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Do bottle bills work?

Authors: Juliana Merullo, Will Malloy, Megan Hall

Today’s question comes from a listener here in Rhode Island. They’ve been following local efforts to start a deposit recycling program for bottles and cans like some other states have, and they’re wondering, do these incentive programs really work?

Mar 26, 2024 • 3 min 58 sec

Can we harness electricity from Electric Eels?

Authors: Megan Hall

At Possibly, we’re always thinking about ways to generate renewable energy, so when a listener wrote in asking if electric eels could be the next clean energy solution, we got curious!

Mar 12, 2024 • 3 min 42 sec

What is Wilderness?

Authors: Charlie Adams, Iman Khanbhai, Megan Hall

Last summer Possibly reporter Charlie Adams spent ten weeks on a conservation crew in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, a slice of northwest Montana spanning over one million acres. This got him wondering, what is “wilderness”?

Feb 27, 2024 • 4 min 0 sec

Why are we replanting the Atlantic Forest?

Authors: Ashley Junger, Megan Hall

Today, we’re traveling to the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, the second largest rainforest in Brazil— behind the Amazon Rainforest. Today it stands at just 10% of its original size, but hopefully that’s changing. Governments and nonprofits are working to replant trees to return it to its former size.

Feb 20, 2024 • 3 min 59 sec