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As broadcast on 107 non-profit radio stations, Alex Smith hosts earth scientists, authors and experts. Weekly program available as podcast, find all at web site https://www.ecoshock.org/
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Data Centers - Dark Footprint of the Cloud. Inside core of the new bubble: data centers. Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate “The Cloud Is Material: On the Environmental Impacts of Computation and Data Storage.” Plus toxic waste rushed from LA Angeles fires. www.ecoshock.org/2025/03/data...

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Silencing Science. I’d like to report a murder. Trump strangles American climate science. We track the worst with Romany Webb from the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, and reporter Bob Berwyn from Inside Climate News. Blog free audio www.ecoshock.org/2025/02/sile...

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The Real Is Just Outside. Climate activist/author Mike Tidwell: the year of despair in his new book. Conservation biologist Thor Hanson: “Close to Home - the Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door”. Blog & free audio: www.ecoshock.org/2025/02/the-...

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TikToxification Brain-damaging trends are dumbing down the population. “TikTokfication” - scientist “Mr. White Orange”. Unique talk on social media, culture, and our brains. Please repost! Let others know about Radio Ecoshock. Blog and free audio here: www.ecoshock.org/2025/02/tikt...

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Radical Uncertainty. U of Bristol scientist Dann Mitchell: cumulative risks no one is counting. Can disasters change minds even in right-leaning people? Marketing expert Rafay Siddiqui. Answering Polycrisis: what Prof. Adam Tooze tells the rich. www.ecoshock.org/2025/02/radi...

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How to Defuse A Climate Bomb. German group Urgewald blows up "coal is declining" myth, Heffa Schucking. Ben Ridell-Young from CIRES: last abrupt climate shift. French economist Timothée Parrique says “Slow down or perish.” Blog & free listen: www.ecoshock.org/2025/01/how-...

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Are we getting stupider? From Spain, scientist Ari Feinberg explains Mercury in stratosphere. Smashing through milestones in climate change, Canadian climate scientist Paul Beckwith and I cover latest greenhouse news. Blog and free audio links: www.ecoshock.org/2025/01/merc...

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Clouds, Currents, Future. Late Mike Davis on Malibu fire, NASA's Dr. George Tselioudis find extra boost of warming from disappearing clouds. Dr. Camille Hankel explains rate of CO2 weakens AMOC N. Atlantic currents that warm Europe. Blog & free audio: www.ecoshock.org/2025/01/clou...

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UK expert Ranjini Swaminathan takes us inside the future-forecast machine. Then eco-feminism revisited: U.S. Green Party founder Charlene Spretnak & Susan Griffin “Women & Nature" at the Chicago “Techno-Utopianism and the Fate of the Earth” Forum. Blog & free audio www.ecoshock.org/2025/01/tech...

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New Year, New Atmosphere. Greenhouse gas breakdown & outlook. Can machines claw them back? MIT carbon capture expert Howard Herzog & Australian scientist Milton Speer. Radio Ecoshock blog and free audio. www.ecoshock.org/2025/01/new-...

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Music of resistance and despair: short climate songs in a time of strong climate change. Most written for Radio Ecoshock shows. One hour of music you won’t hear anywhere else. Pass them around. soundcloud.com/radioecoshoc...

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"Emergency summit” Polar scientists in Australia, Professor Matt King: tipping points in Antarctica could re-arrange the world. Plus “Recovering neuroscientist” and climate sleuth Clayton Aldern on his new book How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains www.ecoshock.org/2024/12/worl...

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Interesting-looking new research finding that global tourism emissions grew double that of the worldwide economy in 2009-2019, with huge inequalities: the twenty highest-emitting countries contribute three-quarters of the global footprint. doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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It is shameful that Denmark is holding a hero of our times for a warrant by Japanese whalers. Paul Watson has saved countless intelligent creatures. Free Paul Watson. #FreePaulWatson @captainpaulwatson @peterhummelgaard

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Climate Change Can Drive You Mad. Chuck Collins’ new report: “Fossil Fuel Philanthropy - How taxpayer-subsidized charities promote climate change disinformation and stall urgent action.” Dr. Joan Casey: breathing wildfire smoke increases risk of dementia by 18%. www.ecoshock.org/2024/12/clim...

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Just Shut Up. Reporter Bob Berwyn with sad COP29 protest rules . Hurricane seasons go strange: new science from Dr. Hosmay Lopez of NOAA. American Senator Sheldon Whitehouse with real news from COP29. Blog & audio www.ecoshock.org/2024/12/just...

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KILLER CLIMATE MYTHS Australian scientist Andrew King: climate change will continue for a thousand years after Net Zero. Wim Carton introduces his new book with Andreas Malm: “Overshoot: How The World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown”. www.ecoshock.org/2024/11/kill... #climate #overshoot

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Arctic Flames. Scientist Jennifer Balch: new climate “fast fires”. A panel on Arctic wildfires at the Arctic Circle Assembly in October. Joint-action in the Arctic is in a coma, with military in the wings. Download: www.ecoshock.net/downloads/ES...

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Atmospheric Rivers: A New Face of Climate Change 30/10/24 Vancouver to Asheville, atmospheric rivers smash rain records, homes and lives. North Carolina scientist Dr. Orrin Pilkey: “nobody expected this”. Scientist Dr. Qinghua Ding: atmospheric rivers are changing both Poles. tinyurl.com/44vwyuu7

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Jeremy Rifkin: Revolutionary Change 13/11/24 Jeremy Rifkin is the big-picture man behind “The Third Industrial Revolution” in Germany & China, visionary of mega-trends like “The End of Work“. We spend an hour with Jeremy on his latest book (of 24): “Planet Aqua: Rethinking Our Home in the Universe”.

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AMOC: Freezing Europe More Likely Despite Global Heating. November 6, 2024 UK winters as cold as northern Canada – Stefan Rahmstorf, Laurie Laybourn and more.

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