Showing titles in Earth Sciences

Una colección de las teorías más alucinantes, sugerentes y divertidas del mundo, a cargo de Dan Schreiber, copresentador del exitoso pódcast No Such Thing as a Fish. ¿Por qué estamos aquí? ¿Existen los fantasmas? ¿Viajaremos alguna vez en el tiempo? ¿Nos visitan extraterrestres? ¿Hablaremos alguna vez con los animales? ¿Nos dicen la verdad? ¿Hay criaturas misteriosas vagando por la tierra? ¿Y por qué cuando te duchas, la cortina siempre se te pega? No conocemos las respuestas a ninguna de estas preguntas.

Mente Alveare è un viaggio sonoro alla scoperta dell’economia circolare. Un insieme di menti che cooperano, si interrogano e costruiscono, proprio come le api trasformano la materia in nutrimento. Avere una “mente alveare” significa pensare in modo connesso, riconoscere che ogni gesto individuale influisce sull’intero ecosistema che ci circonda, quello ambientale come quello umano. Sei tappe guidate da Chiara Scialdone e dalle voci di esperti, imprenditori e narratori. Un podcast che invita a riflettere valore umano e simbolico del riuso, del limite e della rinascita.

The AG Show is AHDB’s go-to weekly podcast for anyone involved with farming in the UK. Join presenters Charlotte Forkes-Rees, Hannah Clarke and Tom Spencer for lively conversations, debate and fun as they welcome farmers, industry insiders and experts to break down everything from livestock and crops to tech, trade and sustainability. No jargon overload - just honest chats, smart insights and stories that reflect what it’s really like working in agriculture today. Think of it as your farming fix, keeping you up to date with the latest trends and challenges, whether you're tuning in from ...

Welcome to Sustainable Solutions: The Lee Fondiller Podcast — where clean energy meets real-world innovation. Hosted by environmental scientist and solar visionary Lee Fondiller, this show unpacks how bold ideas in renewable energy are transforming homes, businesses, and communities. From solar breakthroughs to smart technologies redefining sustainability, each episode offers practical insight, genuine stories, and a forward-thinking roadmap to a cleaner future. If you believe innovation should work for both people and the planet, you’re in the right place.

We need a new philosophy of the earth. Geological time used to refer to slow and gradual processes, but today we are watching land sink into the sea and forests transform into deserts. We can even see the creation of new geological strata made of plastic, chicken bones, and other waste that could remain in the fossil record for millennia or longer. Crafting a philosophy of geology that rewrites natural and human history from the broader perspective of movement, Thomas Nail provides a new materialist, kinetic ethics of the earth that speaks to this moment.

What moves the continents, creates mountains, swallows up the sea floor, makes volcanoes erupt, triggers earthquakes, and imprints ancient climates into the rocks? Oliver Strimpel, a former astrophysicist and museum director asks leading researchers to divulge what they have discovered and how they did it. To learn more about the series, and see images that support the podcasts, go to geologybites.com. Instagram: @GeologyBites Bluesky: GeologyBites X: @geology_bites Email: geologybitespodcast@gmail.com

A show about regenerative flower farming. Hosted by Jennie Love of Love 'n Fresh Flowers, a flower farm in Philadelphia.

Every year, droughts, floods, and fires impact hundreds of millions of people and cause massive economic losses. Climate change is making these catastrophes more dangerous. Now. Not in the future: now. This book describes how and why climate change is already fomenting dire consequences and will certainly make climate disasters worse in the near future.

How deep do sharks swim? Have more people been into space than the deep ocean? And what effect are we having on the health of our seas? In Ask an Ocean Explorer, marine biologist of over 20 years and advisor for the BBC's Blue Planet II, Dr Jon Copley, explains the science and wonder of the deep ocean.

50 Things to Know About Archaeology, by JL Musgrave, offers an approach to archaeology that is simple and concise. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, JL Musgrave utilizes academic and public resources to simplify archaeological information for the novice enthusiast.

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history—the 1964 Alaska earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and swept away the island village of Chenega—and the geologist who hunted for clues to explain how...

Produced by Climate Central — a highly regarded, independent, nonprofit journalism and research organization founded in 2008 — and reviewed by scientists at major educational and research institutions the world over, Global Weirdness summarizes, in clear and accessible prose, everything we already know about the science of climate change. It explains what is likely to happen to the climate in the future and lays out in practical terms what we can and cannot do to avoid further shifts.

The aurora borealis, often referred to as the Northern Lights, is a natural light-show that appears in the sky around the north magnetic pole. Auroras can sometimes be seen in other places of the world, but not as clearly. In the southern hemisphere, the phenomenon is called "aurora australis".

A sweeping, interdisciplinary history of the world's third-largest river, a potent symbol across South Asia and the Hindu diaspora. Weaving together geography, environmental politics, and religious history, Sen offers a remarkable portrait of one of the world's largest and most densely populated river basins.

There's finally reason to hope. Climate change is the existential threat of our time, but incredible new advancements in science and engineering can allow us to avoid the worst repercussions of global warming as we work to reverse it over time. In Our Livable World, research specialist and author Marc Schaus leads listeners in an exploration of the newest and upcoming innovations in green technology poised to prevent the climate apocalypse - and usher in a sustainable, livable world.

A fascinating, entertaining dive into the long-standing relationship between humans and insects, revealing the surprising ways we depend on these tiny, six-legged creatures. Insects might make us shudder in disgust, but they are also responsible for many of the things we take for granted in our...

Go on an outdoor treasure hunt and enjoy all nature has to offer with this field guide to rockhounding, perfect for armchair geologists or anyone headed out on an adventure! Geology meets treasure hunting with this field guide to rockhounding! If you've ever kept an interesting rock or shell, bought a polished stone from a gift shop, or even just enjoyed a 'gram of a really cool crystal, congratulations! You've already experienced a rockhounding adventure!

Revised, updated, and expanded with the latest interpretations and fossil discoveries, the second edition of Oceans of Kansas adds new twists to the fascinating story of the vast inland sea that engulfed central North America during the Age of Dinosaurs. Giant sharks, marine reptiles called mosasaurs, pteranodons, and birds with teeth all flourished in and around these shallow waters. Their abundant and well-preserved remains were sources of great excitement in the scientific community when first discovered in the 1860s and continue to yield exciting discoveries 150 years later.

A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis.

From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer, a fascinating and rollicking plunge into the story of the world’s most famous shipwreck, the RMS Titanic On a frigid April night in 1912, the world’s largest—and soon most famous—ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped...