Joan Maloof is the founder and director of the Old-Growth Forest Network and she joins us to discuss the role old-growth forests play in the ecosystem and the different approaches that are being taken to saving them.
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Every tree is a complex ecosystem
Biologist James B. Nardi discusses the creatures that depend on trees that are also key to tree health.
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How do we get all that cardboard we use?
Matthew Shaer from The New York Times Magazine discusses where cardboard comes from, how supply can barely keep up with demand, and why the industry is recession-proof.
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Dying insects and migrating trees: our planet in peril
Of all the species on Earth, humans have easily had the biggest impact. We’ll look at how our actions have affected everything from the bug population to the plants and trees many animals call home.
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Meet The Creatures Living Above And Below Us
Two pioneering female scientists speak with us: one who describes life in the tops of trees as an eighth continent, and an oceanographer who studies bioluminescent marine animals that light up the ocean floor.
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There’s A Whole Other World Above Your Head
Meg Lowman is a biologist, educator and executive director of the TREE Foundation. She joins us to talk about the diversity of creatures that call tree canopies home.
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The Wisdom Of Trees
Valerie Trouet, associate professor in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona, joins us to talk about what we can learn by looking inside tree trunks – everything from the science of climate change to momentous occasions in human history.
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Meet The Real Tree Huggers
Science reporter Zach St. George joins us to talk about ecological efforts to protect woodlands and his hikes with experts to understand the path we’re on.
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