(Reprise airdate: January 23, 2019) Debaran Kelso hosts Frances Wood and Govinda Rosling of the Pigeon Guillemot Research Group on Whidbey Island to continue a discussion of the group’s work studying the island’s guillemot population for the past decade. Closing music is “Whidbey Island Blues,” performed by Seattle group The Maldives.
(First airdate: January 16, 2019) Counting eagles and tracking their food source on the edge of Dabob Bay, Peter Bahls and Jane Hall describe the data collected in their studies.
Nan Evans talks with Dr. Jan Newton, a biological oceanographer, about how climate changes are affecting life in the sea and how scientists are learning to predict these changes in different areas of the oceans. And what does that mean for human communities?
(Reprise airdate: January 2, 2019) Debaran Kelso hosts Part 1 of an encore presentation of a show originally recorded in December 2017 with guests Frances Wood and Govinda Rosling, speaking about the Pigeon Guillemot Research Group based out of Whidbey Island. Closing music is “Fleet” by Guillemot.
Nan Evans hosts University of Washington oceanographer Jan Newton as they discuss ways to observe the various dynamics of ocean and our own Salish Sea. They explore the myriad interconnections including the effects on humans and climate on water properties. Dr. Newton is a passionate advocate for preserving and restoring the rich Salish Sea ecosystem. Newton’s talk, “Big Oceans, Small Sensors, Large Knowledge”, describes the physical, chemical and biological dynamics of Puget Sound and coastal Washington, including the effects of humans and climate on water properties.
(First airdate: December 19, 2018) Nature Now host Paul Ruben is joined by PHLUSH Program Manager Carol McCreary for a talk on enhancing water quality with waterless toilets. Paul and Carol will go over the basics of using composting toilets and potential benefits to public health.
(First airdate: December 12, 2018) Part 2 of host Debaran Kelso’s talk with Scott Gremel, wildlife biologist for Olympic National Park, on the importance of non-forest habitats to wildlife on the Olympic Peninsula. Ending song: “The Only Boy Awake” by the Swedish singer-songwriter “Meadows”.
(First airdate: December 5, 2018) Nan Evans talks with cinematographer Florian Graner about the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Octopus Learning Project. The project features one of the aquarium’s newest residents, Eleanora, the Giant Pacific Octopus.
(First airdate: November 28, 2018) Nadine Maestas, poet and explorer, introduces us to her love of the bioregion, Cascadia. She reads her poems of gratitude inspired by this place. The closing music is Eddie Rabbitt’s I Love a Rainy Day.
(First airdate: November 21, 2018) Host Debaran Kelso speaks with Scott Gremel, wildlife biologist with the Olympic National Park, about the importance of non-forest habitats to wildlife in Olympic National Park. The ending song is The Woodpecker Song by Kate Smith.
