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The Siberian permafrost - a sub-Arctic peat bog about the size of France and Germany - is chock full of carbon that's trapped in its frozen soils. ...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Why do we grow old and die? Most scientists cite genetics, environmental factors, and chance. Shane Rea, a scientist at the University of Colorado,...
- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Fire ants may be small insects, but their sting packs a wallop. They arrived in the U.S. from South America in the early 1900s, and have spread to ...
- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
Small but mighty is one way to describe the organism called "salp." A report in the journal Deep Sea Research suggests that salp, along with the ti...
- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
Miles of pure, white snow stretching for as far as the eye can see. That's how many people imagine the North Pole - a place you wouldn't think of a...
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- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Have you ever wanted to help "green up" your town, but the project seemed too daunting? This inspiring story is about how a handful of folks in Tac...
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- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Toilet bowl cleaner, cough medicine, and rubber duckies have something in common: they're all made with chemicals. In fact, most of today?s product...
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- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Here's a "rain dance" worth following. It's called cloud seeding, and it's been around for decades. Millions of dollars are spent each year on clou...
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- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
A lot of medicines are derived from plants. And today, the growing popularity of traditional medicine has many of us using herbs to prevent and tre...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
A technology that's used for offshore drilling is benefiting marine biologists worldwide.
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
There's an alternative way to treat wastewater: filtering it with live plants and even snails!
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
A team of expert veterinarians is always on alert to help save animals from the devastating consequences of marine oil spills.
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
"Green" buildings incorporate the latest technology to squeeze the most out of the energy that's used for heating, cooling, and lighting. They're a...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
In the past 20 years, poachers have killed nearly one million elephants. Poachers have driven the giant pachyderms -- which are prized for their iv...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
American chestnut trees once made up 25 percent of the eastern forest. People could pick chestnuts and roast them on an open fire. Their wood was ...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
The endangered American Crocodile may owe its future to conservation measures taken near a nuclear power plant. The Turkey Point plant in south Flo...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
We've all marveled at the shifting patterns that clouds form in the sky. Beyond capturing our imagination, though, clouds play a vital role in Eart...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:34
- Purchases: 3
Gunter Pauli is the director of "ZERI," which is short for Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives. He started out making biodegradable detergents...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:34
- Purchases: 3
About 20 years ago, New Jersey's filthy beaches were the butt of jokes. The medical wastes and other garbage that washed up onshore were forcing lo...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:34
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Nov 24, 2006
- Length: 02:45
frogs sing near Lake Michigan
Bought by KVSC, PRX to iTunes, and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 12, 2006
- Length: 02:20
- Purchases: 3