical reaction occurs when certain rocks, most often in deep underground igneous and metamorphic formations, are exposed to carbon dioxide. Carbon mineralization hold…

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Mass Mobilization for Climate, with Dana Fisher 1:44

4M ago1:44

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Mass mobilization in climate activism By the mid 2000s, the climate justice movement was beginning to gain momentum across the world. Through organized rallies and marches, the public has begun to see an increased recognition of climate justice issues amidst various other social movements. The existential threat of the climate crisis has given rise…

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Rerun: Raising the Bar: Brewing a Greener Future with Concentrated Beer, with Gary Tickle 1:45

4M ago1:45

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What are the problems with current beer production methods? Beer is primarily composed of water—making up about 90 percent of its content. Annually, over 100 billion gallons of beer are produced and shipped, meaning nearly 90 billion gallons of water are being transported in the form of beer. This is significant because approximately 20 percent of …

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Generating Electricity from Air, with Jun Yao 1:45

5M ago1:45

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A Need for Clean Energy Energy harvesting from environmental sources is key to mitigating the harm associated with fossil fuels. Renewable energy is generated from naturally replenishing resources, and common sources include solar, wind, and water. Currently, renewable energy only makes up roughly 20% of all U.S. electricity, and many of these sour…

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Rerun: Equitable Policy for Energy Efficient Homes with Dr. Steve Cliff 1:45

5M ago1:45

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California is the first state to ban the sale of new gas furnaces and water heaters, which will begin in 2030. In efforts to fight climate change, all homes will be required to use zero-emission electric appliance alternatives. The Sierra Club and American Lung Association have supported this move to reduce the building sector’s carbon footprint an…

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Adapting Coffee Production for Climate Resilience, with Catherine Kiwuka 1:45

5M ago1:45

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The Environmental Impacts of Coffee Production For most of us, coffee is a part of our daily lives. 62% of Americans drink coffee every day, with 7 in 10 drinking coffee every week. In 2024, the coffee market amounted to over $86.7 billion in gross revenue, with numbers only predicted to rise. Americans consume over 400 million cups of coffee each …

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Improving Lithium-Ion Batteries: The Manganese Solution 1:44

5M ago1:44

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Lithium Ion Batteries Lithium ion batteries are a popular type of rechargeable battery, used in a variety of devices from laptops and cell phones to hybrid and electric vehicles. Lithium ion batteries have grown in use due to their light weight, high energy density, and ability to recharge. While these batteries are used to store electricity and, t…

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Alleviating Urban Heat Traps, with Jeff Goodell 1:45

6M ago1:45

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What Does Extreme Heat Do? Since the pre-industrialized era, the global temperature has increased by about one degree Celsius. Although one degree may not seem significant, the consequences are increases in the intensity of heatwaves and drier conditions. In addition, in dense urban settings buildings trap and absorb this heat and cause even a high…

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Rerun: Corporate Lobbying as an Ally in the Fight Against Climate Change 1:46

6M ago1:46

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Editorial Note The interview for this episode was recorded in June 2021. The basic point of the episode remains relevant, but the mentioned campaign is no longer active. ClimateVoice’s current campaign is Escape the Chamber, which calls on companies to leave the US Chamber of Commerce and to speak up and lead on climate policy at local, state, and …

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Converting Food Waste into Energy Through Anaerobic Digestion, with Brett Reinford 1:44

6M ago1:44

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If you’ve ever been near a farm with livestock, you might agree that farm odors can be carried far from the farm itself. Farms often face criticism from nearby residents over the offensive odor of manure. While manure is an unavoidable part of raising livestock, there is one technological innovation that can remove the smell from manure. Anaerobic …

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E-Mobilization and Renewable Energy in Kenya, with Daniel Ngumy 1:45

6M ago1:45

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Renewables and E-mobility E-mobility, the use of electric powertrain technologies in-vehicle transformation, allows for the use of electricity to enable the electric propulsion of various forms of transportation. Powertrain technologies refer to full electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, which can be less carbon-intensive than conventional diesel c…

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Designing Road Infrastructure to Promote Active Mobility, with Lina Lopez 1:46

7M ago1:46

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Zero-Emission Transport Electric vehicles and other transportation-based climate solutions have made a big splash in recent years, and for good reason – transportation accounts for about a fourth of global carbon dioxide emissions. In the U.S, it’s the economic sector with the single largest contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. With such a lar…

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Rerun: Cool surfaces: Reflecting heat and reducing emissions, with Ronnen Levinson 1:45

7M ago1:45

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What is a cool surface? Cool surfaces are roofs, walls, or pavements that are generally light-colored and highly reflective. When sunlight hits a white surface, its rays bounce off the surface rather than being absorbed, and are reflected back into space. Darker surfaces tend to absorb sunlight, trapping heat. Cool surfaces release this heat back i…

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Using Climate Journalism to Connect Weather Events and Climate, with Jonathan Vigliotti 1:45

7M ago1:45

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Staying Educated About Climate Change As climate change intensifies, the heightened frequency of natural disaster weather-related events is quickly becoming the new reality. Whether it be prolonged wildfire seasons in Northern California or destructive hurricanes off the Florida coast, citizens across the country are beginning to bear the burden of…

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Advancing Sustainable Steel Production, with Adam Rauwerdink 1:44

7M ago1:44

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Steel Production Globally, 1.9 billion metric tons of crude steel were produced in 2022. Over the past 15 years, the global demand for steel production has nearly doubled, as this versatile product can be found in nearly all modern infrastructure such as buildings, ships, vehicles, machines, and appliances. Conventionally, steel is made from iron o…

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Tracking Emissions with Remote Sensing, with Gavin McCormick 1:45

8M ago1:45

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The Need to Accurately Quantify Emissions As we begin to come to terms with the reality of the fossil fuel industry’s role in climate change, many policymakers are looking towards market-based mechanisms to curb the level of emissions released by harmful polluters. Market-based mechanisms include taxing pollution directly (through a carbon tax) or …

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Rerun: Tackling the Plastic Crisis, with Martin Bourque 1:44

8M ago1:44

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What is plastic? Plastic is a material derived primarily from carbon-based sources like natural gas, oil, and even plants. It is created by treating these organic materials with heat and catalysts to form various polymers. Producing plastic is energy-intensive, often relying on the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas, both for p…

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Calculating Threats from Rising Temperatures Using Heat Indexing, with Professor David Romps 1:45

8M ago1:45

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Extreme Heat: More Dangerous Than We Think? Extreme heat, one of the adverse consequences of climate change, exacerbates drought, damages agriculture, and profoundly impacts human health. Heat is the top weather-related killer in the United States, contributing to deaths that arise from heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular diseases. As …

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Bidirectional Charging: Vehicles as a Portable Battery, with Ellie Cohen 1:45

8M ago1:45

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Renewable Energy is The Future California is no stranger to power outages. In 2019, for example, over 25,000 blackout events were recorded across the state, leaving homeowners and businesses without electricity. In recent years, most blackouts are the result of wildfire, wildfire risk (leading to utility shutdowns), and extreme heat (leading to hig…

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Pedaling Towards A Sustainable Future, with Manuel de Araujo 1:45

8M ago1:45

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Increasing Sustainable Modes of Transportation In 2022, global emissions from transportation reached nearly 8 gigatons of carbon. To achieve the Net Zero Scenario, transportation emissions need to drop by nearly 25% by 2030. Within the Global South, auto-centric planning, transport authorities’ structures, and alternatives to cars and buses are som…

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Making Electric Heating Accessible and Affordable for Low-Income Residents, with Sarah Moskowitz 1:45

9M ago1:45

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Electric Heat: A Hot Topic in Chicago In cold winter months, many people have to rely on fossil gas to heat their homes and power cookstoves. Yet all-electric appliances, including heat pumps to heat homes, are quickly becoming a cheaper alternative over the long term, though they often entail higher upfront costs compared to gas appliances. In Chi…

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Restoring Urban Waterways to Create Climate Resiliency, with Nick Wesley 1:45

9M ago1:45

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What’s interesting about urban rivers? Urban rivers play many important roles in our cities. They maintain the health of coastal and estuarine ecosystems and they are part of larger catchment ecosystems that are nested within wider, interconnected systems. Urban rivers are also essential to the quality of our drinking water, playing central roles i…

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Solar Power On Farms, with Byron Kominek 1:43

9M ago1:43

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Solar Power on Farms Many farmers, ranchers, and landowners are beginning to consider using their farmland not just for agricultural purposes, but for solar power as well. This combination of agriculture and solar is known as agrivoltaics, which offers an innovative approach to land management particularly in arid regions of the world. Solar panels…

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Reducing Plastic Pollution with Bioplastics, with Raegan Kelly 1:45

9M ago1:45

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Decreasing society’s reliance on single-use plastics The use of plastic has major environmental, social, and health consequences. Across the globe, one million plastic bottles are purchased every minute, with over half of the plastic produced worldwide being thrown away after one use. Upon disposal, plastics are often left in landfills where they c…

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RERUN: The Clean Energy Potential of Nuclear Fusion, with Annie Kritcher 1:46

10M ago1:46

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What is nuclear fusion? Nuclear fusion produces energy by fusing atoms together. Atomic cores (nuclei) merge together to form a heavier—though unstable—nucleus, releasing mass to regain stability. This mass release corresponds to an energy release, given Einstein’s equation E=mc2, which says in part that mass and energy can be converted into each o…

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Educating Kids about Climate Change through Musical Storytelling 1:45

10M ago1:45

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Climate Education for Youth Climate education has the potential to drive the public towards climate science literacy, an individual’s understanding of their influence on climate and climate’s influence on them and society. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a climate-literate person: understands the essential principl…

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Rerun: Sequestering Carbon using Compost and Grasslands, with Whendee Silver 1:44

10M ago1:44

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Carbon Sequestration Carbon sequestration is the process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide to slow the pace of climate change. There are two major types of carbon sequestration: geologic and biologic. Geological carbon sequestration injects carbon dioxide captured from an industrial or energy-related source into underground geolog…

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Rerun: Recharging Aquifers with Flood Waters, with Daniel Swain 1:44

10M ago1:44

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Climate change is increasing flood risk worldwide. Climate change is intensifying flood risk around the world, with potentially devastating consequences for communities and infrastructure. As the planet gets hotter, the atmosphere's capacity to hold water vapor increases, leading to more frequent and intense precipitation events in certain regions.…

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Rerun: Using Groundwater to Heat and Cool Buildings 1:46

11M ago1:46

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What is the GeoGrid? The Geo Grid is a network of heating pumps that harnesses the geothermal energy stored under the Earth’s surface to heat and cool buildings. It operates through a network of pipes that go deep into the ground and connect houses to each other. These pipes are filled with water, which brings the constant underground temperature u…

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Balancing the Grid: California's Shift to Renewable Energy Sources 1:46

11M ago1:46

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How does transitioning to renewable energy challenge the electric grid? As of 2022, renewable and non-greenhouse gas emitting sources accounted for 52% of California's in-state electricity generation with the remaining 48% fueled by natural gas. Legislation passed in 2018 mandates that the state must reach at least 60% renewable energy by 2030 whic…

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Hip Hop 4 Change: Using Art Activism to Combat Climate Change 1:45

11M ago1:45

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What are Art and Music Activism? Art activism refers to the use of artistic expression and creative endeavors to advocate for and educate others on social, political, environmental, or cultural issues. This form of activism employs the creative power of art as a medium to move us emotionally, raise awareness of certain issues, and provoke thought. …

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Love Boat 2023 53:12

11M ago53:12

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What if the Love Boat set sail in 2023? Who would you cast as Captain Stubing? Your Cruise Director, Julie McCoy? Kenny provides the list - and Kathy joins the debate - who would you cast? And what B-stars of today would make a good Saturday night Love Boat episode...stay tuned as we ponder this never asked, but essential pop culture question. Than…

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International Monetary Fund Reform, With Kelly Varian 1:45

11M ago1:45

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What is the IMF? The International Monetary Fund (IMF) provides aid to developing countries to promote global economic and monetary growth. IMF investments and loans can significantly impact the ability of developing countries to improve climate resilience. Most directly, reforms to the IMF can allow developing countries to invest more in climate r…

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