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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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Citizen Environmental Monitoring Could Keep Officials Honest
01/04/2014 Duração: 01minSmartphones, cheap satellite imaging and crowdfunded enterprises have made citizen oversight possible that was undreamed of by past transparency advocates and environmentalists. David Biello reports
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Space-Based Solar Collectors Could Have a Sunny Future
24/03/2014 Duração: 01minThe U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has a working prototype for a space-based solar energy collector and distributor that would beat the cloudy-day problem. David Biello reports
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Realistic Climate Models Exhibit Greenhouse Gas Sensitivity
16/03/2014 Duração: 01minA consideration of the role of sootlike particulates and ozone implies that the climate should will not be insensitive to increasing levels of greenhouse gases. David Biello reports
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Lighting May Cut Seed-Rich Bat Guano Production
13/03/2014 Duração: 01minBats ate less fruit in lit areas than in dark ones, which may lessen their seed-dispersal activities needed to bring back slashed rainforests. Cynthia Graber reports.
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Air-Gun Oil Exploration Wrongs Right Whales
02/03/2014 Duração: 01minThe U.S. government has given industry permission to use of lethally loud seismic devices up and down the east coast. David Biello reports
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Climate Currently Pays for Increased Human Wealth
23/02/2014 Duração: 01minA new study attempts to quantify CO2 emissions if economic growth continues. David Biello reports
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Cities Befriend Select Plants and Animals
18/02/2014 Duração: 01minAs more people move to cities, careful planning could mean a happy home for both humans and a substantial amount of wildlife. David Biello reports
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Global Warming Freezes Penguin Chicks
09/02/2014 Duração: 01minMore rain related to a warming climate soaks Magellanic penguin chicks to the skin before their waterproof feathers grow in, killing them from hypothermia. Allie Wilkinson reports
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China Holiday Travel Puts Spotlight on Transportation
02/02/2014 Duração: 01minLunar New Year means tens of millions of travelers in China, mostly by bus but increasingly by car, which is bad news for air quality. David Biello reports
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If the Fuel Source Ain't Clean, Your Electric Car Ain't Green
26/01/2014 Duração: 01minA host of factors determine the role of electric and hybrid cars in reducing greenhouse gas pollution, such as whether coal is their ultimate fuel source. David Biello reports
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Heat Is on These Countries for the Heat
21/01/2014 Duração: 01minA new analysis calculates each of the world's countries total amount of CO2 pollution, along with responsibility for the ensuing global warming
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Cold Outside? Forecast Calls for an Uptick in Global Warming Disbelief
12/01/2014 Duração: 01minThe temperature outside governs most people's response to climate change. David Biello reports
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The Biggest Stories on Earth
29/12/2013 Duração: 01minDavid Biello looks back at the big environmental stories of the year covered on 60-Second Earth
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Don't Treat Old Gadgets Like Garbage
22/12/2013 Duração: 01minE-waste is a large--and growing--problem that can be addressed by thoughtful disposal, David Biello reports
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How Many Partridges Are Really in that Pear Tree?
15/12/2013 Duração: 01minThe annual Christmas Bird Count is revealing big changes in the avian world, thanks to us ground-dwellers. David Biello reports
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Blame Heat Waves on Loss of Arctic Sea Ice
08/12/2013 Duração: 01minNew research suggests a link between the precipitous meltdown of Arctic summer sea ice and broiling heat waves. David Biello reports
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Dandruff Shampoo Could Mess Up Waterways
01/12/2013 Duração: 01minToxicity testing on shampoo that fights flakes reveals that it's bad for plants and animals once it's in wastewater. David Biello reports
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Human Health Depends on a Healthy Environment
25/11/2013 Duração: 01minA new study examines the links between environmental degradation and human illness. David Biello reports
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Burying Coal Ash for Good
17/11/2013 Duração: 01minFive years later, what lessons have been learned from the Christmas coal ash spill? David Biello investigates
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Ozone Hole History Offers Climate Lesson
10/11/2013 Duração: 01minThe Montreal Protocol aimed to fix the ozone hole but it also delayed global warming. David Biello reports