Our resolutions for 2025
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.
Dec 31, 2024 • 1 min 5 sec
Possibly Podcast Category: Environment
No more coal for stockings in the UK
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.
Dec 24, 2024 • 1 min 5 sec
Can a game help you take effective climate action?
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 climate crisis?
Dec 3, 2024 • 3 min 58 sec
Wild turkeys were locally extinct for decades. How did they come back?
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 after being driven to local extinction.
Nov 26, 2024 • 3 min 59 sec
Can we count the number of people who die because of coal powerplants?
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?
Nov 19, 2024 • 3 min 58 sec
Why are hospitals switching anesthesia?
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.
Nov 12, 2024 • 3 min 58 sec
Why is it so hard for factories to reach net zero emissions?
On Possibly, we've talked about how we can cut out greenhouse gas emissions from our homes and cars. But we wondered, how are factories and manufacturers working on this problem?
Nov 5, 2024 • 3 min 58 sec
Why is using plastic a climate issue?
Everyone knows that plastic pollutes our environment. But it’s less obvious why plastic would create a lot of emissions. Today, we break down why plastic use is a climate change issue.
Oct 29, 2024 • 3 min 58 sec
What is good gas mileage anymore?
There’s an urgent need to use less fossil fuels, and that includes cutting down on how much gasoline we put in our cars. Does that mean longstanding ideas about what counts as “good gas mileage” are out of date?
Oct 22, 2024 • 3 min 58 sec
Where did all the plankton go?
Plankton form the basis of the food web in oceans and new research shows that the level of phytoplankton in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay has dropped by half in the past 60 years. We wondered why.
Oct 15, 2024 • 3 min 58 sec