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Categories: Episode, Possibly Podcast
The stove and microwave use about the same amount of energy to boil a cup of water, but an electric tea kettle uses about half as much energy as either.... LISTEN NOW
Categories: Environment, Episode, Possibly Podcast, Top Stories
It depends on what you mean by “better.” For this episode, we looked at greenhouse gas emissions to measure which type of milk is “best.” Using that perspective, if you’re... LISTEN NOW
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Megan: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I’m Megan Hall. We’ve... LISTEN NOW
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...than six miles above the planet. Charlie Adams: Some, like soot, or black carbon, are thousands of times more effective than CO2 at heating the upper atmosphere. Ashely: And black... LISTEN NOW
Categories: ecology, Environment, invasive species, Possibly Podcast, spotted lanternflies
...kind of pretty. When their wings are closed, they just look like grey insects dotted with black spots. But when they open their wings, they reveal a red, black and... LISTEN NOW
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...sticky summer day — a black t-shirt or a white one? Megan Hall: White! Black would only make the heat worse. Isha Chawla: Yes, and that’s because lighter colors, like... LISTEN NOW
Categories: Environment, Possibly Podcast
...summer precipitation. Megan Hall: Can’t we just farm truffles and use irrigation? James Chafouleas: Rowan says, that depends: Rowan Jacobsen: The winter blacks not a problem because they are farmed... LISTEN NOW
Categories: Environment, Possibly Podcast
...having a lot of blackouts and economic crises, and they managed to attract a lot of international investment to transition their grid fully to renewable energy. They use a mix... LISTEN NOW
Categories: Environment, Possibly Podcast
...1990s, they were having economic problems, and dealing with blackouts all across the country. Megan Hall: So what changed? Juliana Merullo: Basically, this one physics professor in Uruguay, Ramón Méndez... LISTEN NOW
Categories: Blizzard, Environment, Nor'easter, Possibly Podcast, renewable energy, solar panels, winter weather
...moving parts, it’s just this black box, you stick out in the field and, and convert sunlight to electricity and can do that for 30 years with no problems. Megan... LISTEN NOW