Conservation

What Would It Take to Terraform Other Planets?

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S3 E18

What Would It Take to Terraform Other Planets?

What if you could turn Mars or Venus into another Earth?

Controlling the Weather Isn’t Science Fiction

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S3 E17

Controlling the Weather Isn’t Science Fiction

The idea of controlling the weather sounds like an evil plan hatched by a James Bond villain, but it’s closer to reality than you might think.

Why Is the Weather So Hard to Predict?

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S3 E16

Why Is the Weather So Hard to Predict?

If you think the weather forecast is always wrong, well then we’ve got news for you.

Your Next Burger Could Be Made With Microbes

Elements

S6 E14

Your Next Burger Could Be Made With Microbes

Fermentation is a natural process that humans have been hacking for millennia.

The Missing Pieces in the 6th Mass Extinction

Elements

S6 E12

The Missing Pieces in the 6th Mass Extinction

Recent biodiversity reports point to a drastic drop in species across the world, but on the local scale the results are more mixed.

This Forgotten Ecosystem Holds Twice as Much Carbon Than Forests

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S6 E1

This Forgotten Ecosystem Holds Twice as Much Carbon Than Forests

As more of the world’s forests are destroyed, it makes you wonder: what’s going to absorb CO2 in their place?!

We’ve Been Wrong About How We Build Homes

Impact of Everything

S1 E3

We’ve Been Wrong About How We Build Homes

Before we had powerful heaters and air conditioners, people built houses to maintain certain temperatures because it was the only option they had.

Here’s Why Hydropower Isn’t Really Green

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S1 E2

Here’s Why Hydropower Isn’t Really Green

Dams were first put into rivers around the world as one of the earliest sources of clean energy.

Save the Forests? Set Them On Fire.

Impact of Everything

S1 E1

Save the Forests? Set Them On Fire.

We’ve done a lot of damage to our forests over the years through logging and poor fire management.

The Threat to Our Food Supply You Never Knew Existed

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S5 E62

The Threat to Our Food Supply You Never Knew Existed

The European honey bees are crucial to our food systems, but they may soon be under threat from a microscopic pest.

The Wild Plan To Bring Back Woolly Mammoths

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S5 E61

The Wild Plan To Bring Back Woolly Mammoths

Woolly Mammoths could soon make a comeback.

Why Insects May Just Be the Food of the Future

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S5 E35

Why Insects May Just Be the Food of the Future

Insects may be our key to a sustainable food future.