All Pieces for Catalina Island Conservancy

 
Smarter Electric Cars
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Tomorrow's electric cars could get smarter, thanks to artificial intelligence and...well, military tanks.

Bought by KALH, WXDU, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
That Sinking Feeling
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here's a curious problem. What should you do with old ships, trucks, subway cars, and even military tanks?

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Conservative About Conservation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ah, the path to a greener planet is paved with good intentions. A Yale and George Mason university study polled 1,001 American adults to determine ...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Green Chocolate
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Goodbye, Willy Wonka, hello sustainably farmed chocolate! Actually, that's increasingly the case, as chocolate manufacturers recognize the sweet ma...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Turtles
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Marine scientists recently launched a pilot study to track the elusive loggerhead turtle. Even though loggerheads are the most common sea turtle in...

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Parking Lots
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There's a move to put the "park" back in parking lots! Several universities have explored the idea, testing pavements that absorbs water but keeps ...

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Water Rights
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Water conservationists might learn a thing or two from the oil industry. That's right! Groundwater experts at the University of Oregon say that mi...

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Robofish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Technology inspired by nature, to help nature. That's the case at the University of Michigan, where engineer Xiaobo Tan and zoologist Elena Litchma...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Feeding Ourselves
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you've ever struggled to put dinner-for-four on the table, imagine trying to feed the estimated 9.2 billion people that will be on the planet fo...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Locavore Love
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you don't have time for gardening, you can still turn over a new leaf -- without turning dirt! That is thanks to farmers who offer personal agri...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cozy Bats
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Putting space heaters in caves might sound, well, batty. But it could mean survival for bats in 17 Eastern states where a new disease has killed an...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Flashing Lights Save Birds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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And to the Red Light District, for birds. Migratory birds make amazing journeys to their wintering grounds and back. But conservation scientist Joe...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Keeping Bugs At Bay
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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No pesticides in America's classrooms, thank you very much! So says the Environmental Protection Agency. It recently unveiled new guidelines for pe...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tiger Tally
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What's the best way to capture a tiger? Carefully! That's sure true for scientist Ullas Karanth of the Wildlife Conservation Society. He's carefull...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Pine Beetle
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Old-fashioned logic suggests that dead trees pose a greater wildfire risk. And with the pine beetle infestation in recent years leaving thousands o...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Wetlands Rising
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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We've all heard about rising carbon dioxide levels. It's a major contributor to global warming. Now scientists say more CO2 may -- ironically -- be...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tidal Barrages
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Britain's Navy, it was once said, ruled the waves! Someday the island nation hopes to command its tides, and generate clean electricity.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Virus Battery
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The environmentally polite thing to do in the future might be to give your battery the flu. That's right: Batteries may soon run on a virus.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Wolves Of Isle Royale
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Running with the wolves just isn't happening on upper Michigan's Isle Royale. That's because most wolves on the remote isle have advanced arthritis.

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Reattaching Giant Sponges
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The animated character Spongebob Squarepants is running loose on the ocean floor everyday of the week after school on the Nickelodean channel. And ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1

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