In this episode; we discuss air; its a bit convoluted; but I hope you enjoy. We talk about air’s make up, early Greek thought on air and the development of CFCs and Smog. We also talk about the improvements countries have made; and what the future might look like.

Air is an essential resource; please check out the notes and resources below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorofluorocarbon

https://sciencing.com/photochemical-smog-formed-6505511.html

https://www.altitude.org/altitude-sickness

https://ourworldindata.org/outdoor-air-pollution

https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201008/physicshistory.cfm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_(classical_element)

http://aviationknowledge.wikidot.com/aviation:hypoxia

https://course.oeru.org/csf101/learning-pathways/from-the-holocene-to-the-anthropocene/the-earth-is-an-open-and-closed-system/

https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(18)30006-1/pdf

https://scied.ucar.edu/atmosphere-layers

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000133.htm

https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LkmD6B2ncs

Music:

Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, “Big Country”, Uncommon Ritual, 1997 Sony Masterworks

Emery “The Less You Say”, You Were Never Alone, 2015 - BC Records

Bruce Cockburn “Indian Wars”, Nothing But A Burning Light, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment 

Radical Face “Always Gold”, The Family Tree: The Roots, 2011 Bear Machine

Welcome to our last part on water; during this episode we will be discussing fresh water, and just how much we have here on earth. Also; we will talk about where fresh water is stored naturally; and the price people are willing to pay for it.

Water is no joke; and in the West; folks die over it.

Please check out the resources below:

https://youtu.be/g7R0yLX0V9E

"Damnation” documentary by Patagonia

Groundwater Basics - University of Oregon

American Geosciences Institiute - Managed aquifer Recharge in California - YouTube

https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/aquifers-and-groundwater?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

https://www.weather.gov/lix/ms_flood_history

Central California Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation

https://www.waste360.com/waste-reduction/report-unveils-2019-s-greenest-cities-america

https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-green-cities/16246/

https://www.hetchhetchy.org/history_of_the_valley

https://vault.sierraclub.org/ca/hetchhetchy/history.asp

https://www.sfchronicle.com/chronicle_vault/article/How-Hetch-Hetchy-Valley-s-natural-beauty-was-12496800.php

Music:

Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, “Big Country”, Uncommon Ritual, 1997 Sony Masterworks

Emery “The Less You Say”, You Were Never Alone, 2015 - BC Records

Bruce Cockburn “Indian Wars”, Nothing But A Burning Light, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment 

Radical Face “Always Gold”, The Family Tree: The Roots, 2011 Bear Machine

For this; our first episode on Water; we are discussing “salt water” - we will learn about oceans; and ocean facts as well as the miracle of primary production.

There are also threats to the ocean’s species and the ocean in general; but we will look at a huge success story on how natural resources bounce back.

Thanks for listening.

Please see the resources below

https://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/bionumber.aspx?id=102937

https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/37516/1/CC_PrimaryProduction.pdf

https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/12/26/eight-awe-inspiring-ocean-discoveries-in-2017

https://theconversation.com/the-four-year-treasure-hunt-for-the-hoodwinker-sunfish-81265

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/whysalty.html

https://www.softschools.com/facts/geography/ocean_facts/834/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/ocean-threats/

https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions.

Wild Pacific Documentary Amazon Prime

Music:

Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, “Big Country”, Uncommon Ritual, 1997 Sony Masterworks

Emery “The Less You Say”, You Were Never Alone, 2015 - BC Records

Bruce Cockburn “Indian Wars”, Nothing But A Burning Light, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment 

Radical Face “Always Gold”, The Family Tree: The Roots, 2011 Bear Machine

In this episode we contiue to cover LAND.

We will cover human use of land including residential housing and development and the associated urban sprawl. After this; we will look at humans “use” of land’s resources.

Specifically; we will cover human use in the areas of Timber, Farming and Mining. There are some pretty interesting facts with reguards to these three; and we also see alot  of progress in these areas.

Check out the resources below:

https://ic.arc.losrios.edu/~veiszep/31fall2014/Davert/G350_Davert_Project.htm

USDA Forest Service 2010

US Census Bureau 2013

2001 IHMC Florida Institute for Human Machine Cognition 2001 Evening Lecture Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND0D3bVbM7Y

https://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/panel-talk/panel-talk-blogs/5-environmentally-friendly-forestry-practices

Www.Statistics.com - Published by M. Shahbandeh, Mar 9, 2020

Gelogyin.com (super good site with a ton of good material).

"Bauxite and Alumina" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2014

www.recyclenation.com

Lay, Maxwell G (1992). (Ways of the World: A History of the World's Roads and of the Vehicles that Used Them. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-2691-1

www.newgeography.com

Music:

Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, “Big Country”, Uncommon Ritual, 1997 Sony Masterworks

Emery “The Less You Say”, You Were Never Alone, 2015 - BC Records

Bruce Cockburn “Indian Wars”, Nothing But A Burning Light, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment 

Radical Face “Always Gold”, The Family Tree: The Roots, 2011 Bear Machine

This is the second part in our Land series; and in this episode; we are going to cover animals and plants on the land. 

Specifically; we are going to look at the Ermine - a unique little animal you may not know about. I’m also going to talk about plants and their use of land; but more directly; we are going to look at pollination and figs. 

Please check out the resources below - 


SHOWNOTES 

Ermine:

True North: A Journey into Unexplored Wilderness Paperback – May 4, 2010 by Elliott Merrick  (Author), Lawrence Millman (Intro)

Heptner, V. G.; Sludskii, A. A. (2002). Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol. II, part 1b, Carnivores (Mustelidae and Procyonidae). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation. ISBN 90-04-08876-8.

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mustela_erminea/#reproduction

Attenborough, David - Wildlife on One (1977–2005) - “Stoats in the Priory”

King, C. M., & Powell, R. A. (2007). The natural history of weasels and stoats: Ecology, behavior, and management. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Interesting Facts about Ermine: https://youtu.be/Drg6pkqTy1U

Figs:

Bobby Hollis - “Pollination Explained”: https://youtu.be/G5iNlJvMbfU

Explained Channel - Figs: https://youtu.be/3oDQuN8wlHA

https://www2.palomar.edu/users/warmstrong/pljune99.htm

https://www.britannica.com/animal/fig-wasp

Music:

Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, “Big Country”, Uncommon Ritual, 1997 Sony Masterworks

Emery “The Less You Say”, You Were Never Alone, 2015 - BC Records

Bruce Cockburn “Indian Wars”, Nothing But A Burning Light, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment 

Radical Face “Always Gold”, The Family Tree: The Roots, 2011 Bear Machine

This is the first in our seven part series on Land, Water and Air.

In this first episode, we are going to look at Land; specifically: we will talk about the wonders of lands formation and how different people classify different land.

This episode will cover Biomes, Ecosystems and Habitats as well as Soils and Topography.


Resources:

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4205127-mississippi-river-starts-clean-heavily-polluted-it-runs-south

Biomes, Ecosystems, Habitats

http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/index.html

UK Discovery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrSWYE37MJs

https://www.britannica.com/topic/California-Gold-Rush

Historical RCA Films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOfD_sapml0


Music used in order of appearance:

Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, “Big Country”, Uncommon Ritual, 1997 Sony Masterworks


Emery “The Less You Say”, You Were Never Alone, 2015 - BC Records


Bruce Cockburn “Indian Wars”, Nothing But A Burning Light, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment 


Radical Face “Always Gold”, The Family Tree: The Roots, 2011 Bear Machine

A show about nature and the wonder filled world around us. Join me as we take a scientific, common sense look at Land, Water and Air - the main components in our world.