Beste Geographic Solutions Podcasts (2024)

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E09: Serving Those Who Served: A Peek at North Carolina's Veteran Workforce Programs 16:43

3d ago16:43

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This episode features a conversation with Chris Silvers from the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions. The discussion covers services for veterans in North Carolina, including the NCWorks Veterans Portal, the NC Veterans at Work program, and the HIRE Vets Medallion Program. Chris shares information about the state'…

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Solutions Week: Climate Change Is Coming For Your Wine 13:03

5d ago13:03

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In California's Napa Valley, the nation's unofficial wine capital, one varietal reigns supreme: cabernet sauvignon. But climate change is threatening the small blue-black grapes for which cabernet sauvignon is named. Increasingly severe heat waves are taking a toll on the grape variety, especially in late summer during ripening. To kick off NPR's C…

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Feeling Itchy? Air Pollution Might Be Making It Worse 13:11

10d ago13:11

13:11

Short Wave producer Hannah Chinn has adult-onset eczema. They're not the only one. Up to ten percent of people in the United States have it, according to the National Eczema Association — and its prevalence is increasing. Despite its ubiquity, a lot about this skin condition remains a mystery. So today, Hannah's getting answers. They sat down with …

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The rights of nature, legal personhood & other new ways laws can protect the planet 45:26

11d ago45:26

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“Legal personhood” and laws regarding the “rights of nature” are being trialed in nations worldwide, but whether they lead to measurable conservation outcomes is yet to be seen, says environmental economist Viktoria Kahui. Still, she says on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast that she’s very hopeful about them. There’s a global debate surroundin…

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National Geographic Herbal 27:57

11d ago27:57

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Ellen Kamhi talks with Mimi Prunella Hernandez, an herbalist and author of the National Geographic Herbal. With her wealth of knowledge, unwavering dedication, and genuine love for all things herbal, she has made a significant impact in the field of herbal medicine. For over a decade, Mimi has served as the executive director of the American Herbal…

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Detecting Pests By Eavesdropping On Insects 13:36

15d ago13:36

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From Indonesia to Wisconsin, farmers all over the world struggle with a huge problem: pests. On top of that, it's tough for farmers to identify where exactly they have the pests and when. Reporter Lina Tran from NPR member station WUWM in Milwaukee joins host Emily Kwong to tell the story of how researchers in the Midwest are inventing new forms of…

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Water in the West 50:20

16d ago50:20

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What does it mean to do the greatest good for the greatest number? When the Los Angeles Aqueduct opened in 1913, it rerouted the Owens River from its natural path through an Eastern California valley hundreds of miles south to LA, enabling a dusty town to grow into a global city. But of course, there was a price. Today on the show: Greed, glory, an…

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How coastal communities are adapting to rising seas naturally with Living Shorelines 41:31

18d ago41:31

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Homeowners and towns along the U.S. East Coast are increasingly building “living shorelines” to adapt to sea level rise and boost wildlife habitat in a more economical and less carbon-intensive way than concrete seawalls. These projects protect shorelines using a clever mix of native plants, driftwood, holiday trees, and other organic materials. Pe…

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Experts warn bird flu poses ‘an existential threat’ to biodiversity, and a possible threat to humans 27:34

25d ago27:34

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The current clade of H5N1 or bird flu is an "existential threat" to the world’s biodiversity, experts say. While it has infected more than 500 bird and mammal species on every continent except Australia, the number of human infections from the current clade (grouping) 2.3.4.4b is still comparatively small. U.S. dairy workers have recently become in…

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Indigenous communities' traditional ecological knowledge is key to conservation: National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan 41:23

1M ago41:23

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Top National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan joined the show to discuss traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and why Indigenous communities are the world’s most effective conservationists. Yüyan spoke about this with us in March 2023 and we're sharing the episode again after it recently won a 'Best coverage of Indigenous communities' prize f…

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The ‘Wild Frequencies’ of Indian wildlife revealed by bioacoustics 31:39

1M ago31:39

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Mongabay newswire editor Shreya Dasgupta joins the Mongabay Newscast to detail her new three-part miniseries, Wild Frequencies, produced in collaboration with the Mongabay India bureau. Dasgupta details her journey with Mongabay-India senior digital editor Kartik Chandramouli. They travel the country speaking with researchers, listening and studyin…

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The Sunday Story: The Promise of America's Natural Gas 28:52

1M ago28:52

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The U.S. is the largest exporter of natural gas in the world. And Louisiana's Gulf Coast is where much of America's natural gas is piped in to be liquified for export. Over the last twenty years, liquified natural gas (LNG) has been heralded as a clean and efficient "bridge fuel" for nations transitioning away from coal and oil, towards a future of…

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How an inspiring, multi-nation effort has protected North American amphibians from a deadly disease outbreak 52:51

2M ago52:51

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Scientists described Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) over 10 years ago, a pathogen that causes the deadly disease chytridiomycosis which is currently devastating salamanders and frogs around the world, contributing to a global amphibian decline. But thanks to a successful cross border (U.S., Mexico & Canada) effort to keep it out, it has y…

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We Hate To Tell You This, But Some Leeches Can Jump 12:48

2M ago12:48

12:48

Generally, we at Short Wave are open-minded to the creepies and the crawlies, but even we must admit that leeches are already the stuff of nightmares. They lurk in water. They drink blood. There are over 800 different species of them. And now, as scientists have confirmed ... at least some of them can jump! Interested in more critter science? Email…

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Sacrificing U.S. forests for solar energy "misses the plot" on climate action 36:38

2M ago36:38

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U.S. states such as Vermont and Massachusetts are cutting thousands of acres of forest for solar power projects, despite the fact that this harms biodiversity and degrades ecosystems' carbon sequestration capacity. Journalist and author Judith Schwartz joins the Mongabay Newscast to speak with co-host Mike DiGirolamo about the seeming irony of cutt…

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How An Ambitious River Rerouting Plan Could Change India's Weather 13:45

2M ago13:45

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More than a hundred years ago, a British engineer proposed linking two rivers in India to better irrigate the area and cheaply move goods. The link never happened, but the idea survived. Today, due to extreme flooding in some parts of the country mirrored by debilitating drought in others, India's National Water Development Agency plans to dig thir…

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The Magic — And Science — Of Synchronous Firefly Displays 13:50

2M ago13:50

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Every year for two weeks between mid-May and mid-June, Congaree National Park in South Carolina is home to a fairy-tale-like display of flashing lights. These rhythmic performances happen all because of thousands of fireflies, flashing their belly lanterns at exactly the same time. According to the National Park Service, there are just three types …

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Natural forest regeneration is ‘a restoration of hope’ for farmers & forests worldwide 49:21

2M ago49:21

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Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo's reforestation project in Niger was failing – with 80% of his planted saplings dying – until he stumbled upon a simple solution in plain sight: stumps of previously cut trees trying to regrow in the dry, deforested landscape. The degraded land contained numerous such stumps with intact root systems, plus millions…

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S2 Ep4: ABSSSI Clinical Care Series – Episode 4: Patients Presenting With Comorbidities 4:32

2M ago4:32

4:32

In this Contagion News Network series, Clinical Care for Hospitalized ABSSSI Patients with Comorbidities, we're joined by Bruce Jones, PharmD, FIDSA, BCPS, who offers his commentary and thoughts on the clinical management of patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections. In Episode 4, the final segment, Jones offered his insights…

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S2 Ep3: ABSSSI Clinical Care Series – Episode 3: Stewardship Considerations 3:30

2M ago3:30

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In this Contagion News Network series, Clinical Care for Hospitalized ABSSSI Patients with Comorbidities, we're joined by Bruce Jones, PharmD, FIDSA, BCPS, who offers his commentary and thoughts on the clinical management of patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections. In Episode 3, Jones covers concerns around empirical antimi…

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S2 Ep2: ABSSSI Clinical Care Series – Episode 2: Proper Dosing and Clinical Management of Concurrent Therapy 3:53

2M ago3:53

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In this Contagion News Network series, Clinical Care for Hospitalized ABSSSI Patients with Comorbidities, we're joined by Bruce Jones, PharmD, FIDSA, BCPS, who offers his commentary and thoughts on the clinical management of patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections. In Episode 2, Jones offers clinical considerations for pati…

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S2 Ep1: ABSSSI Clinical Care Series – Episode 1: Patients Presenting With Comorbidities 4:38

2M ago4:38

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In this Contagion News Network series, Clinical Care for Hospitalized ABSSSI Patients with Comorbidities, we're joined by Bruce Jones, PharmD, FIDSA, BCPS, who offers his commentary and thoughts on the clinical management of patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections. In Episode 1, Jones discusses treating challenging patients…

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Indigenous communities left in the dark on Borneo hydropower plan advocate for their river 45:01

2M ago45:01

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The premier of the Malaysian state of Sarawak recently announced new dam projects on three rivers in Borneo without the informed consent of local people. The managing director of the Sarawak-based NGO SAVE Rivers, Celine Lim, joins the podcast to discuss with co-host Rachel Donald how these potential dam projects could impact rivers and human commu…

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E08: Navigating UI Trends: Transforming Unemployment Services in Pennsylvania 23:22

2M ago23:22

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This episode features a conversation with Susan Dickinson and Nsungwe Shamatutu from Pennsylvania's Office of Unemployment Compensation Service Centers. They explore current trends in unemployment insurance, including system modernization, plain language initiatives, and the impact of remote work. The guests also share their experiences managing th…

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Sharks Often Get A Bad Rap, But Oceans Need Them 10:56

2M ago10:56

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It's that time of the year again: Shark Week. The TV program is so long-running that if you're under 37, you've never known a life without it. In honor of this oft misunderstood critter, we revisit our conversation with shark scientist Melissa Christina Marquez. She explains just how important sharks are to keeping the oceans healthy, including the…

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'Seeking solutions,' Mongabay's new Africa bureau reports the big issues and conservation wins 36:54

3M ago36:54

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Last year, Mongabay launched a brand-new bureau dedicated to covering the African continent daily in French and English. The team is led by veteran Cameroonian journalist David Akana, who chats with co-host Mike DiGirolamo about the importance of covering the African continent and why news that happens there is of keen interest to audiences worldwi…

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Earth Is More Than A Planet With Life On It. It's A "Living Planet" 14:02

3M ago14:02

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About ten years ago, science writer Ferris Jabr started contemplating Earth as a living planet rather than a planet with life on it. It began when he learned that the Amazon rainforest doesn't simply receive the rain that defines it; rather, it helps generate that rain. The Amazon does that by launching bits of biological confetti into the atmosphe…

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'Biotic pump’ theory could explain how forests affect weather, wind and climate 54:07

3M ago54:07

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The biotic pump theory has been controversial in the climate science community ever since Anastassia Makarieva and Victor Gorshkov published their paper about it to the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics in 2010. If true, the theory sheds light on how the interior forests of vast continents influence wind and the water cycles that supply who…

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Unmasking the illusion of renewable biomass energy with Justin Catanoso 51:02

3M ago51:02

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Burning wood to generate electricity – ‘biomass energy’ – is increasingly used as a renewable replacement for burning coal in nations like the UK, Japan, and South Korea, even though its emissions are not carbon neutral. On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, reporter Justin Catanoso details how years of investigation helped him uncover a compli…

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Indigenous economics offers alternative to Wall Street's financialization of nature 1:06:00

3M ago1:06:00

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Putting a dollar amount on a single species, or entire ecosystems, is a contentious idea, but in 2023, the New York Stock Exchange proposed a new nature-based asset class which put a price tag on global nature of 5,000 trillion U.S. dollars. This financialization of nature comes with perverse incentives and fails to recognize the intrinsic value co…

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Koala conservation delayed while government pursues faulty offset schemes 38:56

4M ago38:56

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Two experts join the Mongabay Newscast to discuss the decline in koala populations in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), even as city councils and the government green light development projects on koala habitats that aren't being replaced by biodiversity offset schemes, ecologist Yung En Chee of the University of Melbourne, explains. M…

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Can the 'Right to Roam' boost nature connection and restoration? 51:54

4M ago51:54

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On this episode of Mongabay’s podcast, Rachel Donald speaks with campaigner and activist Jon Moses about the ‘right to roam’ movement in England which seeks to reclaim common rights to use private and public land to reconnect with nature and repair the damage done from centuries of exclusionary land ownership. In this discussion and the new book Wi…

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Redefining Business Identity Verification: Innovations and Challenges 35:30

4M ago35:30

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In this episode of State of Identity, host Cameron D’Ambrosi is joined by Diego Asenjo, CEO & Co-Founder of Mesh, for an in-depth discussion on the evolving challenges and breakthroughs in business identity verification. Discover how Mesh navigates the complexities of establishing business legitimacy and broadens the scope of Business and Entity Ve…

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What's unique about Canada's environment? 'The Narwhal' brings top news and views 47:47

4M ago47:47

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On this episode of Mongabay’s podcast, we speak with a co-founder of the award-winning Canadian nonprofit news outlet ‘The Narwhal,’ Emma Gilchrist. She reflects on Canada’s unique natural legacy, her organization's successes, the state of environmental reporting in the nature-rich nation, how she sees ‘The Narwhal’ filling the gaps in historically…

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