
Science
Coastal pacific oxygen levels now plummet once a year
Hypoxia is a condition in which the ocean water close to the seafloor has such low levels of dissolved oxygen that the organisms living down there die.
7 years ago
Report: Efforts to suck carbon from air must be ramped up
Last year the world put nearly 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air, and emissions have been rising.
7 years ago
International Observe the Moon Night
The naked eye is just fine – but if the night sky is clear this evening, the best way to view the moon is with a pair of binoculars ...
Air Date: October 20, 2018
Listen 05:07Climate change could transform our planet sooner than we thought. A new report from the United Nations says that just 1.5 degrees Celsius ...
Air Date: October 19, 2018
Listen 49:11EPA boasts of reduced greenhouse gases, even as Trump questions climate science
The Trump administration is celebrating a drop in the nation's greenhouse gas emissions last year while the president remains skeptical of climate science.
7 years ago
DEP awards water quality-related grants funded by $12.6M penalty against Sunoco
Money will go to efforts in 14 Pa. counties.
7 years ago
Buried in the data from European Space Agency’s Gaia Survey satellite, astronomers from Leiden University in the Netherlands discov ...
Air Date: October 16, 2018
Listen 04:31Good news for ‘green’ brews: Consumers say they’ll pay more for sustainable beer
Investment in energy-efficient technologies can be costly, but according to a study published last week in PLOS ONE, these investments may be worthwhile.
7 years ago
Environmentalists win battle to protect ‘exceptional’ streams in the Poconos
A group of resort owners had challenged DEP's new classification of headwater streams in Monroe County.
7 years ago
For sale! Certified lunar meteorite — weight 12 pounds — mileage 250,000
A Boston-based online auction house began accepting bids Thursday on a rare lunar meteorite at $50,000.
7 years ago
Study: DNA websites cast broad net for identifying people
Two DNA experts unconnected to the study said third and fourth cousins can both lead to identifications.
7 years ago
Who has time to read the small print — to go over all the “stuff” that’s in our food, medicine, or supplements? And what’s carr ...
Air Date: October 12, 2018
Listen 48:07Human retinas grown in a dish reveal origin of color vision
It takes up to a year to turn a batch of immature retinal cells into a functioning organoid.
7 years ago
The U.N.’s dire climate change study
Guest: Ben Strauss The new U.N. climate report that paints an urgent and dire picture of the Earth’s future if ...
Air Date: October 10, 2018 12:20 am
Listen 18:29