“Look. I’m going to do my best to end up in a kind of hopeful optimistic place. But – I am by nature, by sort of profession, I am kind of a professional bummer-outer of people. So we’re going to have to deal …
This Ecoshock program features two interviews. We start out talking about South America, and how changes to the Amazon rainforest could impact the climate of the whole world. I also cover two jaw-dropping stories this week: #1. the complete fake-out as General Motors …
If I feel a strain this week, it’s not because of the volcano blowing planes out of the sky over Europe. Unless the larger Icelandic volcano nearby goes off, scientists say the dangerous ash will not really cool the planet much. It may …
In the Spring of 2010, the East Coast of the United States was nearly drowned in an extreme precipitation event. Ditto parts of Australia, and Rio in Brazil. This is the other half of “global warming” – global wetting. Scientists have been warning …
NOTES AND LINKS FOR THIS WEEK’S SHOW: Why do media run “scandals” about climate science? They get full page ads from car and oil companies, and they don’t give a damn about our future. It’s all in the latest ratings, the quarterly profit …
Are we on the road to mass extinction? More scientists, from different fields of study, say that is possible, as we pollute the atmosphere and oceans. We’ll explore that – the worst case scenario – in this edition of Radio Ecoshock. I’m going …
Is global warming unstoppable now? Could we be saved by total economic collapse? If so, should we help civilization fall? It’s another cheery edition of Radio Ecoshock, with your darkness at the end of the tunnel, Alex Smith. There are lots of links …
In this program you’ll hear about the new nuclear renaissance. The lobbyists, and the greens, who want you to accept more reactors, to prevent catastrophic climate change. I’ll toss in one slightly tarnished hero, Dr. James Hansen, and a new interview with another …
Should we arrest our best climate scientists? The denier fringe is calling for investigations and criminal charges. On today’s Radio Ecoshock Show you’ll hear one of the world’s top scientists answer those charges. I’ll digest the best from a stunning speech by Professor …
Do you believe in climate science? Or is it a world-wide conspiracy to control your life? We begin with a digest of a key hearing at the U.S. government, December 2nd, 2009. You’ll hear testimony from Dr. John Holdren, Obama’s top science adviser, …
From the edge of the Earth, broadcast, podcast, by cable and satellite, this is Radio Ecoshock with Alex Smith. Gaia – the great interconnected force of living things on a minor planet called Earth. British scientist James Lovelock wondered how life created it’s …
What will our grandchildren experience in the year 2080? Or will some of you feel the heat, the climate and social disruption as soon as 2060? Scientific studies are pouring out their warnings – we have already passed the danger levels. And there …