Jonathan Fortney is a planet hunter. His job as head of UC Santa Cruz's Astronomy Department is to look for exoplanets, planets orbiting other solar systems. He talks about what it would mean to find life, any life,

What's so green about skyscrapers? What are the top three best ways to "green them up"? How long until owners recoup their investment in green retrofits? Find out with green building guru, Barry Giles, CEO of BREEAMUSA. -

An interview with Scott Wing, Curator of Fossils at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of Natural History and a Yale educated expert in what happened when earth had its last period of global warming.

A visit with Patricia Rain, the Vanilla Queen and a look at the future fate of our favorite flavors. - Patricia Rain is an author, educator, culinary historian, and owner of The Vanilla Company, a socially conscious,

Guests Len Beyea, an energy efficiency engineer/expert on green buildings and efficiency and Peter Drekmeier, former Mayor of Palo Alto and an eco warrior for the Tuolumne River, among other causes, share their insights on how local municipalities and ...

Dark Skies, Starry Nights: What have we lost by lighting up the world with artificial light? What can we gain by helping the skies stay dark at night, and infusing our days with natural light? How is artificial lighting impacting wildlife?

Peter Fiekowsky is an entrepreneur committed to leaving a world we're proud of for our  children.  He is a founder of initiatives in climate restoration: 300x2050.com  and Healthy Climate Alliance. Founder and president of AVI LLC.

We present a conversation with Dr. Mary Wilcox Silver,Professor Emeritus of Ocean Sciences, one of the first women to head a major Ocean Sciences department at a UC. Her works focuses on phytoplankton and ocean food webs.

James Zachos's investigations of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and other major climate shifts in Earth's past are highly relevant to understanding how human activities are driving modern-day global climate change.

In this episode, we look at how archeologists are working with native tribes to mitigate the impact of sea level rise on native burial sites. We explore mapping the complex webs of interdependence involved in one native fishery and how that sheds light...