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No Smelling Spells Trouble for Fish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - 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: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Green Energy from Plants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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U.S. Department of Energy scientists would hate to be called alchemists. But they’re trying something almost as miraculous. They want to turn sunli...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Producer Profile: Charles Dye
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Charles Dye
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Charles Dye.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 14:52
Producer Profile: Adrian Baker
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Adrian Baker
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Adrian Baker.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 15:50
Producer Profile: Heather Rae
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Heather Rae
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Heather Rae.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 17:53
A Place for DDT
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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For many who are environmentally-minded, the mere mention of DDT sets them on edge. After all, it disrupted ecosystems around the globe crashing bi...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Of Pirates and Scientists
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Tales of pirates and plunder have inspired more than a few Hollywood epics. Did you catch the summer block buster with Johnny Depp? But, believe it...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Healthier Cities
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The shape of our cities might be determining...the shape of our bodies.

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Lava Flows are for the Birds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Raising endangered birds...on a volcano? It has benefits -- or, so says Alan Lieberman, head of the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, perched on Ha...

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  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Perfect Green Gift for Dad
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Finding the perfect Father’s Day present can be daunting. Does he really need a new wallet? Does he even wear a tie?

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  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Robofish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2011 - 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...

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  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The New Power Suit
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Power Suit is back. Yep. Thanks to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. But goodbye polyester: These suits use molecular-sized ...

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  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Producer Profile: Sande Zeig
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Sande Zeig
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Sande Zeig.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 13:44
Ecosystem Health Built on Three Unlikely Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In Africa, two species depend on each other for survival. But scientists are now discovering that a third species is crucial to that equation.

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Mystery Cat
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Deep in a Borneo rainforest, a mysterious catlike creature pads across the jungle floor. It has dark red fur, a bushy tail, and could be the first ...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ice Melts Create New Shipping Passage
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There’s now a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, courtesy of climate change...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hydrogen and Egg Shells
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Books vs. E-Readers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Paper book or e-reader? Which is greener? Digital readers may save trees. But are they better environmentally overall than good ol’ book books?

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Microbial Fuel Cells
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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How now, brown cow? With digestive fluid you say? Along with some hay? That’s how researchers are generating electricity at the University of Ohio ...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Producer Profile: Sam Hurst
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Sam Hurst
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker, television producer and writer, Sam Hurst.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 09:18
Nature Provides Clues for Survival
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.” Take, for example, the arctic ground squirrel. He's a creature that knows a ...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Creative Solutions for Climate Change
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - 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: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fuel Cells improve with Platinum
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You think gas is expensive? What about the price of platinum? Believe it or not, that’s one of the things the automotive industry is looking at be...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Costly Invasive Fire Ants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is killing fire ants using a method that sounds like it was inspired by the movie Alien.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Water Pollution Cleanup
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1