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2026 SEASON
AI SWARMS: we are not ready… February 11, 2026 – AI swarms – self-directing fake “persons” around us. When AI swarms connect unreality grows. Dr. Daniel Schroeder Lead Author of the new paper “How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy”. Clips from Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti on Breaking Points “AI Bots Plot Human Downfall On Moltbook Social Media Site”. Dark thoughts interrupt…Alex rants on emergent group cognition and the last stand of consciousness. Download or listen to this Radio Ecoshock show in CD Quality (57 MB) or Lo-Fi (14 MB)
Climate Killer: America’s Fatal Oil Grab February 4, 2026 – What does Trump’s push for more oil, gas and coal mean for our climate future? Alexis Normand, CEO of data firm Greenly adds it up: Texas, Venezuela, Greenland …Canada? An in-depth review. Plus: fossil decline has tipping points and economic land-mines. “Fossil energy minimum viable scale” with Joshua Lappen and Emily Grubert with a new warning in Science magazine. Download or listen to this Radio Ecoshock show in CD Quality (57 MB) or Lo-Fi (14 MB)
Contrails, Climate, Ocean Tipping January 28, 2026 – Forget conspiracy. Contrails are real and dangerous to climate – from Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology, Dr. Daniel Johansson. While thousands died of heat in Europe in 2003, a marine heat wave ripped the North Atlantic. From Germany, Dr. Karl-Michael Werner, of the Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries in Bremerhaven. Meanwhile, the Pillars of Wealth remain oblivious at Davos. Full speed ahead, fossil fuel for a hot militarized world. This is Radio Ecoshock. I’m Alex Smith. Download or listen to this Radio Ecoshock show in CD Quality (57 MB) or Lo-Fi (14 MB)
Glaciers extinct & wildfires out of control January 21, 2026 – In 15 years, Earth will lose thousands of glaciers every year. New science on “Peak glacier extinction” – Swiss glaciologist Lander Van Tricht. Australia over 45 degrees C, 113 F. – and burning again. “Gazing into the Flames” – wildfire expert Hamish Clarke. More buildings lost to wildfires in the U.S. – Dr. Amanda Carlson. Cold to really hot this week on Radio Ecoshock. Download or listen to this Radio Ecoshock show in CD Quality (57 MB) or Lo-Fi (14 MB)
The Very Thing That Makes You Rich January 14, 2026 – “Climate change has already made the United States poorer” Arizona Economics Professor Derek Lemoine reports. How could carbon from our tailpipes make the sea acidic? Exactly how does that work? Tulane Chemist Bruce Gibb explains with a great 15 minute mini-lecture on Radio Ecoshock. Welcome. I’m Alex Smith. Download or listen to this Radio Ecoshock show in CD Quality (57 MB) or Lo-Fi (14 MB)
Meet the Evil Twin – Ocean Acidification January 7, 2026 – New science shows ocean acidification has already passed the safety limit set by the Planetary Boundary Framework. We reached a founder in the field, recently retired NOAA Senior Research Scientist Dr. Richard Feely. That is coming up, but first an introduction from Biological Oceanographer and Lead Author Dr. Helen Findlay from the UK’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory. Even if carbon dioxide was not a greenhouse gas, our emissions would seriously damage the majority of Earth’s life. Humans cannot directly see it. Acidification involves science few people have. No industry or even special interest gains by communicating this threat. Ocean acidification has been called “the evil twin of global warming”. I’m Alex Smith, welcome to this in-depth reporting on ocean acidification. Download or listen to this Radio Ecoshock show in CD Quality (57 MB) or Lo-Fi (14 MB)
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