Episodes

  • UnDisciplined: Are wildfires increasing under climate change?

    UnDisciplined: Are wildfires increasing under climate change?
    Aug 29 2024
    The western United States is getting hotter, windier, and drier. And that means more fire risk. It also means that when a fire does occur, it is likely to be much more dangerous and destructive.
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    26 mins
  • UnDisciplined: What is the predatory impact of wolves in Yellowstone?

    UnDisciplined: What is the predatory impact of wolves in Yellowstone?
    Aug 23 2024
    Wolves were once naturally abundant in Yellowstone national park, but starting in the 1870s they fell prey to humans who hunted them until their numbers were non-existent. And this was all to protect the “big game species,” like bison and elk. But the perceived “threat” that wolves were to these species wasn’t really correct, due to their very physiology. And Dan Macnulty suggests that we need to reconsider how we handle wolves in and around the park.
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    26 mins
  • UnDisciplined: What can we learn from how farmers adjusted to ancient climate cycles?

    UnDisciplined: What can we learn from how farmers adjusted to ancient climate cycles?
    Aug 16 2024
    One of the things that is often missed when we talk about climate change and agriculture is that climate shifts have always impacted where we can plant and what we can grow. And one of the best ways to really see this is to track how corn production has moved across North America for thousands of years.Andrew Gillreath-Brown’s work was funded by https://app.openskope.org/, a project which aims to provide paleoclimate data in an easy format for the public.
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    26 mins
  • UnDisciplined: Where did climate denial come from? (Part 2)

    UnDisciplined: Where did climate denial come from? (Part 2)
    Aug 8 2024
    For decades the basic principles of climate science were not at all controversial. To understand what changed we have to go back into the past. That’s what David Lipsky does in his latest book, The Parrot and the Igloo. (Part 2 of 2)
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    26 mins
  • UnDisciplined: Where did climate denial come from? (Part 1)

    UnDisciplined: Where did climate denial come from? (Part 1)
    Aug 1 2024
    For decades and decades the basic principles of climate science were not at all controversial. And then, something happened. But to understand why, we have to go back into the past. (Part 1 of 2)
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    26 mins
  • UnDisciplined: Did human-caused climate change actually start thousands of years ago?

    UnDisciplined: Did human-caused climate change actually start thousands of years ago?
    Jul 25 2024
    Archeological anthropologist Todd Braje points out that humans have been impacting global climates and ecologies for millennia. And he says that if we really want to understand our future, we need to understand that part of our past.
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    26 mins
  • UnDisciplined: When climate scientists are under attack, who has their backs?

    UnDisciplined: When climate scientists are under attack, who has their backs?
    Jul 18 2024
    Since 2011, the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund has supported hundreds of researchers who have been attacked, sued, defamed, and threatened — and this year the organization has been busier than ever. The group’s director, Lauren Kurtz, says she’s happy that her organization is being sought out by scientists in need—and really sad that there is a need.
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    26 mins
  • UnDisciplined: Does crop insurance sometimes do more harm than good?

    UnDisciplined: Does crop insurance sometimes do more harm than good?
    Jul 11 2024
    Anne Schechinger, isn’t opposed to federally subsidized insurance, but she believes it’s long past time that we look very hard at places like the Lonestar State and ask whether things need to change.
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    26 mins