Episode 141: Disaster Recovery
Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon on April 21, 2010. Image courtesy of Flickr user EPI2oh.
February 17, 2012 | Distillations Staff
When the worst thing happens, what do you do next? On today's episode we head south to look at ways that people—and even the planet itself—recover from natural and manmade disasters. First, we learn about ecological succession and how plants and animals repopulate an area once it's been devastated by hurricanes. Then we speak with Haverford College chemistry professor Helen White about how the Gulf of Mexico is faring since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Show Clock
0:00 Opening Credits
0:32 Introduction
1:18 Ecological Succession
4:13 Interview with Helen White
12:56 Closing Credits
Credits
Special thanks to Jeff Guin and Bob Kenworthy for researching this show.
Our theme music is composed by Dave Kaufman. Music from Music Alley includes "Louisiana Chase," by Ken Tucker and James Swafford, "New Orleans Shall Rise Again," by George Winston, and "Guitar Moody Harmonium Duet Loop Short," by Soundscapers Production Music Libraries.
Image courtesy of Flickr user EPI2oh.