The Green Planet Monitor

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Day of Two Suns
March 02, 2024

The Day of Two Suns: 70 years ago, the Pentagon conducted its biggest-ever atmospheric H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, in the central Pacific. The 15-megaton Bravo shot spewed ra

Internationally Wrongful Acts
February 25, 2024

International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion hearings on the legality of Israels ceaseless occupation wrap up in The Hague. Listen to these voices

The Fire Beneath
February 18, 2024

Living on the edge of inferno. Perfectly normal for the people of Iceland, where volcanoes and ground cracks spew red hot magma. The GPM speaks with an Icelandic Earth scientist. Magma and the rock it

Microbe Magic
February 12, 2024

Weve all heard it before: Eat less meat. People lucky enough to eat, should eat less of everything. Microbe magic! Having fun with microbes. Growing them! And, Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Israels eternal,

Geology Futures
February 03, 2024

The geology of cities -- built out of stuff mined from the ground. Thats where all cities will end up, broken down and fossilized. The GPM speaks with a geologist who gazes into the future. Some huma

Landmark Ruling in The Hague
January 28, 2024

A victory for South Africa and the Palestinian people at the International Court of Justice. State parties to the 1948 Genocide Convention will now have to act, starting with Israels friends. One of

United States of War
January 21, 2024

The United States of War: The United States of America has been waging wars for all but about a dozen years in its 250-year history, some of them genocidal. The GPM speaks with David Vine, author of a

Genocide in Gaza
January 14, 2024

South Africa versus Israel at the International Court of Justice. Lawyers for South Africa depose. And, weaponizing genocide justice. Western powers accuse official enemies of committing it, while def

Crime of Crimes
January 07, 2024

Genocide in Gaza -- Is Israel guilty of this crime of crimes? One thing is clear: genocidal incitement permeates Israeli society. The GPM speaks with Israeli human rights attorney Michael Sfard. How t

Algorithmic Warfare
December 24, 2023

Artificial Intelligence -- to translate voices or access your bank account; to select targets to bomb and a few people to kill, along with thousands of others you weren't targeting. The GPM speaks wit