KGNU - How On Earth Podcast
1) Colorado’s Wildlife Action Plan, etc.: Pt. II
Protecting Wolves, ferrets, prairie dogs, vultures, etc. (start time: 3:39) How effective are Colorado’s efforts to preserve vulnerable species – wolves, black-footed ferrets, bears, prairie dogs and ...Show More
2) Colorado’s Wildlife Action plan: Pt. I
Wolves, bears, prairie dogs and more (start time: 7:12) A couple of months ago, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife agency released a plan to support biodiversity and guide how the state conserves some of...Show More
3) Coral: Past, Present, Future
In this week’s show Beth speaks with science writer, educator, and scientist Dr. Lisa Gardiner about her recent book Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival. Lisa studied the fossil re...Show More
4) Wind: It’s Past & Future
The Force of Wind (start time: 7:10) For those living here on Colorado’s Front Range, you’ve likely had close encounters with wind — whether you’ve witnessed in fear branches snapping off trees in a ...Show More
5) World Domination…by Slime Molds?
On today’s show, Beth speaks with award-winning science writer Jennifer Frazer about her upcoming book: The Slime Mold’s Guide to World Domination: A Natural Mystery. The book is a funny natural histo...Show More
6) Critical Earth Minerals Hiding in Plain Sight – Elizabeth Holley
Critical Earth Minerals Hiding in Plain Site – Colorado School of Mines professor Elizabeth Holley shares how the US could break its dependency on critical earth mineral imports, and lead the world ...Show More
7) Better Steam//CU-Boulder at World Climate Conference
Great Steam . . . from a Heat Pump (starts 1:00) Time Magazine named CSU Engineer Todd Bandhauer one of 2025’s top climate innovators. His heat pump makes steam better than fossil fuel steam boiler...Show More
8) Winter is Coming: Why Leaves Fall
The physiology of deciduous trees (start time: 11:09) For many people living in places with four distinct seasons, such as here in Colorado, a favorite pastime at this midpoint in autumn is watching t...Show More
9) Peak Performance: Revisiting a Classic
Five years ago, Beth spoke with Dr Marc Bubbs about his best-selling hardcover book, PEAK: THE NEW SCIENCE OF ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE. Since then, Bubbs has been on the leading edge of new developments i...Show More
10) Into The Unknown (Part 2)
Into The Unknown (starts at 9:05) What do we know about the universe, and how do we know we know it? Conversely, what do we know we don’t know, what don’t we know that we don’t know, and why not? To h...Show More