September 2010 - 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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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...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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And to the Red Light District, for birds. Migratory birds make amazing journeys to their wintering grounds and back. But conservation scientist Joe...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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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. Some even produce a kind of poison ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Have you ever bathed in paint? Canary yellow or baby blue? Well of course you haven’t! But almost three million Americans could have last year, sin...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team at the University of Warwick, England, recently discovered a natura...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Call it the Manure Mandate. California’s utilities face a state-ordered goal: Provide one-fifth of electricity from renewable resources by 2010. No...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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You've heard of the State of the Union address; well now there's a State of the Birds address. And it is, indeed, for the birds.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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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...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. But near Serpa [say err pa], in neighboring Portugal, the sun shines nearly all the time. This is why...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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So, you want to get out and freshen up your garden a tad. Great! But, before you begin planting willy nilly, take a moment and consider if what you...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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A German company has developed a way to get more mileage out of junked cars. Of course they have to shred them to pieces first.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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No pesticides in America's classrooms, thank you very much! So says the Environmental Protection Agency. It recently unveiled new guidelines for pe...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Okay, so you’re out in the clear waters of Hawaii and notice that algae are smothering the beautiful coral reefs just below the surface. What’s goi...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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University of Calgary biology professor, Peter Dunfield, has been to hell and back looking for ways to keep methane gas out of the atmosphere.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Midwestern settlers of yesterday would feel unsettled by what they’d see there today. They wouldn’t recognize the forests for the trees.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Isolated from the rest of the world for most of their existence, the Galapagos Islands are home to more unique plant species than almost any other ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Time was, armies and rulers determined international boundaries. Today global warming does.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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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.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act celebrated its 35th birthday recently. Thanks to that legislation, more marine mammals have also celebrated birthd...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Researchers from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University recently received a Presidential citation for developing an environmentally fri...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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