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Fortress Conservation
Throughout the 20th century, conservationists and environmentalists have looked to protect wildlife and biodiversity through the creation of parks an…
5 years, 11 months ago
10x10: Pine Barren
Another year… another record-breaking wildfire season. Thanks to climate change the fire season now starts sooner and ends later. Scientists also sa…
6 years ago
The Olive and the Pine
Planting a tree often becomes almost a shorthand for doing a good deed. But such an act is not always neutral. In some places, certain trees can beco…
6 years ago
Rice is Food and Other Stories
Listeners submit their cases for the best fruit ever, and we explore the intersections of fruit, food, and colonialism.
Featuring Alicia Kennedy, Cor…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Lithium Gold Rush
In one version of a sustainable, carbon-neutral future, the world’s cars will transition from fossil fuels to electricity. Right now that vision abso…
6 years, 1 month ago
Sidedoor: The Riverkeeper
Fred Tutman is a voice for Maryland’s Patuxent River. In 2004, he founded Patuxent Riverkeeper, an environmental advocacy organization. His mission …
6 years, 2 months ago
The Darién Gap
There are places on the map where roads end.
The Darién Gap, or el Tapon del Darién, is one of them. It’s a stretch of rainforest in southern Panama,…
6 years, 2 months ago
Ask Sam: Spice Must Flow
Are snow-making machines an example of climate adaptation, or an example of an emissions feedback loop? Does the fire risk posed by planting trees ou…
6 years, 3 months ago
Open Worlds
The world of Skyrim is vast. The video game contains cities, villages, and rugged wilderness: high waterfalls cascading into deep pools, packs of wol…
6 years, 3 months ago
UPDATE: The GFOAT, or Greatest Fruit of All Time
In this update, we tally your votes and announce the winner of our fruit fight. What seed-bearing plant ovary will be crowned the GFOAT, or Greatest …
6 years, 3 months ago