Living on Earth Special Series and Features

Living on Earth is an independent media program and relies entirely on contributions from listeners and institutions supporting public service. Please donate now to preserve an independent environmental voice.

For information on how to listen to audio on our website, click here.

3 Gorges Dam Iron Fertilization Colombia Pipeline: An Environment Under Seige/Dispatches From the Field/Colombia Narcos and the Environment Gulf War 2003 The Secret Life of Lead LOE’s Student Produced Web Show (Northside College Prep.) LOE’s Student Produced Web Show (Queen of Peace H.S.) Children’s author, Lynne Cherry Beatrix Potter Pedaling Lewis & Clark A River With Two Names: The Chattahoochee & Apalachicola Rivers A Gap in Nature LED: Revolutionary Lighting Yaak Valley Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest
	Women of Discovery A series of intrepid women who explored the world.
Generation Next: Re-making the Human Race A five part series
Biological Weapons as Terrorism The possibility of bio-warfare in the U.S.
The aftermath of 9/11 LOE looks at the cleanup efforts at the WTC site, a tribute to pilot John Ogonowski, and more.
	Salmon in the Pacific Northwest The Point of No Return
	Three Mile Island - 20 Years Later Three Mile Island was the site of America's worst commercial nuclear accident. Today, 20 years after the accident, we'll try to assess its impact on the physical and emotional health of people who live here. And we'll explore how this single event changed the course of the nuclear industry and the nation's energy policy.
	Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Ten Years Later Ten years ago the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground, fouling Alaska's pristine beaches with oil. Exxon claims the environment has recovered, but scientists aren't so sure, and people who fish say they're still suffering.
	Antarctica Series Living On Earth Reporter Terry FitzPatrick at "Upstream Bravo," a remote field camp where scientists are trying to learn if global warming has caused large sections of the Antarctic ice sheet to break free from the ground below and slip toward the sea.
Thirst for Safe Water The United States has one of the best water supplies in the world, and has eradicated some of the worst water-borne diseases like typhoid and cholera. But how healthy is America's drinking water supply?
Living Estuaries Estuaries, the vital coastal zones where rivers and streams meet the oceans. Nature designed them as marine nurseries and havens for migratory birds, but humans are getting in the way.
Middle East Troubled Waters Since civilization began, men and women have gathered at the well. For at the well is the source of life: water. Water is also the source of conflict between Israel and nearly all its neighbors.
Lead: The Silent Epidemic More than 20 years ago the United States banned the use of the metal lead in gasoline and household paint. Adults are relatively immune to small exposures. But even minute amounts of lead can have devastating effects on the brains of young children, and there is evidence that millions of American children have been so poisoned.