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H2ORadio episodes

  • This Week in Water for November 20, 2022
    Four Dams Are Coming Down. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    After all was said and done, COP27 still copped out on goals to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
    It will be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world and could begin in just a few months.
    According to a new study, the cleanest drinking water is...recycled wastewater.
    Mushroom chips could be a part of your next smartphone to make it more sustainable.
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for November 13, 2022
    One of the Winners in the Midterms? The Climate. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    The midterm red wave didn't materialize—but an emerging green wave did.
    COP27: “If you want to address malaria, you don't invite the mosquitoes.”
    Bumblebees sense a flower’s electric field to find pollen and nectar—but fertilizers can zap their efforts.
    No yoke! Egg whites can filter microplastics out of water.
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for November 6, 2022
    A Drone You Can Eat? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    They've been nicknamed, the “OPEC of rainforests.”
    The electric vehicle market could be in trouble if we don’t get more of this mineral—and we’re not talking lithium.
    Soybeans are making roads greener.
    Stranded in the wilderness? Rice cakes to the rescue!
    6 min
  • This Week in Water for October 30, 2022
    Skip This Chore to Help the Climate. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    A UN report warns that we need a large-scale, rapid shake-up in transportation and in how we produce food and electricity.
    Major cuts in Colorado River water allocations to California, Arizona, and Nevada could be coming.
    According to new research, the climate would be better served if we stopped raking leaves.
    Itchy fishies get relief from sharks.
    6 min
  • This Week in Water for October 23, 2022
    A New Water Supply for Colorado? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    There's some encouraging news in the effort to combat climate change.
    Hello, again! Colorado’s residents may soon have an additional source of drinking water.
    This fishing trawler turned Nazi patrol boat is doing damage long after it sank in 1942.
    The UN calls this plant a food of the future.
    6 min
  • This Week in Water for October 16, 2022
    Blowhole Energy Could Be the Cheapest Renewable. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    The drying Colorado River is getting help from the Biden administration. Along the Mississippi, barges are getting stuck in the mud.
    It’s raining harder in the U.S.
    This renewable energy is both predictable and reliable because even when the wind stops blowing or the sun sets, waves just keep on rolling.
    If you’re headed to a pool in France, you’ll need to bring your swimsuit, towel, goggles...and a wetsuit.
    6 min
  • This Week in Water for October 9, 2022
    How a Town Survived Hurricane Ian Without a Scratch. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    California has offered to cut back some of its allocation of Colorado River water.
    Bitcoin is damaging the climate more than the beef industry and almost as much as gasoline.
    “America's first solar-powered town” rode out Hurricane Ian without losing power or sustaining significant damage.
    Wax worm saliva is polyethylene’s Kryptonite.
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for October 2, 2022
    How Solar Panels Save Water. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    It's likely to be the single-biggest release of the potent greenhouse gas methane ever recorded.
    A preliminary analysis concluded that human-induced climate change increased Hurricane Ian's rainfall by ten percent.
    Some shark species evacuate when they sense hurricanes are brewing—others stick around for the ultimate smorgasbord.
    How to conserve water? Install rooftop solar.
    6 min
  • This Week in Water for September 18, 2022
    A Car That Captures Carbon As It Drives. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    “Instead of ‘going public,’ you could say we’re ‘going purpose.’”
    Using fish bones and shells as “fingerprints” to stop illegal and unsustainable fishing.
    Blue diets—those based on seafood—have more nutrients than beef, pork, or chicken and generate fewer greenhouse gases than livestock.
    A prototype car developed in the Netherlands sucks—carbon dioxide that is.
    Solitary basking sharks find romance in the ocean’s vast expanse through “speed-dating.”
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for September 11, 2022
    A Sea Creature That Lives Forever. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    Will the green prince be a green king?
    Every tenth of a degree counts, so there is still time to avoid climate tipping points.
    Immortality is fiction, of course—unless you’re Turritopsis dohrnii.
    California is turning to a creature once hunted nearly to extinction and maligned as a nuisance as a climate hero.
    7 min

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