This Green Earth is a weekly, hour-long program that focuses on the environment and environmentalism. Co-hosts Christopher Cherniak and Claire Wiley explore the science, politics, economics and ethics behind the environment, natural resources and sustainability.
This Green Earth includes interviews with local and national experts in the fields of water resources, air quality, environmental policy, fossil and renewable fuels, climate, conservation, ecosystems, agriculture, aquaculture and sustainability.
Christopher Cherniak is an environmental engineer with nearly 30 years' experience as an environmental consultant. Claire Wiley is an award-winning broadcast journalist. Together, they direct This Green Earth's mission: to educate listeners about the importance of environmental preservation, conservation and stewardship.
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For questions and inquiries, or to inquire about appearing on the show, contact the hosts directly at thisgreenearth@kpcw.org.
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Mike Halpert, deputy director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center comes on the show to discuss the impacts of La Niña. -
This week, author and National Geographic Explorer Brian Buma joins the show. -
This week, Nell and Chris invite Austin Whitman, CEO of Climate Neutral on the show -
Chris Cherniak and Nell Larson speak with Zhaoxia Pu, a professor and researcher from the University ofUtah who is helping lead a study on the origins and conditions behind fog. There remains much to learn about the formation and prediction of its occurrence and Professor Pu helps break it all down. -
On This Green Earth, we welcome Christy Leavitt, Plastics Campaign Manager with the non-profit organization, Oceana. She joins the show to speak about the Reducing Waste in National Parks Act. -
James Johnston is a research associate at Oregon State University and the co-author of a paper about the benefits to forest health when mechanical thinning is combined with prescribed burns.
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Author and longtime employee of the United States Forest Service Betsy Howell talks about her new collection of essays which chronicle her three-decade career studying wildlife. Then, author Erika Howsare discusses our complex relationship with deer, from mythology to modern-day coexistence challenges in her book, "The Age of Deer." -
Local birder Nate Brown discusses the annual Audubon Christmas bird count. This citizen science event is the nation's longest-running community science bird project and fuels Audubon's work throughout the year. Then Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington, John Marzluff, discusses his highly acclaimed book, “Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans.”
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Biologist Naira de Gracia shares her book, "The Last Cold Place – A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica," which looks at a generation of chinstrap penguins in Antarctica.Then, biologist and Michigan Tech professor, John Vucetich, talks about a study of wolves and moose in Isle Royale National Park that led to his book, "Restoring the Balance: What Wolves Tell Us About Our Relationship with Nature.”
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National Geographic Explorer and internationally acclaimed wildlife expert James Currie shares the evolution of his career from a wildlife safari guide in Africa to a birding show host and conservationist. Then, author and animal and plant correspondent for the New York Times, Cara Giaimo, discusses her most recent book, "Atlas Obscura: Wildlife."
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Dr. Barrett Klein, renowned entomologist and author of "The Insect Epiphany," explores ways humans have used insects for silk, pigments, food and medicine, and how we recreate their attributes in flight technology and architecture, as well as how we mimic them in music and fashion. Then, National Geographic Explorer Greg O’Corry-Crowe talks about beluga whales, elusive narwhals and a new study regarding a unique species of seals.
