March 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Series produced by Catalina Island Conservancy
Fun, entertaining, science-based radio show exploring critical issues regarding our natural world.
Isla Earth, a production of the Catalina Island Conservancy, is a radio series exploring environmental issues of local, national, and global importance. Our mission is to increase ecological awareness, deepen understanding, and encourage environmentally sustainable choices.
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Get in and get out! It works for the Navy Seals. So why not do the same with a crack team of scientists?
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Now playing in Australia: Invasion of the Monster Toads! Today’s story began back in the 1930s when Australia’s sugar-cane farmers had a problem.
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Nature builds neighborhoods in the most interesting places. Caves, for example, are pretty spectacular neighborhoods.
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint.
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.”
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation. Living in the Namib desert, it uses its wings to capture water va...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
An ecosystem is like a finely woven garment -- pull out one thread, and the entire thing might come apart. An unraveling, of sorts, happened off th...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Fish don’t care about politics. And that’s terribly inconvenient for Scotland, Denmark and Iceland, where ocean mackerel, a large migratory cousin ...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Experts say that as population and water use rise, the world's fresh water supplies are shrinking. Then why don’t we desalinate more sea water and…...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Nature has a few tricks up her sleeve that can teach us a thing or two about national security.
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Watch out, Hollywood, there's a new starlet in town. It's the nation's first green gas station, called, Helios House. It's in Los Angeles – for now...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
"Unleaded, super unleaded, or tree fungus." It could be an option someday! Alternative fuel experts have discovered a microbial fungus from one Sou...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
The Book of Life: That book in heaven with the list of names? Well, biologists on earth have started their own version.
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
A frozen zoo...for all animals? Well, no one’s making the Panamanian golden frog shiver in its terrarium. Instead, this is a unique way that the Sa...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
We've all heard of individuals who go, "off the grid." You know, the folks who install solar panels or have their children ride stationary bicycles...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
When is a good time to get a kid interested in reducing waste? As early as possible! And, if you pack your child’s school lunch, try getting them s...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
The Pacific pocket mouse loves the beach! Surf and sun make fabulous real estate for humans, and, these mice. And therein, lies the rub!
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Grandma’s pearls are priceless and to keep them safe, a big tree might be in order.
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Some projects seem simple only to reveal a huge complication later on. I was hemming pants and cut one leg shorter than the other -- yeah, you get ...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Did you know rice doesn’t need to grow in water? In fact, the main reason for rice paddies is to prevent weeds.
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
