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Op-Ed: Our too little, too late climate action means triage more than prevention
Read more: Op-Ed: Our too little, too late climate action means triage more than preventionBY DAVID HELVARG SEPT. 6, 2022 Two years ago the sky above my San Francisco Bay Area home was a dark pumpkin orange from wildfire smoke. The air smelled of wood fire, and gray ash covered my car. Today the bay’s waters are dark brown from a harmful algal bloom and the air smells of decay…
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Warmer Oceans Threaten Another California Forest, This One Underwater
Read more: Warmer Oceans Threaten Another California Forest, This One UnderwaterNew York Times By David HelvargApril 30, 2022 The bull kelp forests off Northern California are sometimes spoken of as the redwoods of the sea. And like the redwoods, these forests are in danger. In less than a decade, these otherworldly undersea landscapes, lush with life, have all but disappeared along 200 miles of coast north…
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Can the Ocean Save the Planet?
Read more: Can the Ocean Save the Planet?BY DAVID HELVARG MARCH 28, 2022 The idea of ocean-based climate solutions is appealing, but the challenges are formidable. Marine Technicians Margot Buchbinder and Luis Hernandez unlock a chain-link gate at Point Molate, a natural headland on San Francisco Bay, and drive to the water’s edge along a degraded road, part of what was once a…
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Want to fight Russian aggression in Ukraine and beyond? Decarbonize
Read more: Want to fight Russian aggression in Ukraine and beyond? DecarbonizeDavid Helvarg and Jason Scorse March 2, 2022 On Monday, a day Russian rockets and artillery were falling on Ukrainian towns and cities, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change put out its most alarming report to date, warning that fossil fuel driven climate change has already “led to some irreversible impacts as natural and human systems are…
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10 Ocean Issues You’ll Be Hearing About in 2022
Read more: 10 Ocean Issues You’ll Be Hearing About in 2022From deep-sea mining to clashes over migrants, it’s shaping up to be a year of blue issues By David Helvarg | Jan 6 2022 The ocean is in trouble, and people know it. The last major survey on public attitudes, conducted two years ago, found 73 percent of Americans thought the ocean’s condition had worsened in the previous…
How To Listen
You can listen to our podcast on a variety of platforms including Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Android, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Blubrry, Podchaser, Gaana, the Podcast Index, and Deezer.
Additionally, our podcast is broadcast on several radio stations:
- KGUA Radio – Public Media for the Mendonoma Coast
- KWMR – Point Reyes West Marin Community Radio
- KGNU & KGNU-FM – Denver & Boulder Community Radio Stations
- KKRN – Round Mountain California Listener Supported Radio
- G-TOWN RADIO – Germantown Community Radio, Philadelphia.
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Each episode navigates insightful discussions on marine life, and the critical issues affecting our seas. Informative, educational and humorous, it’s a valuable resource for anyone passionate about understanding and preserving our ocean world!
