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Another fun Q&A broadcast from February 11th on AM1080 and this episode airs February 14th on AM880 across the the Monterey Bay and across the world where podcasts are heard. Thanks to listeners for support through PayPal or Patreon links on Dwell On Truth podcast page.

Brenten Powers interviews Daniel Beaudoin, a missionary with Open Air Campaigners and founding member of NorCal Seed Sowers, and has helped me reach out on the Flight 1080 show on AM1080. This podcast will air on KKMC AM880 Friday the 9th of August, 2019. More info at www.yoursoulmatters.org

Life on Mars? Dr. Jr. R. Skok of the SETI Institute discusses Current and Upcoming Exploration and Research on MARS Dr. Skok, explorer and planetary scientist with SETI, earned his B.S. at Cornell University and his Ph.D. from  Brown in Geological Sciences. In the spring of 2017, he took part in an international scientific expedition to study the El Tatio geyser field in the Chilean Andes. Dr. Skok has been studying deposits from hot spring and geyser systems throughout the world that closely resemble those on Mars, in order to understand what they mean for habitats and preservation of life here on Earth. Based on this work, Dr. Skok and his colleagues at SETI and NASA are planning future expeditions to search for life on Mars. The evolution of life on Mars could be relevant to Climate Change studies on Planet Earth. On this episode of Planet Watch, JR also talks about his Made of Mars project and his experiences exploring caves around the planet. For more on current Mars research see previous Planet Watch episodes with Dr. Chris McKay and Dr. Carol Stoker. Air Date: October 21, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change  (IPCC) 2018 predicts far more dire and rapidly escalating consequences of Climate Change than any IPCC analysis thus far, and calls for a historically unprecedented  transformation of the world economy to avert the worst of the damage. Dr. Kristie Ebi Dr. Natalie M. Mahowald Two of the IPCC's authors, Dr. Nathalie Mehowald of Cornell and Dr. Kristie Ebi of University of Washington, share their thoughts on the report, the problem, and possible solutions. Air Date: October 14, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080  

  Chris McKay, NASA Mars Researcher, and Friederike Otto, University of Oxford climate modeller Science is the focus of this week's Planet Watch.  Senior NASA scientist Chris McKay, in the Planetary Systems Branch of NASA Ames, is an expert on the evolution of the solar system and the origins of life. Chris is also involved in planning for future Mars expeditions, including human exploration of the "Red Planet." Chris will answer the question , "What is Enceladus?" and will share with us what the recent news about this "tortured moon of Saturn" means for the search for life beyond Planet Earth. In our second interview this week, we talk with Dr. Fredierike Otto, a climate modeler at the University of Oxford, and director of a consortium of scientists in the UK and elsewhere who are working to find the footprint of human caused climate change in extreme weather events. In her July 2018 article in Nature International Journal of Science she predicts that weather forecasters will soon provide instant assessments of global warming's influence on extreme events. Air Date: October 7, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

How secure is the US voting system? The upcoming midterm elections may be the most important in the history of American Democracy. Yet evidence has shown that there was foreign interference in the 2016 election, with suspected attacks on voter registration systems in twenty-one states. A recent DEF CON hacking conference in Washington DC demonstrated serious risks to our critical voting infrastructure, which affect our national security. Any voting system connected to the internet runs the risk of machines being hacked and data being compromised or altered. With our voting machines running on proprietary software that cannot be checked for bugs or malicious code, and no paper records of votes cast on the machines, there is no way to conduct verifiable audits of elections. Researchers have found that many of our systems are riddled with basic security blunders and poorly written software. Going into the midterms, what measures, if any, are being taken to correct vulnerabilities in our voting system? Today on Planet Watch, computer scientist and voting security expert Robert Kibrick discusses what we can do to defend American Democracy and protect every voter's ballot. Kibrick is a retired research astronomer on staff at the University of California Lick Observatory with expertise in computer networking, software development, programming, hardware troubleshooting, optical imaging, observational astronomy, and mathematical computing. He has been volunteering with the Verified Voting Foundation, a non-governmental, nonpartisan organization founded in 2003 by computer scientists from Stanford University. Electronic voting machines with no verifiable paper trail, massive disenfranchisement of voters, and Electoral College injustices arising from gerrymandering are some of the main issues experts have identified that must to be addressed quickly to keep our democracy alive. Democracy is not a spectator sport. Get involved! Air Date: September 30, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

Brain-Harming Chlorpyrifos just the latest agricultural pesticide poisoning our children and our planet Californians for Pesticide Reform  co-director Mark Weller, and author/pesticide activist Mary Flodin talk with with Planet Watch hosts Rachel and Joe about challenges and successes in the decades-long struggle to protect communities from toxic pesticide exposure (www.facebook.com/CaPestReform). Based out of the Salinas office of the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, Mark provides mentorship and support for organizers statewide, including Safe Ag Safe Schools . SafeAgSafeSchools.org is a coalition of over 50 organizations and individuals working together to reduce the threat of pesticide exposure in the Monterey Bay area. "SASS" focuses on increasing grassroots pressure on policy-makers to reduce hazardous pesticide use in and around schools and residential communities. Mark is co-author of the book, Dollars and Votes: How Business Campaign Contributions Subvert Democracy. Air Date: September 23, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

A major fraction of all driving consists of  "cross-town-scale" trips (20 miles or less).  If you're paying attention to our oncoming climate "train wreck" you're well aware of the great importance of getting people out of their cars. Better public transportation can do some of that, but how about a new public system for electrified personal transit? Find out about the new E-Bike-Share program now in Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Sacramento, Denver, New York, Austin, Chicago, Washington D.C., Berlin, and coming to your city soon! Joe Jordan and Rachel Anne Goodman interview JUMP Bikes "spokes"person Meaghan Mitchell about this new phenomenon. Air Date: August 19, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

Save Our Shores is an ocean conservation organization in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Led by Executive Director Katherine O'Dea, the Save Our Shores team of scientists, ecologists, educators, and conservationists are passionate about protecting the Monterey Bay and are making waves nationally as advocates for the world's oceans. Today, O'Dea visits Planet Watch Radio's Rachel Anne Goodman and Joe Jordan for a conversation centering on current news about drilling, threats to our Marine Sanctuaries, and legislation aimed to stave off the worst attacks on our oceans. Air Date: August 12, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080    

Rebroadcast of January 21, 2018 show: The president’s efforts to open most of the U.S. coastlines to oil drilling has sparked a bipartisan condemnation and resistance across most of the affected states. In this episode we hear from Dan Haifley, Executive Director of O’Neill Sea Odyssey and former Director of Save Our Shores about efforts to resist drilling of California and other coastlines. We also hear from Natural Resources Secretary for California, John Laird about legal and political maneuvering to avoid offshore drilling.  Original Air Date: January 21, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

Friends visit Planet Watch's Joe Jordan for a free-ranging conversation on what an "everyday person" can do about the consequences of anthropogenic climate change, including our attitudes and actions when confronted catastrophic floods, droughts, crop failures, world hunger, the extreme decline in biodiversity, and a world on fire. Jack Nelson, Surrey Kent, and Diane Warren, all  members of Citizens Climate Lobby, are just "regular citizens" who have decided to tackle the climate issue. They talk about what everyday people might do to "make the world a better place" for their children and grandchildren. Jack is a recently retired county land use planner; Diane was a social service agency case worker until she became a full-time mom; and Surrey is a physician's assistant. Air Date: July 29, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

In 2015 ,the Ocean Conservancy’s annual coastal cleanup found a total of 2,127,666 cigarette butts, over twice as many as the next most common form of litter. About half of these cigarette butts were picked up in the U.S., showing that while the problem is global, much of it is concentrated in the U.S.. Rachel Kippen is the Environmental Special Projects Coordinator for the City of Watsonville, and Tara Leonard is a tobacco health educator with the Santa Cruz County department of public health. What do these two people have in common? They are working on a three year project funded by California Proposition 56, that aims to educate the public about the environmental and public health costs of cigarettes. One such program is “The Butt Stops Here”. Air Date: July 22, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

Report on last summer's forest fires in British Columbia, Canada, as well as a rebroadcast of an interview with solar and wind expert Chris Bley. Find out what's new in the wind turbine industry that could be scaled up even farther and why this clean energy source could help solve some of our problems. Original Air Date: August 6, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080  

Rebroadcast of our interview with Will Travis, expert on environmental policy implications of sea level rise due to out-of-control climate. Former California Coastal Commissioner and sea-level-rise expert Will Travis talks about revolutionary ways cities can adapt to rising sea levels. Thinking outside the box of permanent buildings, he suggests radical re-thinking on how city planning and policy innovations might allow for flexible habitation of coastal areas. Original Air Date: July 23 2017on KSCO radio station AM1080

#KidsGetIt !  Today, July 1, 2018, on Planet Watch, our guest is Ruby Rorty who, at age 14, founded the Santa Cruz Environmental Alliance http://santacruzenvironme.wixsite.com/scea a youth-led organization with the goal of empowering young people as ocean defenders capable of addressing coastal plastic pollution. One of Ruby's initiatives, #NoMoreMermaidTears , raises awareness about small pieces of glass or plastic which may comprise up to 90% of the islands of plastic now floating in the world's oceans. Ruby is an environmental educator and advocate from Santa Cruz, CA, where she grew up in and around the Pacific Ocean. She has joined the international conservation community as a youth leader for EarthEcho International. Ruby is also a board member for CS3 Game Changers with the Green Sports Alliance, and a public speaker on youth, justice, and the environment at events around the world. She will attend the University of Chicago starting next fall. There, she plans to study journalism, public policy, and economics, all in the context of environmental change and sustainability. Today's show hosted by Joe Jordan with co-hosts Tommy Martin and Maia Rodriguez. Air Date: July 1, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

How does what we're learning about the great apes teach us about our humanity and hopes for survival on planet earth? Our guest on this week's Planet Watch is Michelle Merrill. She is currently an independent consultant (perplexedprimate.org) and the founder of Novasutras.org. She taught anthropology and sustainability courses at Cabrillo College from 2006 to 2013. She then had a 2 1/2 year research fellowship at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, doing work that led to her book on education for sustainability in Asia. She earned her Ph.D. in biological anthropology from Duke University in 2004. She worked with bonobos at the Language Research Center at Georgia State University, then in the rainforest of Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) in the mid-1990s. She went on to do her dissertation research on social learning and the evolution of culture through a study of orangutans in the Sumatran rainforests. Air Date: June 24, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080  

On the podcast we hear an interview with deep sea researcher Linda Snook whose work takes her 1500 feet down underwater in a tiny submersible. The creatures she sees few people lay eyes on in a lifetime; giant sea bass, strange worms, and lantern fish are some of the surprises she finds on old oil rigs. Linda was part of the 2005 Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Deep Habitat Assemblages - Research Monitoring and Assessment team and has co-authored a number of articles on her research for NOAA and the Bulletin of Marine Science. She also recently participated in a study on the effects of the electromagnetic fields (EMFs) generated by submarine power cables on aquatic organisms. Then, stories from Cabrillo College journalism students on topics ranging from elephant seals to landfills to sudden oak death. Air Date: June 17, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

David Clague is our guest on Planet Watch. He is a senior scientist and volcanologist at MBARI, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. He talks about how Kilauea and other large active volcanoes help us learn more about our planet. Dave’s research interests are nearly all related to the formation and degradation of oceanic volcanoes, particularly Hawaiian volcanoes, mid-ocean ridges, and isolated seamounts. Topics of interest include: compositions of mantle sources for basaltic magmas and conditions of melting; development and evolution of magma chambers beneath spreading centers and Hawaiian volcanoes; volatile and rare-gas components in basaltic magmas and their degassing history; chronostratigraphic studies of eruption sequence and evolution of lava chemistry during volcano growth; subsidence of ocean volcanoes and its related crustal flexure, plate deformation, and magmatic activity; formation of cumulate xenoliths during different stages of Hawaiian volcanism; transport of volcaniclastic sediment on submarine slopes of volcanoes; geologic setting of hydrothermal activity; origin of isolated seamounts; monitoring of magmatic, tectonic, and hydrothermal activity at submarine and subaerial volcanoes; emplacement dynamics of subaerial and submarine lava flows; slope instability on volcanoes. Other guests include Tim Goncharoff of Santa Cruz County Public Works Department, talking about the changes to recycling post China's ruling on zero imported waste. Air Date: June 10, 2018on KSCO radio station AM1080.

An interview with NASA scientist Carol Stoker, an expert on Mars, the Red Planet. Carol Stoker is a staff planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. Her most recent work is focused on developing instruments and robotic systems for space exploration and testing them in terrestrial analog environments. She has led field experiments in the Antarctic, arctic, undersea, and deserts in the southwestern US to demonstrate robotic systems to search for life on other planets. Her projects have won six NASA group achievement awards and she has over 100 publications. She is actively involved in the robotic exploration of Mars and in planning for future human exploration. She is currently a co-investigator on the Mars Phoenix mission that recently performed sampling near the north pole of Mars to search for habitable environments for life. She also currently leads activities to develop and test drilling systems to access the Martian subsurface to search for evidence of life. Original Air Date: May 7, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080

Ever thought of making your own electricity in a nearby stream? We’ll talk with Don Harris, world-class guru on micro-hydropower and inventor of the Harris Hydroelectric Permanent Magnet Turbine about his experiences with these low-cost, high-return devices. Don lives up in the hills in the off-grid community of “Last Chance”, north of Santa Cruz, but his electric power generating systems have been installed at small stream sites all over the world. Original Air date: April 9, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080  

A conversation with David Orr, writer and professor emeritus of environmental studies and political science from Oberlin College about the future of American democracy. What do we do to repair the damage being done to our basic institutions by the current administration? What happens after 2018, 2020, and next week if there is a constitutional crisis? How does that relate to saving the environment? Tune in and find out. Dr. Orr is spearheading a project to develop conversations across the country about "what do we do now?" For more information on Dr. Orr's new project: www.stateofamericandemocracy.org  Original Air Date: February 4, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

James Zachos's investigations of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and other major climate shifts in Earth's past are highly relevant to understanding how human activities are driving modern-day global climate change. A study he coauthored in 2016 shows that the current rate at which carbon is being released into the atmosphere is unprecedented in at least the past 66 million years. He and his associates are also investigating ocean acidification (see acid oceans) that accompanied the extreme transient warmings. Zachos is a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz. In addition, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Geophysical Union, California Academy of Sciences, and Geological Society of America. He received the 2016 Milutin Milankovic Medal from the European Geosciences Union. His work has been widely featured in media coverage of climate change, including articles in the New Yorker and National Geographic magazines. Air Date: March 4, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

In this podcast we present an interview with former Director of the California Coastal Commission, Charles Lester. Lester presided over the most powerful regulatory body in the nation when it comes to coastal protection under Governors Davis, Schwarzenegger, and Brown. He'll talk about protecting our coasts against drilling, development and sea level rise among other things. Plus news and a report about Watsonville Wetlands Watch, a program to protect what's left of this precious natural area. Air Date: February 11, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

A conversation with David Orr, writer and professor emeritus of environmental studies and political science from Oberlin College about the future of American democracy. What do we do to repair the damage being done to our basic institutions by the current administration? What happens after 2018, 2020, and next week if there is a constitutional crisis? How does that relate to saving the environment? Tune in and find out. Dr. Orr is spearheading a project to develop conversations across the country about "what do we do now?" For more information on Dr. Orr's new project: www.stateofamericandemocracy.org  Air Date: February 4, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080    

How will Trump's tariffs on solar panels affect efforts to install millions of solar panels and fight climate change? Who are the winners and losers in this trade game? We'll hear from Markus Beck CTO of Siva Technologies, a solar manufacturing firm in the Bay Area, and Antony Tersol, Principal at Applied Solar Energy in Monterey. Air Date: January 28, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

The president's efforts to open most of the U.S. coastlines to oil drilling has sparked a bipartisan condemnation and resistance across most of the affected states. In this episode we hear from Dan Haifley, Executive Director of O'Neill Sea Odyssey and former Director of Save Our Shores about efforts to resist drilling of California and other coastlines. We also hear from Natural Resources Secretary for California, John Laird about legal and political maneuvering to avoid offshore drilling.  Air Date: January 21, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

For Jean and Jerry Thomas, organic farming came out of a love of gardening and an aversion to pesticides and the polluted world both of them grew up in around Los Angeles. Now, four decades later, they have handed a rich legacy to their children who are running Thomas Farms, a flower business that went through a long stage as an organic farm. In this podcast, they talk about how farming this way can help heal the planet and our own health.  Air Date: January 14, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

We hear from Dr. Robert Kopp, one of the leading climate scientists in the U.S. talking about the most recent government report and what it says about sea level rise. Also, a story about selective logging in Santa Cruz County and a wave energy test facility in Oregon. Plus bombogenesis, ridiculously resilient ridges, and other new names for unusual and extreme weather events.  Air Date: January 7, 2018 on KSCO radio station AM1080

Happy New Year from Joe and Rachel! Welcome to a new bunch of shows and an expanding network of radio stations running the program. In the coming year we'll have more interviews with leading scientists and engineers and big thinkers helping us figure out how to live more wisely on this planet. For this week, Joe has picked out his favorite bits from last year to share with you. Air Date: December 31, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080

Why do our brains behave so differently around water, and how can we harness that relationship to clean up the rivers and oceans of the earth? We talk with best-selling author and marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols about his book BlueMind and the new book he's writing about ways to save the blue part of our planet. Air Date: December 10, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080

 The "Singing Scientist" Dr. Peter Weiss, an atmospheric chemist from the University of California, Santa Cruz, speaks about fog, mercury in the soil, and his role as a science educator. Also, Joe Jordan reports live from the Washington D.C. Science March. Dr. Weiss' research interests include sea-air transfer of methylated mercury and impacts on coastal marine fog, mercury bioaccumulation in coastal terrestrial food webs, the global biogeochemical cycle of mercury, sulfur, and nitrogen; and environmental toxicology and justice. More at his Fog Blog! Air Date: April 23, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080    

Ever thought of making your own electricity in a nearby stream? We’ll talk with Don Harris, world-class guru on micro-hydropower and inventor of the Harris Hydroelectric Permanent Magnet Turbine about his experiences with these low-cost, high-return devices. Don lives up in the hills in the off-grid community of “Last Chance”, north of Santa Cruz, but his electric power generating systems have been installed at small stream sites all over the world. Air Date: April 9, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080

Governor of California Jerry Brown's Senior Policy Advisor, Ken Alex, discusses how California will stay the course on the environment during the Trump era. Also an interview with David Auston, a researcher in the Institute for Energy Efficiency, and Director of the UC TomKat Carbon Neutrality Project at the University of California Santa Barbara. Austin will talk about the project's goal of helping all the University of California campuses achieve carbon neutrality by 2025. Air Date: March 5, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080

A road map for getting the U.S. completely off fossil fuels by 2050 is the subject of today's interview with Mark Jacobson, Stanford University professor of engineering and author of The Solutions Project.   Also on the show Dan Sugar, CEO of NEXTracker, a solar company making big strides in sustainable energy, turning data into action for solar power plants.   Air Date: February 26, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080

On today's show, two scientists talk about ecosystems and water resources in a changing planet. University of California Santa Cruz evolutionary biologist, Professor Erika Zavaleta discusses her work on ecosystems and how they adapt to extreme changes in climate. UCSC marine scientist Dr. Adina Paytan tells about the Oroville dam failure and shares other unfolding water resource stories.   Air Date: February 19, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080

Plants and Climate Change: How will plants survive the wide swings in climate that are expected in the next century? To understand how short-term weather patterns, altered atmospheric composition, and climate change drive plant physiology, the structure of biological communities, and ecosystem processes, join Dr. Michael Loik, Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz on this episode of Planet Watch Radio. Dr. Loik will discuss the drought in California and its impact on fire risk, as will as plant adaptation, climate change mitigation, and development of new technologies to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Air Date: February 5, 2017 on  KSCO radio station AM1080

Internationally acclaimed nature photographer Frans Lanting talks about his recent expedition to Antarctica and Patagonia, tracing the steps of Ernest Shackelton's infamous expedition to the south pole. Frans Lanting has been hailed as one of the great nature photographers of our time. For three decades he has documented wildlife from the Amazon to Antarctica to promote understanding about the Earth and its natural history through images that convey a passion for nature and a sense of wonder about our living planet. His influential work appears in books, magazines, and exhibitions around the world. Lanting’s work is commissioned frequently by National Geographic, where he served as a Photographer-in-Residence. In 2006, Lanting launched The LIFE Project, a lyrical interpretation of the history of life on Earth from the Big Bang to the present, as a book, an exhibition, an interactive website (www.LifeThroughTime.com), and a multimedia orchestral performance with music by Philip Glass. Lanting’s mission is to use photography to help create leverage for conservation efforts ranging from local initiatives to global campaigns, through his publications, alliances, public appearances, and active support of environmental organizations. Air Date: February 5, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080

Brian Sefton and Merc Martinelli of Oakbio, a “Carbon Capture and Utilization” company, are interviewed on today's Planet Watch Radio podcast. Global emissions of carbon dioxide exceed 35 billion tons annually. These emissions are unsustainable and threaten the very habitability of our planet. Melting glaciers and ice caps, rising sea levels, unprecedented weather extremes are just some of the consequences of putting too much carbon into the atmosphere. Oakbio is doing something about this by creating technologies that transform carbon emissions from harmful waste into high value renewable products. Oakbio partners with established industrial businesses to develop low capex/opex carbon capture and utilization biofactories based on Oakbio’s core microbial metabolism and pathways technologies. Air Date: January 29, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080

Global warming, or human-induced climate change, is a "hot topic" worldwide. Innovations in sustainable energy technologies are being implemented around the world to help reduce CO2 in Earth's atmosphere, with positive impacts on the climate. But even if CO2 emissions trend downward globally, we will not be able to sufficiently mitigate climate change by just replacing fossil energy sources. Dr. Alan K. Miller discusses an innovative engineering solution to removing carbon from the atmosphere. OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion)  uses the temperature difference between deep (1000m) cold ocean water and warm tropical surface water to produce clean electricity on the oceans. Air Date: January 22, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080  

Coastal regions around the world have become increasingly crowded, intensively developed, and severely exploited. Hundreds of millions of people living in these low-lying areas are subject to short-term coastal hazards such as cyclones, hurricanes, and destruction due to El Niño, and are also exposed to the long-term threat of global sea-level rise. Griggs provides an overview of the individual hazards, risks, and issues threatening the coastal zone. Dr. Gary Griggs is Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is author  of Introduction to California’s Beaches and Coast, Living with the Changing California Coast, California Coast from the Air, The Santa Cruz Coast (Then and Now), and Our Ocean Backyard and Coasts in Crisis: A Global Challenge.  Air Date: January 15, 2017 on KSCO radio station AM1080