June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Series produced by Catalina Island Conservancy

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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.


22 Pieces

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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 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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One of every 15 people in the world relies on China’s Yangtze River, the third largest river on Earth. How big is it? Well, people used to say the ...

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Beavers -- those buck-toothed, furry creatures we used to make into hats -- are pretty amazing builders. They craft dams more than 2000 feet long ...

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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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...

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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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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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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A world without honeybees? That won't happen, if scientists solve the mystery of honeybees abandoning their hives.

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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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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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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The ethanol experts are at it again. Scientists in Brazil have found a way to boost biofuel production that’s naturally more attractive.

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Chicago may be the Windy City, but California may become the wind-powered state. That’s thanks to the Tehachapi Renewal Transmission Project.

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Kermit the Frog always said, “It’s not easy being green.” But like him, another group of actors has discovered it can be popular. Especially with c...

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Looking for an environmentally conscious vacation that’s out of the way? Try Madagascar. It’s a California-sized island off the east coast of Afric...

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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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 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Scientists in Spain have found the missing lynx. But to be perfectly honest, they didn’t know they were missing.

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Southeast Asia’s Mekong River dolphin aren’t having enough babies. That has conservationists puzzled, not to mention concerned.

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Between rampant pollution and climate change, scientists say our oceans are ailing. But in order to correctly diagnose it, they’ve concluded they ...

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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It’s tough to be a Sumatran Tiger these days. This beautiful creature is listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservatio...

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Together with Sandia National Labs, engineers from Knight and Carver of San Diego have added a new twist to wind turbines used for generating elect...

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Are hurricanes good for anything? Maybe. Katrina and Rita devastated hundreds of square miles in the Louisiana and Mississippi lowlands. But it tur...

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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The Pacific pocket mouse loves the beach! Surf and sun make fabulous real estate for humans, and, these mice. And therein, lies the rub!

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  • Added: May 26, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Tiger, tiger burning bright / In the forests of the night. Okay, so that poetic image is to a business spreadsheet what a peacock’s tail is to a du...

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  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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