March 2012 - 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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High Fashion Green, For Less
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Let's talk about high fashion and Target, the big box store. The two seemingly opposites converged, recently, largely because of the environmentall...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
New Partners on the Range
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The words, "holistic," and "cattle range" aren't often heard together. But in California, “holistic range management” is indeed all the rage on th...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
Health Factors Threaten Gorillas – But Why?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What's a significant threat to the survival of captive gorillas? Surprisingly it's heart disease.

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  • Length: 01:30
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Coast Report
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If we gave our coastlines an environmental report card, what grade should they get? Surprise! There IS a report, and it gives our coasts about a gr...

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  • Length: 01:30
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A Tale of Two Heads
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Seems there are some strange critters living in water. Take for example the anglerfish with its glow-in-the-dark lantern on its forehead.

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  • Length: 01:30
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Plague on the Prairie
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The black plague once decimated human towns in Medieval Europe. Today it's hitting prairie dog towns on the grasslands of the northern Midwest.

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  • Length: 01:30
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Stopping Stowaway Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Humans aren't the only ones collecting frequent flier miles. Turns out bugs, seeds and pathogens are frequently hitching rides on airplanes as stow...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:29
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White Shark Cafe
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Sharks, it seems, are not unpredictable nomads. They're more like commuters: As predictable in their travels as the office carpool.

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Horseshoe Crabs and Red Knots
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The flight from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic tops 9,300 miles. If you’re a red knot, a dove-sized shorebird that makes that migration yearly, you...

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  • Length: 01:30
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Swiss Glaciers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Time was, armies and rulers determined international boundaries. Today global warming does.

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Internet Insights
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Forget using the Internet to track fashion trends. Internet chatter may actually be able to predict ecological changes.

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
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Wolves of Isle Royale
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Running with the wolves just isn't happening on upper Michigan's Isle Royale. That's because most wolves on the remote isle have advanced arthritis.

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  • Length: 01:30
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Hydrogen Storage
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Gassing up new family cars with green, clean hydrogen is edging closer to reality. Case in point: Researchers at Purdue University, working with Ge...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Virus Battery
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The environmentally polite thing to do in the future might be to give your battery the flu. That's right: Batteries may soon run on a virus.

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Tidal Barrages
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Britain's Navy, it was once said, ruled the waves! Someday the island nation hopes to command its tides, and generate clean electricity.

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Wetlands Rising
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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We've all heard about rising carbon dioxide levels. It's a major contributor to global warming. Now scientists say more CO2 may -- ironically -- be...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Tiger Tally
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What's the best way to capture a tiger? Carefully! That's sure true for scientist Ullas Karanth of the Wildlife Conservation Society. He's carefull...

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Keeping Bugs at Bay
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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...

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Flashing Lights Save Birds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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...

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Cozy Bats
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Putting space heaters in caves might sound…well, batty. But it could mean survival for bats in 17 Eastern states where a new disease has killed an ...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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