The Navajo Nation has long suffered from political and cultural discrimination but now faces a new kind of oppression, Environmental Injustice. Learn on this episode how Navajo reservation lands now face environmental degradation from the failed cleanup of uranium mines.

We as humans have used oceanic dredging for a wide variety of reasons, and the practice has provided great benefits to using it. However, the practice has been turning our oceans into baron husks of their past selves and will continue to do so unless regulated.

On this episode of Man vs Nature we will be taking it all the way to Kansas City, Missouri in order to learn about the crisis of flash flooding due to severe climate change. Together we will discuss the various ways flash flooding affects people’s lives, from water damages to food supply, as well as potential solutions.

This podcast is about the largest bird in North America, the California Condor. Human efforts and collaboration has made it possible for this species to recover from devastating population loss due to lead poisoning and return to their natural habitat. While there is still a long ways to go before they are out of danger, there is still hope for this species and more that we can do to ensure their survival.

The coastline of the Long Island Sound stretches across much of Connecticut and New York. For the past several decades, the beaches in these states have been slowly disappearing due to beach erosion, which is caused by several human activities and other factors. We can help restore these beaches back to their original beauty.

Listeners will hear about the Occoquan River’s history of contamination problems and about the efforts to revive this major source of drinking water in Northern Virginia. Learn about the threats facing the reservoir today, as well as community efforts to protect and preserve it.

Working-class independent fishermen, crabbers, potters, and oystermen - known colloquially as “watermen” along the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland - rely on selling their fresh catch from the Chesapeake Bay to support themselves and their families each day. In more recent years, they have found themselves at the mercy of the effects of the Bay’s declining health and water quality, as well as multiple large environmental groups working to clean the Chesapeake Bay that often come at the expense of the watermen’s livelihoods.

Host Grace Barry examines the pollution issues of Lake Cochichewick and its consequences for the wildlife that surrounds it. Listeners will be transported lakeside to learn about the issues facing the community built around the lake and how the wildlife can be protected.

On this episode of Talkin’ Nature with Tiyana, I will be discussing the remarkable comeback story of the bald eagle -- our national symbol. I'll be sharing with listeners the story of how this bird became endangered and then the legislation, and inspiring efforts that helped bring it back.

Guatemala is the region with some of the highest levels of homelessness and poverty in the world. As someone who was born into homelessness in Guatemala, I will dive deeper into how climate change can be linked to this rise of social and economic issues in less developed countries and talk specifically about the region of Chiquimula.