Global Concerns Episodes Available now
Omai Gold Mine Disaster
Toxic waste containing cyanide leaked into the Omai creek and then on into the Essequibo
Drought in Southern Africa
A decrease in rainfall in southern Africa signals the beginning of a 100-year long drought
Paul Crutzen
Ozone layer predictions win Dutch chemist Paul Crutzen a Nobel Prize
Water in the West Bank
Negotiations about rights to water were left out of the Oslo Agreement
CFCs
Chlorofluorocarbons are still available, despite the threat to the ozone layer
Sustaining Biodiversity
Poaching is driven by the demand for animal parts for traditional Chinese medicine
Land Recovery
The wet paper that helps to reclaim land that's too salty, dry, polluted or radioactive
Pantanal Wetlands
Plans to make 1800 miles of the Pantanal navigable puts its diverse ecology at risk
Loggerhead Turtles of Zakynthos
How tourism is disrupting turtle breeding on the Greek holiday island of Zakynthos
What Can be Done About Climate Change?
Round up of the International Energy Agency's conference with David Vaughan of the BAS
