Engineering Polar Sea Ice with Underwater Drones & Penguins

Penguin poop might be cooling the planet by seeding clouds over Antarctica! A new study shows how ammonia from penguin guano helps form reflective cloud cover. Meanwhile, a $10 billion geoengineering plan proposes to deploy 500,000 undersea drones to regrow Arctic sea ice. Can technology save the poles—and should it?

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We also bust myths about EV fires after The Telegraph claims they're on the rise. 

Plus, an Edmonton pilot project is using secret tech to stop EV charger cable theft—and it's already working.

Also in this episode:

• Solar fences at Zurich Airport could boost solar production 20x by 2040. Read more

• Quebec investors rescue Lion Electric, keeping Canadian school bus EV dreams alive. Full story

• The new Pope Leo vows to continue Francis's environmental legacy.

Lightning Round:

• Global EV sales rose 35% in Q1 2025. IEA report

• Climate change has reduced global wheat yields by ~10%. Source

• Hyundai's robotic EV chargers are live at a Korean airport. Details

• Macdonald-Laurier Institute says Canada doesn't need new oil pipelines. More

• Edmonton's secret anti-theft tech leads to arrests at EV chargers. Read

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