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Seaweed to the Rescue
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Beetle Inspired Water Technologies
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation and scientists are hoping to capitalize on the beetle’s adaptation...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
When Fish Can’t Smell
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When our noses are plugged, we sound stuffy and have trouble breathing. When fish noses are plugged, they get lost, and lose the ability to have s...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Plant’s Natural Defense
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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“Get out of my space--or else!” Most people don’t know it, but some plants go to extremes to defend their turf.

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Potable Water to Drinking Water
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Okay -- so it sounds pretty disgusting when you first hear about it. But, well, here it goes. We may be able to get drinking water from treated sew...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Natural Pesticide
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team recently discovered a natural protein that could work as well as an...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sink the Carbon
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Most of us have heard that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and a major contributor to global warming. But is there a way to capture the carbon ...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Saving Seeds: Svalbard
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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I don’t know if Santa Claus ever collected seeds, but one of his neighbors sure does.

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The New Power Suit
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Power Suit is back. Yep. Thanks to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Elephant DNA Maps
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Over the years, treasure maps have been of such interest that the Library of Congress devoted a volume to them! Now, a new kind of map is proving t...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Down With Carbon
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There’s a bounty on carbon dioxide molecules these days. And for good reason.

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Tuning Into Elephant Sounds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Even if you don’t want to talk about the proverbial “elephant in the room,” you could at least count the number roaming around wild. Or so you’d t...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Solar Cell Breakthrough?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The biggest power plant on earth is high in the sky -- it’s the sun. But, we only get one percent of our energy from it because it typically costs...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Energy Fields
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When it comes to discovering sources of renewable energy, Penn State engineering professor Bruce Logan is outstanding in his field. A corn field, ...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Solar Cell Sets a New World Record
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s something that probably won’t be in the Guinness Book of World Records. But maybe it should be since it could impact more people than anyth...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cleaning Up PCB
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Advantages of Hibernation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.”

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Beetle Inspired Water Technologies
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Migration Interrupted
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Since the early 1990s, wildlife researchers with Operation Migration have been using ultralight aircraft to literally teach endangered birds a new ...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Parrot Fish on the Menu
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The parrot fish with its colorful, multi-patterned designs and parrot-like beak is credited with being the sandmaker of the sea -- perfectly suited...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Holy Batfish!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Holy algae, batfish, we need you to clean up that reef! When researchers wanted to know what fish on Australia's Great Barrier Reef was best at rem...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Creative Climate Solutions
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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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  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Other Side of DDT
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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For many who are environmentally-minded, the mere mention of DDT sets them on edge. Yet, like so many environmental issues, there is another side.

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Scallop Muscle
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Jet propulsion doesn't always make you fast...Take, for example, the Antarctic scallop.

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Setting the Mood for Pandas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Apparently, China's pandas could use some help. It seems that some of the males have lost their moves, their mojo, their get down and boogy...well ...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2