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Sinopse
Leading science journalists provide a weekly one-minute report on the science of the environment and the future of energy. Scientific American offers three other podcasts: the daily "60-Second Science" and the weekly "60-Second Psych" as well as "Science Talk." To view all our archived podcasts please visit: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast
Episódios
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New Map Knows Noise
23/02/2015 Duração: 02minNational Park Service researchers recorded ambient sound from all over the country to find out where there’s still stillness. David Biello reports
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Oil-Eating Microbes Have Worldwide Underground Connections
15/02/2015 Duração: 01minLife thrives even deep inside Earth and scientists are beginning to suspect extensive connections among those underground environments. David Biello reports
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Siberian Winters See Temp Uptick
08/02/2015 Duração: 01minThe long-term winter warming of Russia’s far north has gotten a boost from industrialization. David Biello reports
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Dig This: China Cuts Coal Production
01/02/2015 Duração: 01minThe biggest single source of global warming pollution actually started to shrink in 2014. David Biello reports
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Is Recycling Worth the Effort?
28/01/2015 Duração: 01minThe value of recycling depends on the material in question and whether all hidden costs and benefits go into the analysis. David Biello reports
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Tropical Forests Pay Price for Gold Rush
20/01/2015 Duração: 01minDesire for gold has made mining in tropical forests financially worthwhile, leading to ecosystem destruction. Cynthia Graber reports
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Cheap Oil Means Raise the Gas T-Word
12/01/2015 Duração: 01minLow oil prices present an opportunity to come to grips with our crumbling infrastructure and the cost of climate change. David Biello reports
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Meet the (Newest Known) Beetles!
30/12/2014 Duração: 01minResearchers announced the discovery of 98 beetle species previously unknown to science. David Biello reports
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Oil Spill Sullies World Heritage Site
22/12/2014 Duração: 01minThe Sundarbans, part of the world's largest mangrove forest and stretching across India and Bangladesh, have been tarnished by a 350,000-liter oil spill. David Biello reports
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Plummeting Petroleum Price Gases Up Global Warming
15/12/2014 Duração: 01minGood news for gas and oil consumers can be bad news for the environment. David Biello reports
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Movies Can Boost Solar Power
28/11/2014 Duração: 01minThe pattern that stores a film on a Blu-ray disc also can help improve photovoltaics. David Biello reports
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Sun's Magnetic Field Boosts Earth Lightning
24/11/2014 Duração: 01minWhen the Sun's magnetic field is pointed away from Earth, lightning strikes in the U.K. go up 50 percent. Christopher Intagliata reports
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Wildlife Crime? There's an App for That
18/11/2014 Duração: 01minA new tool may help officials crack down on the illegal wildlife trade. David Biello reports
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Protected Areas Get Short Shrift
10/11/2014 Duração: 04minProtected land and sea areas serve the wildlife within them as well as the humans who live near them. But countries are backtracking on their financial commitments to these vital regions. Steve Mirsky reports
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Clock Ticking on Climate Change Prevention
02/11/2014 Duração: 01minThe United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's new synthesis report adds urgency to the need to cut additional greenhouse gas pollution
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Better E-Waste Handling Helps Environment and Health
28/10/2014 Duração: 01minPlastic-removal machines will enable Ghana's e-waste recoverers to get at valuable metal guts without burning off the exteriors. David Biello reports
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Bottling the Sun's Power on Earth
19/10/2014 Duração: 01minA breakthrough in fusion could solve the world's energy problems, but remains improbable. David Biello reports
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Ebola Gorilla Vaccine Could Prevent Human Outbreaks
13/10/2014 Duração: 02minInfected gorillas and chimps butchered for meat may be behind Ebola outbreaks. David Biello reports
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Wildlife Population Plummeted Since 1970
05/10/2014 Duração: 01minA World Wildlife Fund report estimates losses of 40 percent of all individual land and sea animals, and a 70 percent population crash of all river animals, since 1970. David Biello reports
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People Power Takes Aim at Climate Change
20/09/2014 Duração: 01minParticiplants in the People's Climate March in New York City September 21st hope to persuade world leaders at the U.N. Climate Summit that follows. David Biello reports