earth talk

  • “Smoke Waves”

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Smoke waves are just what they sound like: huge waves of smoke. Perhaps more dangerous than the fires themselves from which they radiate, smoke waves can cause health problems for people hundreds of miles around. Forest fire flames licking at homes and neighborhoods...
  • Carbon Dioxide levels rising due to human activity

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The Earth’s climate is continually changing. Since the planet was born some 4.5 billion years ago, it has undergone ice ages and warm periods due to natural changes in its orbit around the sun and other factors on its surface. But since the...
  • Environmental Track Record

    

 Vice Presidential choices Tim Kaine and Mike Pence Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Not surprisingly given the current political climate, the respective Vice Presidential candidates differ on most of the issues, including their policies on the environment and energy. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton’s VP choice...
  • Mars and Earth

    What Will Happen if Earth Isn’t Sustainable

    How far along are we on efforts to support large numbers of people on the moon or other planets if our population gets too big or we ruin the environment here on Earth? Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk As the human population swells and global warming compounds other...
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