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Answering questions about the future of our 🌎 in four minutes or fewer. Ask yours! By science journalists for everyone. 🎙️Tuesdays on @ThePublicsRadio 89.3FM.
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Joined August 2021
Possibly is moving to Bluesky! You can find us at @askpossibly.bsky.social.
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After fire hydrants ran dry during the wildfires in Los Angeles, listeners wondered why firefighters didn’t just use ocean water to begin with. On this episode of Possibly, we explain the tradeoffs of using the ocean to fight fires. Listen here:.
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After fire hydrants ran dry during the wildfires in Los Angeles, listeners wondered why firefighters didn't just use ocean water to begin with. On this episode of Possibly, we explain the tradeoffs...
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We hear a lot about climate migration—the idea that people will have to move as climate change makes some places unlivable. This week on Possibly we investigate, is this something we’re still waiting for, or has it already begun?.
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We hear a lot about climate migration—the idea that people will have to move as climate change makes some places unlivable. But is this something we’re still waiting for, or is it already happening?
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This week on Possibly, Brown's Provost for sustainability @StephenPorder visits a supermarket in France that sells products other stores would have thrown away. Listen to the episode to find out what lessons we can take from this French grocery store:.
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Possibly’s founder and the Provost for sustainability at Brown University Stephen Porder recently visited a supermarket chain in France that sells products other stores would have thrown away.
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You might not realize it, but the time of day you charge an electric car (or use any large amount of electricity) can impact the amount of greenhouse gases that are emitted. On the latest episode of Possibly, our reporters help you make sense of it: .
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If you have an electric car, and you want to try to reduce the greenhouse gases that are created in order to power that car, when should you charge it?
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This week on Possibly, a new program in Framingham, MA is leading the transition from gas to geothermal heating and cooling. Possibly's reporters explain why network geothermal could help natural gas companies get on board with a move *away* from gas.
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A new program in Framingham, Massachusetts is leading the transition from gas to geothermal heating and cooling.
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What a lineup! @ecoRInews @colleen_cronin.
In the podcast studio today @litartsri! Love seeing the @ecoRInews Blab Lab logo (along with our friends @AskPossibly) @robesmit is hosting our next episodes!
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Hospitals have to use (and throw away) a lot of single-use plastics to deliver care for patients. But on this week’s episode of Possibly, we look at how one hospital came up with a safe way to recycle those plastics. Listen here: .
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Hospitals have to use a lot of single-use plastics to deliver care for patients. In today’s episode, we look at how one hospital is cutting down through their medical plastics recycling initiative.
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With the second Trump administration underway, the Possibly team looks at a group hoping to shape the US's energy policy: a Republican caucus in the House of Representatives called the Conservative Climate Caucus. Hear about them in our latest episode:.
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With the second Trump administration underway, the Possibly team takes a look at a group hoping to shape the country's energy policy: a Republican caucus in the House of Representatives.
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This week on Possibly we have the third installment of our ⚡️Wacky Climate Solutions 🌎 series!. Listeners asked if, instead of sending trash to landfills, we could launch it into the sun! . Find out if this idea will take off anytime soon in our latest:
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We asked our listeners to send in their wildest ideas for addressing climate change. And one listener, thinking about all of the trash Americans throw into landfills, asked if we could send it...
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It's New Year's Eve! Which means it's time for a Possibly tradition: our New Year's Resolutions episode. 🪩🎊. Every year the Possibly team looks back at the episodes we reported and thinks about how those episodes can inspire our resolutions for 2025.
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As we head into a new year, our Possibly team decided to think about all of our episodes, and how they might inspire our resolutions for 2025. Here’s what some of us had to say.
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🎄For our holiday episode we're bringing you some good news about climate!🎄.With big changes to the UK's energy policy in recent weeks, the Possibly team explains why Brits won't have any coal in their stockings this year. Listen now:.
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Britain recently announced the closure of the country’s last coal-fired power plant, as well as an ambitious new energy plan. This week on Possibly, we break down what happened.
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If you’ve ever looked at the bottom of a plastic item, you may have seen a number surrounded by three arrows. On this week's episode of Possibly we take a look into the meaning behind these numbers, and how they actually relate to recycling.
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If you've ever looked at the bottom of a plastic item, you may have seen a number surrounded by three arrows around it. Today we take a look into the meaning behind the numbers, and how they actually...
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RT @Brown_IBES: "The world is full of complex environmental questions. But 'Possibly,' a student-reported podcast at Brown, is working to p….
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The student-reported podcast produces short episodes on sustainability and climate issues.
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This week on Possibly, two of our reporters played a game - a game designed to help them make decisions that will affect the climate the most. Listen to the episode to hear about professor @KA_Nicholas's Climate Action game, and try it yourself:
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We played a climate game that is supposed to help you find the highest-impact changes you can make in your life to take effective climate action. Could games like this actually help address the...
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Turkeys are more than just a Thanksgiving meal, they're a part of forest ecosystems across the country. In this week's episode of Possibly, we take a look at how they made a major comeback in New England after being driven to local extinction.
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Turkeys are more than just a Thanksgiving meal, they're part of forest ecosystems across the country. In this episode of Possibly, we take a look at how they made a major comeback in New England...
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RT @Brown_SPH: For a new crossover episode with the @PossiblyPodcast, Professor @cmzigler51 discusses the haerms #coalpower plants have on….
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You probably know that coal power plants are bad for the climate, and for your health. But how do we know how much of an impact one coal power plant can have? Where does its pollution go?
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You probably know that coal power plants are bad for the climate and your health. But how much of an impact one coal power plant can have? Find the answer on this week's Possibly, a crossover episode with @Brown_SPH's Humans in Public Health.
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Hospitals can be hotspots for greenhouse gas emissions. But @The_BMC is part of a movement of hospitals that have cut their emissions by changing which anesthesia doctors use. Listen to our latest episode to hear how some anesthesia is warming the planet:.
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Hospitals can be hotspots for greenhouse gas emissions. But Boston Medical Center is part of a movement of hospitals changing their anesthesia to cut their footprint.
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