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TILclimateAuthor: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Get smart quickly on climate change. This award-winning MIT podcast, Today I Learned: Climate, breaks down the science, technologies, and policies behind climate change, how its impacting us, and what our society can do about it. Each quick episode gives you the what, why, and how on climate change from real scientists to help us all make informed decisions for our future. Language: en Genres: Natural Sciences, Science, Social Sciences Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Do wind turbines kill birds?
Episode 3
Thursday, 11 April, 2024
Wind power is the largest source of clean, renewable energy in the United States. But the large turbines that create that power can endanger wildlife. MIT Professor Michael Howland returns to the podcast to answer a listener's question about the risks of wind energy to birds—and explain how wind turbines compare to coal plants, power lines, office towers, housecats, and other threats to birdlife in the modern world.For a deeper dive and additional resources related to this episode, visit: For more episodes of TILclimate by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, visit tilclimate.mit.edu. CreditsLaur Hesse Fisher, Host and Executive ProducerDavid Lishansky, Editor and ProducerAaron Krol, Writer and ProducerMichelle Harris, Fact CheckerMusic by Blue Dot SessionsArtwork by Aaron Krol
