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From PBS Terra. Many people say using cannabis helps them with sleep, nausea, chronic pain and other conditions. But producers have long associated "good weed" with high THC content. Over the last few decades, the THC content in many common cannabis strains has skyrocketed, leaving consumers with fewer options. As we continue to legalize cannabis,…
From PBS Terra. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. Wildfires have been consuming homes at a staggering pace over recent years. In fact, structure loss in these fires has grown by 10,000% in the last 13 years! And as climate change further warms the air…
From PBS Terra. Have you ever stopped mid-task from catching a whiff of your own odor? It really gets you thinking— why DO we smell in the first place? In this episode, Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through how our brain processes smell; why we associate smells with certain memories; why we developed our sense…
From PBS Terra. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. Both climate models and the laws of physics are clear: more greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere means warmer air and oceans, which means more energy for bigger, stronger hurricanes. So why is it that we haven’t…
From PBS Terra. Fresh water issues are getting harder to ignore. In the next five years, half the world’s population will live in a water-stressed area. Drought-stricken cities like San Francisco have started requiring large commercial buildings to recycle their water. But can technology like blackwater recycling and desalination pull us out of the water…
From PBS Terra. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. Life on the ground following natural disasters is often chaotic and scary. And with global warming gradually adding energy to our atmosphere, driving more extreme weather and worse disasters, it’s logical that people would be concerned.…
From PBS Terra. What does the future of aging and longevity hold? Can science hack the human lifespan? Even if we can, SHOULD we…? People aren’t dying as early or as easily as they used to. Innovations in modern medicine, health, and hygiene helped us extend our lives by decades, but what comes next? Would…
From PBS Terra. Far Out is a new series about the future of science, technology, and culture. Subscribe to PBS Terra so you never miss an episode! https://bit.ly/3mOfd77 Hosted by Swapna Krishna, a science journalist, podcaster, and sci-fi writer covering everything from NASA to Marvel, Far Out looks at the future of life on Earth…
From PBS Terra. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. Check out Subcultured on @PBS Voices: https://youtu.be/ZRPjgSrQ8gA Sea level rise is a problem that is garnishing increasing attention among both scientists and the media. And as climate change continues to warm the earth, the current rate…
From PBS Terra. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. ↓ More info below ↓ We asked six experts where the safest, or least risky, places will be to live as the climate changes and weather becomes more extreme. And the answer is pretty surprising. In…
From PBS Terra. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. ↓ More info below ↓ Space weather is what causes beautiful Northern Lights, or aurora. But it also can have a major effect on the technology we rely on. In fact, it was space weather that…
From PBS Terra. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. ↓ More info below ↓ If you feel like the weather has been getting a lot weirder and wilder lately, you’re not alone. While it’s easy to blame climate change, we need to dive deeper. There…
From PBS Terra. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. ↓ More info below ↓ Have you ever wondered what your favorite PBS Terra show host watches when they’re not in front of the camera? We asked YOU, PBS Terra viewers, to rank our show hosts’…
From PBS Terra. Subscribe to PBS Terra! – https://bit.ly/3mOfd77 The Everglades is a water world — It’s the widest and slowest river in the United States. But in the heart of this great water body exist secret islands that have outsize importance for the cultural heritage of a people and for the biodiversity of this…
From PBS Terra. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. ↓ More info below ↓ With climate change making temperatures more extreme each year, like we recently saw in the great Texas freeze and the Northwest heatwave, large-scale power outages become a matter of life and…
From PBS Terra. Take the PBS Digital Studios audience survey: https://to.pbs.org/2021survey More and more scientists are starting to ask the question: Could beavers be the ally we’ve been waiting for when it comes to saving the environment? Travel with host Joe Hanson to Central Oregon where a group of scientists set up a kind of…
From PBS Terra. The Bonneville Salt Flats are perfect for speed. Every year, cars and motorcycles break land speed records on the flat expanse of the Bonneville Salt Flats. It’s been a tradition for more than a century, and racers have built a thriving community around the salt races. But how did these salt flats…
From PBS Terra. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. ↓ More info below ↓ Out of the 1,500 or so active volcanoes around the world, one erupts every week on average. And the hot plumes of ash they spew into the atmosphere are the most…
From PBS Terra. Chicago is the third-largest city in the U.S., and one of the country’s most diverse. There’s a secret subculture here that’s growing larger by the year but lurks out of sight in shadow — coyotes! More than 4,000 of these canines prowl the streets of Chicago; you’ll even find them stalking amongst…
From PBS Terra. Can chemistry help us save precious art? Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/c/pbsterra?sub… ↓ More info below ↓ PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. To find out how science and art are intertwined, Out of Our Elements Host Arlo Pérez Esquivel talks to Harvard Art Museums’…
From PBS Terra. Come on an epic journey as our host Joe Hanson explores the mysterious physics of sand. Along the way, we meet Dr. Melany Hunt and Dr. Nathalie Vriend who solved the long-standing mystery of how dunes sing. If you want to take your journey further, head over to It’s Okay to be…
From PBS Terra. Check out Out of Our Elements: https://youtu.be/8uaoCPxJa3Q PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. ↓ More info below ↓ For decades we’ve been planting trees in hopes of reducing carbon pollution. But when it comes to carbon sequestration, have we actually been getting…
From PBS Terra. Will antibodies be the heroes of the COVID pandemic? Check out @PBS Vitals: https://youtu.be/xus08qnUxPE Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/c/pbsterra?sub… PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. Whether referring to immunity developed after exposure to the coronavirus or after vaccination, “antibody” has become a buzzword in the…
From PBS Terra. Check out American Veteran: Keep It Close on @PBS Voices: https://youtu.be/LMJqb5A51_Y Subscribe to PBS Terra! – https://bit.ly/3mOfd77 On the morning of May 18, 1980, Mt. St. Helens volcano exploded with 500 times the force of the Hiroshima bomb. It was the most destructive eruption in U.S. history. The cataclysmic chain of events…
From PBS Terra. What can we do to keep our infrastructure—and yes, our cars—running smoothly? Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/c/pbsterra?sub… ↓ More info below ↓ PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. Out of Our Elements Hosts Caitlin Saks and Arlo Pérez Esquivel team up with fellow NOVA producer…
From PBS Terra. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. ↓ More info below ↓ Have you ever wondered how hail is formed? Or just how big it can get? The largest hailstone ever recorded, the size of a volleyball, fell in Vivian, South Dakota on…
From PBS Terra. How did the molecules that make our world—and us—come to be? Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/c/pbsterra?sub… ↓ More info below ↓ PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. To understand the dawn of chemistry, scientists can’t use test tubes and flasks: they need an atmospheric observatory,…
From PBS Terra. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. ↓ More info below ↓ In the 1930s, the US experienced what has been called its greatest ecological disaster, when the dust bowl ravaged the midwest, eroding topsoil, destroying crops, and displacing millions. As climate change…
From PBS Terra. Can we turn atmospheric carbon dioxide into stone? Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/c/pbsterra?sub… ↓ More info below ↓ PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra. Spoiler Alert: carbon dioxide emissions are causing the planet to get warmer. But we may be able to use chemistry to…
From PBS Terra. Thanks to @Deep Look for collaborating on this episode. Check out their episode here – https://youtu.be/iYvWssvg1YU Horseshoe crabs spend most of their lives in the ocean depths. But every May and June, their spindly little legs will carry them 60 miles or more to congregate on sandy beaches up and down the…