In recent episodes, we’ve talked a lot about electric cars, but we haven’t really spent time talking about what makes them work- the battery. What are these batteries made of, and can we rely on them to get us where we need to go?
Feb 7, 2022 • 1 min 1 sec
When I was a kid, acid rain was a hot topic. Now, I never hear about it. So we wondered, why doesn’t acid rain make the headlines anymore?
Jan 31, 2022 • 1 min 2 sec
Today we’re answering a question about the weather. How has climate change affected our winters? And what kind of weather can we expect in the future?
Jan 24, 2022 • 1 min 4 sec
Many of us have seen litter on the beach. And of course, there are those sad pictures of sea critters tangled up in plastic! Which made us wonder: how does it get there and what will it take to prevent all of this plastic pollution?
Jan 17, 2022 • 1 min 1 sec
When you think of a plate of food, what’s normally right smack dab in the middle? A big hunk of meat? What if our first instinct was to say fish or shrimp? Would eating more seafood cut down on our greenhouse gas emissions?
Jan 10, 2022 • 0 min 59 sec
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 2022. Here's what some of us had to say.
Jan 3, 2022 • 1 min 3 sec
These days, it’s popular for countries to make pledges about when they’ll be carbon neutral. But there’s one country that’s already there. Actually, it’s carbon negative.
Dec 28, 2021 • 1 min 3 sec
Artificial trees create more greenhouse gas emissions during production since they are made of plastic. Because real trees take in CO2 so when they grow, they have a negative carbon footprint.
Dec 14, 2021 • 0 min 21 sec
Today, we have a question from a listener. Margret Bulmer wonders whether solar panels still work in the winter when they’re covered with snow.
Dec 7, 2021 • 7 min 2 sec
A while ago, we had an episode about how climate change affects the crops we use for food. And that got us wondering - how do rising temperatures affect other things we eat, like seafood? And what does that mean for us in Rhode Island?
Nov 29, 2021 • 1 min 3 sec