In This Climate

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In This Climate episodes

  • A future for Las Vegas, part 3
    Positioned in the driest desert in the United States, Las Vegas is one of the nation's fastest-warming cities. In our third episode on its past and future, we focus on the time from 2000 to present, paying close attention to the ways its extractive industries have intersected with each other and examining the possibility of shrinking the city. In this episode: Nicole Huber and Ralph Stern, authors of Urbanizing the Mojave Desert: Las Vegas
    29 min
  • How AI can help fight climate change

    Machine learning's potential to assist in climate change mitigation and adaptation is vast, but as with any developing technologies, so are the challenges. In this episode, we talk with journalist David Silverberg and Parity CEO Brad Pilgrim about the ways we can use and improve artificial intelligence to fight climate change from all directions.

    27 min
  • Ghosts and thunderstorms

    A year after Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall in southern Africa, communities in Zimbabwe continue to feel the storm's effects. For many, the trauma is physical, emotional, and spiritual, necessitating mental health care that has become increasingly inaccessible since the country's economic crash.

    In this bonus episode, we talk with freelance journalist Ray Mwareya, who grew up in hard-hit Chimanimani and wrote a feature story on the subject.

    17 min
  • The psychology of (climate) change

    Listeners, we have a question. How are you feeling about climate change, about the environment? You can let us know by emailing us at [email protected].

    In this episode, we examine just that—the emotions that can make commitment to climate action difficult and the strategies useful in supporting each other as we reimagine and create a more sustainable future.

    In this episode:

    Renée Lertzman

    Shahzeen Attari

    Robert Frank

    46 min
  • Engaging with climate through art

    Observing art can help us relate to environmental issues and move us emotionally, but what happens when we take the next step and begin creating art? In this episode, we look at the multi-level potential for art to help us engage in climate commitment.

    4:00 - Patrick Chandler

    24:30 - Jill Pelto

    41 min
  • Earth Day Live
    On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we went live on Facebook to reflect on historical Earth Days and discuss present issues in environmental health and climate communications. 6:45 - James Capshew and Ellen Ketterson 25:45 - Janet McCabe and Stephen Jay 39:30 - Jim Shanahan and Enrique Saenz
    1 hr 1 min
  • Arctic change through the eyes of mushers
    On the long list of lives changed by Arctic warming are sled dogs. This episode, we're featuring a story by Elisa Shoenberger that dives into how the sport of mushing is changing along with the climate. We also dip into our vault to take another look at the 2019 Arctic fire season, from Alaska to Siberia, from fire ecology to the politics of air quality. 2:00 - Sled dog feature by Elisa Shoenberger 10:15 - Nancy Fresco 15:00 - Petr Ivanov
    29 min
  • How we solved acid rain

    As early as the 1930s, lakes in the Adirondacks began registering fish loss. By the 1980s, visible forest dieback turned the attention of the United States to the acid rain crisis. Today, scientists are observing the biological recovery of the region.

    This is the story of how it all happened.

    In this episode:

    Joe Goffman, Executive Director of the Harvard Environmental & Energy Law Program

    Dan Josephson, long-time Cornell University Adirondack Fishery Research Program biologist

    45 min
  • Building resilience through parks, part 2

    When we learned about the storm-resilient Hunter's Point South Park, we immediately took interest in the resilience potential of urban public space. Then came the questions. How can we manage public space to work in line with local ecology and protect residents from the effects of climate change, all while respecting neighborhood identity and keeping that space truly public? In this two-part series, we look for answers.

    In this series:

    Joe Jarzen, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful vice president of program strategy

    Ethan Olson, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful director of native landscapes

    Heather Reynolds, Indiana University biology professor and ecologist

    Tom Balsley, SWA/Balsley landscape architect

    Irene Ogata, Tucson Water urban landscape manager

    Aaron Sawatsky-Kingsley, Goshen city forester and director of environmental resilience

    45 min

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We're a podcast from Indiana University's Environmental Resilience Institute and The Media School. We're here to bring you the scientists working toward solutions, the legislation to watch and the…