Possibly Podcast Episodes
How do bright lights affect sea turtles?
Lights from cars, flashlights, houses and streetlights can all prevent turtles from navigating to their nesting grounds. This week on Possibly we explain how you can help keep sea turtles safe.
Jul 29, 2025 • 1 min 26 sec
Should you buy farm-raised or wild salmon?
This week on Possibly, we’re taking a look at what’s going behind the scenes of your local grocery store’s seafood aisle. When you choose between farm-raised and wild caught salmon, what environmental impacts are you actually choosing between? The pos...
Jul 22, 2025 • 1 min 26 sec
How does air pollution affect our health?
If you’ve been outside on a smoggy day, you’ve probably noticed that your body reacts poorly to bad air quality. Maybe you coughed, or got a headache. But what actually happens to your body when you breathe in polluted air?
Jul 15, 2025 • 1 min 26 sec
Should we help plants and animals move if they can’t keep up with climate change?
This week on Possibly, we’re looking at a practice called assisted migration – physically moving organisms whose habitats are shifting due to climate change. Should humans intervene to help species keep up with climate change?
Jul 8, 2025 • 1 min 27 sec
What is carbon benchmarking?
Carbon benchmarking is an important first step in tackling one of the US’s largest sources of carbon emissions: the buildings we live in.
Jul 1, 2025 • 1 min 26 sec
What happens at a Compost Conference and Trade Show?
Earlier this year Rhode Island College hosted its annual Rhode Island Compost Conference and Trade Show. The Possibly team attended the conference to hear from some compost-enthusiasts about why they love turning food scraps into soil.
Jun 24, 2025 • 1 min 26 sec
Tick Season is Here – What is Alpha-gal Syndrome?
The syndrome, which can make you allergic to red meat, is spread by a type of tick that has become more common in Rhode Island. What should you know to stay safe?
Jun 17, 2025 • 1 min 27 sec
What’s the climate impact of building wind turbines?
Even though wind turbines offer emission-free energy, manufacturing, transporting and installing those turbines does create greenhouse gases. This week on Possibly we do the math and find that turbines deliver emission savings in less than a year. The...
Jun 10, 2025 • 1 min 27 sec
Heat pumps run on a substance that can create a lot of emissions. Is it still worth buying them?
If refrigerant, the key substance inside a heat pump leaks into the atmosphere, it can warm the planet thousands of times more than CO2. The Possibly team does the math to see if that risk outweighs the climate benefit of heat pumps.
Jun 3, 2025 • 1 min 27 sec
Why would an energy company remove its dams?
When four dams were removed along the Klamath River in the Pacific Northwest, it meant giving up a source of renewable energy. But clean energy wasn’t the only factor the company had to consider.
May 27, 2025 • 1 min 26 sec