September 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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With digestive fluid you say? Along with some hay? That’s how researchers are generating electricity at the University of Ohio these days -- using ...
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In show business, imitation is the best form of flattery. If this were a universal truth Mother Nature should be ecstatic about these new experimen...
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Domestic tranquility has its place, but we all need a little walk on the wild side from time to time. And, apparently, the same goes for bees.
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Remember the days when kids hiked into the woods? Caught tadpoles in a stream, and played tag on the playground? Well, those days are fading fast, ...
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A shark that strolls along coral on its fins. A shrimp with enough muscle and speed to shatter the glass in an aquarium. These and 48 other never-b...
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The old saying that "there’s power in numbers" is true! Scientists were amazed to discover that a tiny marine shrimp called “krill” may affect the ...
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Save the Salmon -- it’s easier said than done. Efforts to restock Maine’s many rivers with Atlantic salmon have been going on for 130 years. But t...
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Ever seen a manatee? Well, they look kind of like a tusk-less walrus -- BIG, slow, and pretty darn chunky. Makes you wonder why Christopher Columbu...
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Can zebras and cattle co-exist? On east Africa’s savannahs, agricultural experts have long-held that wild herbivores, like zebras and gazelles, sho...
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The decomposition of tiny sea animals and plants that died hundreds of thousands of years ago created enormous natural gas deposits under the seafl...
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Most of us have heard that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and a major contributor to global warming. We all should ditch incandescent light bu...
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ave you ever opened a pdf file? Or used slick software like PhotoShop to manipulate images? Just a click or two with the trusty mouse, and it’s bye...
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Shakespeare called it “a precious stone set in the silver sea.” Can you name the country? If you guessed England, you’re right. It was also the fir...
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With all the pressure these days to develop desirable land, the wide, open spaces don’t stay that way without help. When private citizens get toget...
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A beached whale is a heartbreaking sight. And while nobody’s sure exactly why “beachings” occur, scientists have offered several theories.
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When it comes to air pollution, every little particulate has a green card. It can just board the next wind current and take a ride to greener pastu...
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We’ve all heard of “homeland security.” But what’s “biosecurity”? Well, “Biosecurity New Zealand” was created back in 2004 to combat the damage th...
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Well, it’s back to the future again. Farmers are turning to “companion planting,” an agricultural trick that Native Americans came up with centurie...
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Lonesome George died Sunday, June 24, 2012, at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island at the estimated age of 100. Born on Pinta ...
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n two New Orleans schools, the favorite course is…lunch! But, not for the reason you might think.
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