This Green Earth | October 18, 2022

Today on This Green Earth, Nell and Chris talk salmon repopulation and synthetic biology and biodiversity conservation.

(01:52) Joining the first half of the show is Kent Redford, co-author of Strange Natures, an examination of the way we need to think about the intersection between our ability to change DNA, and what it means to be natural.

(28:23) Then, Marc Commandatore from the California Department of Water Resources come on to discuss a pilot project to return endangered salmon to their historic habitat, and help them better survive California’s hotter and drier future.