Can Termites Save World?
Living on Earth, a weekly environmental news program that airs on 300 public radio stations nationally, took a look at biofuels and their potential for replacing carbon-based fuels. In interviews conducted at the American Association for the Advancement of Science national meetings in San Francisco, reporter Bruce Gellerman asked the experts — Berkeley Lab Director Steve Chu and physical bioscientist Chris Somerville, and Caltech’s Mel Simon — how termites and weeds can become the good guys in the fight to slow climate change. Listen here (Realplayer).