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Nature Is Satisfying

May 16, 2017 By EarthWise

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For most of us, a day spent in the mountains, the woods, or at the beach always seems like a good day.   Communing with nature tends to make us feel better.

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Coal And Water

April 19, 2016 By Nationally Produced Shows

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We recently highlighted how safe drinking water is in short supply.  According to research published in the journal Science Advances, at least two thirds of the global population – more than four billion people – live with severe water scarcity for at least one month every year.  And 500 million people around the world face water scarcity all year. 

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Road Salt

January 19, 2016 By Nationally Produced Shows

Road Salthttps://earthwiseradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/EW-01-19-16-Road-Salt.mp3

Snow season is here.  The chances are good you’ll find yourself behind a truck spreading salt on the roads in an attempt to deice them. You may even try a little salt on your own front porch. Annually we spread about 20 million tons of road salt in the U.S., and we’ve been doing it since the late 1930s.

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Snowpack Loss

December 2, 2015 By Nationally Produced Shows

Snowpack Losshttps://earthwiseradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/EW-12-02-15-Snowpack-Loss.mp3

A recent study showed that this year the snowpack in California, which is suffering an ongoing drought as well as long-term warming, reached its lowest point in 500 years.   Snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada mountains fills reservoirs that provide a third of all of the drinking water for the state of California, as well as water used to fight fires and generate electricity.

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