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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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Ozone Hole Closing Up, Thanks to Global Action
15/09/2014 Duração: 01minThe world united to combat the ozone hole, can we do the same for climate change? David Biello reports
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Historic Abundance of Blue Whales Returns in California
07/09/2014 Duração: 01minThe mighty blue whale is back after being nearly hunted to extinction. David Biello reports
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How to Save the Woods
24/08/2014 Duração: 01minThe first step in solving the world's forest problem is recognizing the world's forest problem. David Biello reports
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Spill Some Oil? Magnetize It for Cleanup
17/08/2014 Duração: 01minA physicist may have dreamed up a new way to clean up oil spills. David Biello reports
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Antique Markets Used to Launder Poached Ivory
11/08/2014 Duração: 01minLegal ivory markets that are supposed to only deal in stockpiles and antiques inevitably launder poached ivory. Close them all, says WCS vice president for species conservation. David Biello reports
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Bahamas Creation Linked to African Dust
03/08/2014 Duração: 01minCyanobacteria fed by nutrients carried over the Atlantic in African dust may have initiated the process by which, over millions of years, calcium carbonate collected to build the Bahamas. David Biello reports
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Some Coral Should Produce Shells in Acidifying Ocean
27/07/2014 Duração: 01minOf four common corals and algae tested, three still produced shells in conditions that mimic oceans if atmospheric CO2 concentrations reached 1,000 ppm. David Biello reports
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Ants Could Help Warming Cry Uncle
21/07/2014 Duração: 01minAt test sites, the exposure of rock by ants accelerated the absorption of atmospheric CO2 by the rock by as much as 335 times compared with ant-free areas. David Biello reports
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Urban Growth Defines This Century
14/07/2014 Duração: 01minHow existing cities expand and new cities emerge will determine how humanity fares in the 21st century. David Biello reports
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Environmental Crime Funds Terrorism
29/06/2014 Duração: 01minEnvironmental destruction—from smuggling elephant tusks to illegal dumping of toxic waste—generates as much as $213 billion annually for criminals and terrorists. David Biello reports
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Future Smog Looks More Persistent
23/06/2014 Duração: 01minComputer models show that increased levels of greenhouse gases, along with their trapped heat, will make the atmosphere more stagnant, leading to many more days of unhealthy air. David Biello reports.
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Poisoned Poor Killed in Millions by Pollution
15/06/2014 Duração: 01minThe Global Alliance on Health and Pollution calls for a war against pollution to save the lives of more than eight million people annually. David Biello reports
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I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Plastiglomerate
08/06/2014 Duração: 01minThanks to us humans, there's a new type of rock in the geologic record. And it's part plastic. David Biello reports
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Better Car Labeling Could Pump Up Fuel Efficiency
01/06/2014 Duração: 01minWhen gas mileage cost was explicitly revealed on new car window stickers, potential consumers were more likely to choose the most efficient vehicle. David Biello reports.
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Pope Francis Pleas for the Environment
25/05/2014 Duração: 01minIn a May 21 speech Pope Francis warned that despoiling the environment would come back to haunt humanity. David Biello reports
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Poetry Poster Sucks Up Smog
19/05/2014 Duração: 01minA building-sized poem shows how billboards could help cut pollution from cars. David Biello reports
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Hurricanes Move Away from Equator with Expanding Tropics
14/05/2014 Duração: 01minSince the 1970s the locations where tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons) reach their maximum intensities have shifted toward both poles at a rate of about 35 miles per decade. David Biello reports
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Bumper Corn Looks Dicey in Drought
05/05/2014 Duração: 01minCorn plants bred to be planted very close together thrive in good weather but appear to be particularly vulnerable to the droughts predicted in the coming decades. Cynthia Graber reports
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Biodiversity Survives Extinctions for Now
20/04/2014 Duração: 01minA meta-analysis of ecosystems finds that species losses in any given place do not yet translate to large changes in the number of different species in that place. David Biello reports
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Earthquake Deflection Takes a Tiny Step
06/04/2014 Duração: 01minBuilding on light-cloaking work, physicists took a small step toward the goal of shielding cities from earthquakes by deflecting incoming energy. David Biello reports