October 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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So what should you do with your doggie's doo? Your dog Fido probably wishes you’d just leave it in the yard -- let the world know that somebody imp...
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It seemed like the right thing to do at the time. In India, tens of thousands of cows die each year. In the late 1980s, India’s largely Hindu popul...
- Added: Sep 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Pass the fish and chips, please. Pardon me for eating on the radio, but I just can’t pass up the fish and chips. Neither can a lot of people it s...
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Fog in California’s coastal redwood forests may be clearing up, and that could hurt redwood forests. Redwoods need summertime fog to help them reta...
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The world’s rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate. But conservationists have a new trick that may help restore them. All it takes is so...
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Followers of fish facts -- especially North Atlantic Cod enthusiasts -- are doing a double-take these days. First, after years of over fishing cod ...
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When Chicken Little cried out that “the sky is falling” he would’ve been right according to a study of air pollution in Washington State’s Puget So...
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What do you do when the land you love is ‘slip sliding away’? Luckily for folks in Louisiana, legislators and scientists are looking at several cre...
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The forested wetlands of Louisiana have inspired Hollywood movie scenes ever since the ‘talkies.’ But the Cypress swamps and floating marshes of Ba...
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Are you worried about global warming? Well, here’s an idea. How about rocketing one trillion miniature umbrellas into orbit somewhere between us ...
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You know, I'd like to meet the person who cut down the last palm tree on Easter Island. What were they thinking? We’ll never know. But what we do k...
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There’s nothing like ice cream on a sweltering summer day. And it doesn’t much matter whether it’s in a cone, a shake, a sundae, or a banana split....
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The Appalachian Trail has been called “America’s footpath.” It stretches almost 2,200 miles through 14 states and eight national forests from Georg...
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Tropical rainforests are home to a spectacular variety of frogs. This rich diversity of species helps drive conservation efforts in the tropics. T...
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Once upon a time in the West, there were 30 million American bison. Now, around Yellowstone National Park, there are only 3900 -- but that’s up fro...
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This isn’t how fertilizers are supposed to work. You’d think that more nutrients in water would be good for aquatic life. But, they’re actually con...
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Scientists in Spain have a headache at Doñana National Park. They found ibuprofen and four other anti-inflammatory drugs in the park’s waters, alon...
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Is Carl Safina up to something fishy? You see, Carl is a prominent marine ecologist and the prize-winning author of three books. He’s passionate a...
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Here’s one of the “good guys” of conservation. The Surfrider Foundation was founded in 1984. Today, the *Malibu-based non-profit boasts 50,000 mem...
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It’s about the size of a small cat, but looks like a bizarre cross between a miniature antelope and an anteater. Give up?
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