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How Cows Turn Soil Into a Sponge
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- How Cows Turn Soil Into a Sponge
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- 2 days ago
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- Overgrazed or industrial land can’t absorb water—but managed grazing can change that. When cows eat plants, it actually helps them regrow, build deeper roots, and create healthier soil that’s more resistant to flooding! Corie Pierce of Bread and Butter Farm is helping to do just that.
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- Tornado Alley Is MOVING and That's a HUGE Problem
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- 10 days ago
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The United States is the tornado capital of the world, but the "Tornado Alley" we all grew up learning about is changing. While frequency is dropping in the Great Plains, a new, much deadlier threat is rising somewhere else...
In this episode, we travel to Wingo, Kentucky, to meet a survivor of the deadliest December tornado on record in the US and speak with atmospheric scientists Victor Gensini and Stephen Strader. We explore why America’s unique geography creates these storms, the atmospheric "cap" that is shifting the risk, and why this new "Tornado Alley" is significantly more dangerous than the original.
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- These are the weirdest sharks out there
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- 11 days ago
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- Cookie-cutter sharks, wobbegongs, and frilled sharks all look a bit…odd. But there’s a scientific reason for their unique features. Shark scientist Jaida Elcock breaks down why these sharks evolved to look this way. 🦈
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- What are birds hiding under their feathers?
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- 13 days ago
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- Feathers keep birds warm, but during breeding season, they actually lose some on purpose. Our friend Jack Baddams tells us why!
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- Three Cyclones at Once?! But That’s Not the Weird Part
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- 16 days ago
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- Three tropical cyclones spinning across the Pacific at the same time is rare enough, but the truly bizarre part was what happened next. Super Typhoon Sinlaku rapidly intensified into one of the strongest storms ever recorded this early in the year, fueled by unusually warm ocean waters before slamming into the Northern Mariana Islands. Here’s why this storm was so unusual, and what it tells us about the future of tropical cyclones in a warming world.
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- How does this fish survive DEATH VALLEY?
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- 18 days ago
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- In Death Valley, one of the hottest, driest places on Earth, you'll find an unlikely survivor: a pupfish. How do these fish live in such an inhospitable place?
Untold Earth explores the seeming impossibilities behind our planet’s strangest, most unique natural wonders. From fragile, untouched ecosystems to familiar but unexplained occurrences in our own backyard, this series chases insight into natural phenomena through the voices that know them best.
Untold Earth is produced in partnership with Atlas Obscura and Nature.
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- What exactly are the Horse Latitudes?
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- 20 days ago
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- Welcome to the desert of the sea, the often windless "horse latitudes."
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- America Made Its Most Toxic Lake. Now We Need What's Inside.
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- 24 days ago
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America’s most toxic lake may also be one of its most overlooked resources. At the Berkeley Pit Superfund Site, scientists are extracting clean energy materials from a century of mining waste.
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- The Truth About Sea Level
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- 24 days ago
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- Wait… sea level isn’t level? The ocean’s surface can vary by feet, thanks to wind patterns, rotating currents, and Earth’s spin. From water piling up in the subtropics to dips near the poles, and even storm surge during hurricanes, the ocean is constantly shifting to balance pressure. Our friend Paige explains it best!
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- Is This the Most Dangerous River in America?
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- 26 days ago
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- After the 2025 Central Texas floods, one question remains: why is the Guadalupe still the most dangerous river in America? We go inside the "Flash Flood Alley" to see the hidden mechanics of a modern flood disaster and the tech working to keep your community safe.
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- What makes bird feet so special?
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- 1 month ago
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- Let's take a closer look at bird feet! From their dinosaur origins to evolving into toes that lock in place...there’s a lot of interesting things happening beneath those feathers. Our friend Jack Baddams shares more!
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- The Cascadia Megaquake Is Inevitable. And It Will Reshape America Forever
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- 1 month ago
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- The Cascadia Subduction Zone represents a profound disaster in the making. Running hundreds of miles along the Pacific Northwest coast, it's overdue for a catastrophic magnitude 9 earthquake. In fact, scientists estimate there's a 37% chance it will strike in the near future.
In this special compilation video, we bring together everything you need to know about the Cascadia megaquake: the science behind it, the incredible historical detective work that pinpointed the last one to a specific hour 321 years ago, and the survival strategies that could save your life when this looming calamity strikes.
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - The Big One Is Coming: The Science of the Looming Cascadia Megaquake
10:42 - How a Ghost Forest Solved a 300-Year-Old Megaquake Mystery
23:55 - What You Need to Know to Survive the Cascadia Megaquake
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- This island is a giant Petri dish
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- 1 month ago
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- A Hidden Antarctic Tipping Point May Have Just Been Triggered
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- 2 months ago
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Something unexpected and potentially irreversible is changing Antarctica and scientists finally know why.
Over the past few decades, researchers have tracked the mysterious growth and sharp decline in sea ice in Antarctica. But a few years ago a troubling discovery was made that could upend global ocean circulation, push one species of penguin to extinction, and change our planet’s climate forever.
In this episode of Weathered, Maiya May looks into the role sea ice plays in our global climate, and the threat that its disappearance poses to our natural world.
From emperor penguins, to sea level rise, to the slowing of the AMOC, these s...
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- This Winter Was the HOTTEST and COLDEST EVER ?!?
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- 2 months ago
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- Many parts of the US reported their hottest winter on record. For others, it was one of the coldest. So what gives?
Weathered's Maiya May explains.
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- Why Did This Farm Survive Vermont's Extreme Floods?
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- 2 months ago
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- In July 2023, historic flooding swept across Vermont, devastating farms and testing the resilience of the land. This episode follows Corie Pierce of Bread & Butter Farm as she reveals how more than a decade of regenerative farming helped their fields withstand extreme rainfall. At the heart of the story is a simple truth: the healthier the soil, the more resilient the land.
Corie’s work is a reminder that farming is not just food production — it is the caretaking of the land, and in turn, the communities that rely on it. By asking what it truly means to be a land steward, she reimagines the responsibility we all share for the ground beneath our feet.
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- Why are hurricanes scared of South America?
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- 2 months ago
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- This map shows every tropical cyclone from 1851–2010 and it reveals some surprising patterns. From the planet’s biggest “hurricane factory” near West Africa to the invisible wall at the equator, the tracks of these storms expose the forces that steer hurricanes across the globe.
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- The Hidden Danger of the Northern Lights
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- 2 months ago
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- At a rocket test range in Alaska, scientists are firing rockets into the northern lights. They want to better understand the aurora because they are the visible fingerprint of a powerful and dangerous force that can disrupt GPS, satellites, and power grids. We join them at a launch to find out what they've discovered.
Hosted by Joe Hanson from Be Smart, Overview uses stunning aerial and nature footage to reveal the hidden wonders that shape our planet.
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- Is This the ABSOLUTE Worst Case Tipping Point?
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- 2 months ago
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What happens when a planet crosses a climate tipping point it can’t recover from?
Venus may hold the answer.
Scientists think Venus once had oceans, water, and a climate that may have resembled early Earth. But something pushed the planet past a threshold. Water evaporated, greenhouse warming spiraled, and Venus became the hottest planet in our solar system.
So what was that tipping point? And could anything like it happen on Earth?
In this episode of Weathered, Maiya May explores the science behind runaway greenhouse effects, ancient volcanic carbon releases, and one of the most surprising climate wildcards scientists have discover...
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- Climate Change Won't End the World. This Could.
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- 3 months ago
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Is this how civilizations end? As climate disasters intensify, some cities survive — and others collapse. So what makes the difference?
In this episode of Weathered, host Maiya May investigates what history reveals about system collapse, failed cities, and civilizations that didn’t survive climate shocks. Were they doomed? Or did they miss warning signs we’re seeing today?
With climate disasters and global warming accelerating, researchers Luke Kemp and strategic climate risk expert Laurie Laybourn break down the common patterns behind civilization collapse — and the 5 strategies that can help modern societies avoid the same fate.
If you’ve ever wondered:
Is it the end of the world?
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Can cities survive climate change?
How do we prevent total societal collapse?
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- Why did the Ice Age forget this one spot?
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- 3 months ago
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- In the middle of America’s flattest land lies a rugged secret the Ice Age somehow forgot—the mysterious Driftless Region.
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- Why Do Farmers Love This Seed?
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- 3 months ago
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- Love tofu, soy sauce, or edamame? 🌱 Farmer Christina Chan of Choy Division Farms shares why soy is the one seed she’d grow for life, while also showing us how seed saving helps protect our food supply and save money.
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- The Vegetables 99% of American Farms Refuse to Grow
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- 3 months ago
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- Urban food systems prioritize long-distance supply chains that favor shelf life and transportability over flavor, nutrition, and ecological resilience. As a result, many East Asian vegetables consumed in U.S. cities are conventionally grown, imported from far away, and limited to a narrow range of commercially viable varieties.
At Choy Division Farm in the Hudson Valley, Christina Chan demonstrates an alternative model of localized vegetable production. Growing 40–50 varieties of East Asian crops in nutrient-dense black dirt soils, the farm emphasizes varietal diversity, seed saving, and soil health to reduce food miles, preserve flavor, and strengthen regional food security.
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- This Storm is OVERPOWERING Global Warming ?!?
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- 3 months ago
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- If global warming mean what it says it means, then why did the US get hit with such a powerful winter storm?
Weathered's Maiya May explains how cold Arctic air coming south is, counterintuitively, affected by a warming Arctic.
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- How Stealing Endangered Turtle Eggs Saved Them From Extinction
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- 4 months ago
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- Each fall, a remote stretch of volcanic sand in Costa Rica transforms into one of nature’s greatest spectacles: Tens of thousands of sea turtles arrive en masse and nest in unison. But this breathtaking event hides a surprising paradox that may actually help save the species.
Thank you to the people of Ostional and the Asociación de Desarrollo Integral de Ostional for their support and guidance in working with the sea turtles and filming this episode.
Hosted by Joe Hanson from @besmart , Overview uncovers Earth's mysteries through revealing unexpected visuals and fresh perspectives.
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- What if the Deccan Traps erupted today?
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- 4 months ago
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- What if the volcanoes that helped wipe out the dinosaurs erupted again today? Turns out the answer is pretty frightening. But maybe not for the reasons you think. Weathered's Maiya May explains.
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- This Is How the World Ends According to Science
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- 4 months ago
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There’s an 18% chance that global warming exceeds four degrees by 2100 and that’s not a small risk when the stakes are civilization-ending.
In this episode of Weathered, host Maiya May talks with civilization collapse researcher Luke Kemp and strategic climate risk expert Laurie Laybourn about why high-end warming scenarios are often dismissed as “doomerism,” even though worst-case planning is standard in most fields. We break down how uncertainty in climate sensitivity and political derailment could push warming higher than expected and how climate shocks can trigger cascading failures across food systems, financial markets, and geopolitics. Understanding ...
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- The weird way bees use pheromones
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- 4 months ago
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- Bees may not hear as humans do, but they can still communicate! By performing the remarkable waggle dance, bees can uniquely find new homes and food.
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- I Know Why LA Burned (And Why It WILL Happen Again)
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- 4 months ago
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- Nearly a year after the devastating Los Angeles fires, Weathered host Maiya May returns to document what recovery really looks like. What she finds shocks her: communities still navigating immense loss, bureaucratic roadblocks, and unresolved questions about what went wrong. Yet amid the challenges, she is unexpectedly uplifted by the determination, innovation, and solidarity taking root.
With newly reported material added to this updated hour-long special, Maiya follows survivors as they confront the questions that keep them up at night—why systems failed, what could have changed the outcome, and how to prevent this from happening again. Her investigation leads to an emerging, hopeful blueprint for wildfire-resilient communities—one that could reshape how cities prepare for a hotter, more fire-prone future.
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- Why Bees Are Swarming Our Cities
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- 5 months ago
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- In the midst of a widespread honeybee decline across the US, Nicole Rivera Hartery has made it her mission to provide accessible beekeeping classes to people of all ages in her community.
Through hands-on hive tours at Palmyra Cove Nature Reserve and educational programs for kids in classrooms, Nicole is working to dismantle a fear of insects, deepen respect for pollinators, and remind us all that bees—and women who care for them—are vital threads in the fabric of our ecosystems.
Women of the Earth, produced by Summer Moon Productions, featuring stories of women across America who are leading a new movement to restore and protect the land. By focusing on women in land stewardship roles, the series will explore women’s unique relationship to the earth and their innovative undertakings to heal the earth from climate change.
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- How can these rivers flow BACKWARDS?
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- 5 months ago
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- Reversing the flow of a river seems like something that just can't happen. But nature and humans have made it happen time and again...
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- A Cat-4 atmospheric river just SLAMMED the PNW
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- 5 months ago
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- We just witnessed a 7,000 mile long category 4 atmospheric river hitting the Pacific Northwest. But what exaclty are atmospheric rivers, and how does the ratings system work? Weathered's Maiya May explains.
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- How Goats Make Your Food Healthier
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- 5 months ago
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- Healthy food starts with healthy soil. Tiny microbes like bacteria and fungi help plants grow, but industrial farming often disrupts this. Thankfully, goats can help to naturally restore it! Their grazing and manure recycle nutrients, feed the microbes, and help soil hold more water and carbon.
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- The WORST Climate News I've Ever Seen
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- 5 months ago
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New research shows sea level rise could accelerate far faster than cities can adapt to. In this episode, Maiya breaks down why even today’s warming may already be enough to trigger long-term ice-sheet collapse. And what that means for our coasts, our cities, and our future.
Chris Stokes and Andrea Dutton's Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02299-w
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- The invisible cloud which connects two worlds
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- 5 months ago
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- Each year, millions of tons of nutrient-rich Saharan dust travel 3,000 miles across the Atlantic—fertilizing the Amazon rainforest and sustaining one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.
Overview is hosted by Joe Hason from @besmart
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- Is this the world's WEIRDEST glacier?
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- 6 months ago
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- Most glaciers are shrinking around the world. But there is at least one interesting exception: inside the exploded cone of Mt. St. Helens. Here, a growing glacier exists despite the presence of a lava dome. But this ice could also make Mt. St. Helens especially dangerous if - or when - it erupts again. Weathered host Maiya May explains.
Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare.
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- How Tiny Hooves Are Rewilding the Great Plains
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- 6 months ago
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- In Montana, noxious weeds have become a widespread problem due to ecosystem disturbances and degraded landscapes. Over time, the dominant method of managing these weeds has been the use of herbicides. But herbicides leave behind toxic residues—harmful both to us and to the planet.
Chia Thrane is taking a different approach. Through rotational grazing, her herd of goats naturally manages noxious weeds, restoring biodiversity, strengthening soil health, and proving that healing the land doesn’t have to come at the planet’s expense.
Women of the Earth, produced by Summer Moon Productions, featuring stories of women across America who are leading a new movement to restore and protect the land. By focusing on women in land stewardship roles, the series will explore women’s unique relationship to the earth and their innovative undertakings to heal the earth from climate change.
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- There's Something MUCH Bigger Than Yellowstone. And It Will Happen Again.
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- 6 months ago
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Yellowstone was massive. Roughly a thousand times larger than the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, the biggest eruption in the history of the continental United States. And if Yellowstone erupted again, the consequences for the U.S. and the world would be devastating. But there’s something far bigger than Yellowstone. Something so powerful it’s been linked to nearly every mass extinction in Earth’s history. And astonishingly, most people have never heard of it.
In this episode of Weathered, we explore the true giants of Earth’s volcanic past: the Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs). These vast flood basalt events dwarf sup...
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- This Brazilian national park is unlike anywhere on Earth
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- 6 months ago
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- Lençóis Maranhenses in Brazil looks like a desert, but it’s actually one of the most unique ecosystems on Earth. Every rainy season, thousands of lagoons appear between the dunes, creating a rare landscape. How does this ecosystem work?
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- Why do BILLIONS of flowers bloom in the desert?
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- 6 months ago
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- In one of the hottest, driest places on Earth, a barren desert suddenly bursts into a breathtaking explosion of color — a rare superbloom!
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- Did we just witness the LIMIT of hurricane power?
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Hurricane Melissa could represent the maximum possible intensity of a hurricane, based on the Potential Intensity formula. Maiya May explains.
Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare.
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- It Looks Like a Desert. But It Has Thousands of Lakes
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Lençóis Maranhenses sits at the intersection of three biomes—a rare overlap that supercharges biodiversity. Across 350 square miles of dunes, the rainy season brings thousands of crystal blue lagoons into view, many big enough to swim in. What makes this surreal environment possible? And why, even after 2 million years in existence, does it still feel so mysterious?
Untold Earth explores the seeming impossibilities behind our planet’s strangest, most unique natural wonders. From fragile, untouched ecosystems to familiar but unexplained occurrences in our own backyard, this series chases insight into natural phenomena through the voices that know them best.
Untold Earth is produced in partnership with Atlas Obscura and Nature.
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- Mushrooms Can Eat Metal?!
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Environmental scientist Danielle Stevenson is pioneering an alternative to the costly “dig-and-dump” approach that simply moves contaminated soil elsewhere. At fire sites across California, Danielle is harnessing fungi and native plants through a process called mycoremediation—using nature itself to break down pollutants, pull heavy metals from the ground, and help devastated landscapes heal.
Women of the Earth, produced by Summer Moon Productions, featuring stories of women across America who are leading a new movement to restore and protect the land. By focusing on women in land stewardship roles, the series will explore women’s unique relationship to the earth and their innovative undertakings to heal the earth from climate change.
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- Title
- We Just Crossed Our FIRST Tipping Point… And It’s NOT What You Think
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
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Scientists just released the 2025 Global Tipping Points Report. And they say we’ve already crossed our first major tipping point, but it’s not what you think.
From melting ice sheets to collapsing ocean currents, these sudden, irreversible changes could reshape the planet in ways we can’t undo. But what does it really mean to cross a tipping point? How do we know we’ve crossed one? And how close are we to triggering others?
In this episode of Weathered, Maiya May talks with scientist Tim Lenton, who helped popularize the term “tipping point” in a landmark 2008 paper, to uncover which Earth systems are at risk, why they’re so hard to predict, and what crossing a tipping point means for our future.
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- How are hurricanes hitting ALASKA now?
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Typhoon Halong, a strong tropical cyclone recently hit into Alaska. But if tropical storms are supposed to be, well, TROPICAL storms - how did it head as far north as Alaska? And what more could've been done to prepare for the damage?
Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare.
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- The continent that’s tearing itself apart
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Nothing to worry about, but for the last 30 or so million years now, the African continent has been slowly splitting apart to form a new ocean. Let's talk about how this and other epic geologic shift may have actually helped shape the evolution of modern humans.
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- Why The World’s Rarest Fish Is Trapped In The Hottest Desert On Earth
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- With under 40 pupfish left in the wild, these are possibly the rarest fish on the planet. The Devils Hole pupfish have existed in isolation for thousands of years in an extreme environment where few species could survive. How did they end up in such an inhospitable place? And what makes their survival so important?
Untold Earth explores the seeming impossibilities behind our planet’s strangest, most unique natural wonders. From fragile, untouched ecosystems to familiar but unexplained occurrences in our own backyard, this series chases insight into natural phenomena through the voices that know them best.
Untold Earth is produced in partnership with Atlas Obscura and Nature.
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- Title
- How American Chestnut Trees (Nearly) Disappeared
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- American chestnut trees fed wildlife, built homes, and sustained communities… until billions vanished, leaving eastern forests forever changed. But hope remains in the millions of sprouts that still cling to life, and in the science working to restore them. Human Footprint host Shane Campbell-Staton meets Sara Fern Fitzsimmons in Pennsylvania to uncover the story and the effort to revive a lost giant.
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- She's Healing Wildfire Pollution. With Mushrooms.
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Wildfires don’t just burn homes—they leave behind a toxic legacy. When cars, buildings, and everyday materials go up in flames, they release heavy metals, asbestos, dioxins, and other contaminants that seep into soil and water, threatening communities long after the smoke clears.
Environmental scientist Danielle Stevenson is pioneering an alternative to the costly “dig-and-dump” approach that simply moves contaminated soil elsewhere. At fire sites across California, Danielle is harnessing fungi and native plants through a process called mycoremediation—using nature itself to break down pollutants, pull heavy metals from the ground, and help devastated landscapes heal.
Women of the Earth, produced by Summer Moon Productions, featuring stories of women across America who are leading a new movement to restore and protect the land. By focusing on women in land stewardship roles, the series will explore women’s unique relationship to the earth and their...
- Title
- The hidden cause of the life expectancy gap
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Why do people living in the Southeastern United States die about a decade earlier on average than other Americans? New research reveals a hidden toll that’s been overlooked for decades: hurricanes.
Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare.
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