Will Bostwick of Texas Monthly discusses urban environments of concrete that don’t cool down, the health hazards that causes, and innovative methods that could lead to relief.
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Coal is out, batteries are in and miners still win
Journalist Nick Bowlin discusses his trip to a mining conference, which revealed an industry excited about the lithium, manganese and zinc that will be needed to fuel a clean-energy revolution.
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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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When it comes to carbon credits, what’s a whale worth?
Wired staff writer Gregory Barber discusses a new way of looking at carbon credits – assigning monetary value to creatures that help offset carbon emissions.
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What will it take for Texas to embrace clean energy?
Justin Worland of Time magazine discusses how politics is getting in the way of progress toward renewable energy and why the state continues to incentivize carbon-heavy methods.
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Meet the eco-warriors fending off invasive plants
Wired contributor Sonya Bennett-Brandt discusses the plants that kill native flora and choke ecosystems – and the people who are dispatched to quell the spread.
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We all hate open-space offices, so why are they still around?
Scientific American contributing editor George Musser discusses how the open-office plan took off, the downsides its designers didn’t anticipate, and what a better office layout might look like.
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The beauty of beetles
Entomologist Arthur V. Evans joins us for a primer on the world of beetles – some 400,000 species strong – their ability to survive and their importance to ecosystems.
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Deception is a part of our nature (and nature itself)
Lixing Sun, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Central Washington University, talks about the role of deceit in the lives of plants and animals.
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We can’t talk about climate change without addressing racism
Researcher Manann Donoghoe joins host Krys Boyd to discuss restitution for the environmental racism that has brought pollution and climate change to many of the world’s poorest people.
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Where do your clothes really go after you give them away?
Climate reporter Allyson Chiu discusses the pipeline from thrift stores to salvage companies to incineration and landfills to find out where all our clothes ultimately land.
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Do you worry too much about climate change?
Shannon Osaka joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the growing number of people who share a grim view of the future, and how climate scientists are trying to win them back.
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