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episode 6: glacier thread
From: Theresa Soley
Series: Ice and Fire
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In the last full episode of the season, we travel to the Greenland ice sheet and hear from a researcher who collects data at the face of tidewater ...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 23:22
Sound Ecology: Diablotin (Black-capped petrel)
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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A rare little seabird nests in the rugged mountains between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
Sound Ecology: Apapane
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The apapane is a forest bird native to the Hawaiian islands. It is a member of the honeycreeper family and an important pollinator.

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Coyote
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard about Coyotes and their howl.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Oil Spills and Moldy Paper
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Preserving history is about more than battling mold and disintegration. We took a trip to Greenpoint, Brooklyn to learn about how an environmental ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 24:49
Demolition Truck
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Demolition Truck hauling wood, glass, concrete, etc. into a large metal trash container. 10:30am, sunny, breezy, 65 degrees. Recorded less than 50 ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 03:26
Dolphins St. Augustine, FL 2018
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Dolphins at Porpoise Point, St. Augustine, FL. Early evening, 4:12 pm, sunny & windy. A pod of 3 dolphins with an occasional loner in the distance,...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 41:35
Sound Ecology: Harbor Seals
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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Remarkable facts about the ubiquitous resident of our coastal regions, the harbor seal.

Bought by Radio Newark and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 68: All the Time in the World
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The “body farm” at Texas State University is a place almost no one except researchers and law enforcement is able to see, because it’s one of very ...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 31:13
Sound Ecology: Arcata Marsh
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the city of Arcata's Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary that also functions as an innovative wastewater treatment facility.

Bought by KZYX, WNED Buffalo, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Marsh Wren
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the diverse songs and calls of the marsh wren in northern California. For air during spring and summer.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Warblers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the springtime arrival of orange-crowned and wilson's warblers in northwestern California. For air during ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Allen's Hummingbird
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the amazing migration of Allen's Hummingbirds along the pacific flyway. Best aired late winter through spring and su...

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Aleutian Geese
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology focuses on the recovery of the once-endangered Aleutian Geese that winter in northern California.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Cetaceans
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the wide variety of whales, porpoises and dolphins that inhabit the waters along northern California and southern Or...

Bought by KLCC, WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 4
Sound Ecology: Klamath Conifers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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A discussion of the unparalleled conifer biodiversity in the Klamath mountain region. Taking the long view through geologic time, this segment of ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: American Dipper
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard about the American Dipper, highlighting some behavioral and physiological aspects of this ubiquitous songbird along rivers and st...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KRZA, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 4
Struck By Lightning
From: Outside Magazine
Series: Outside Podcast
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Science doesn't understand lightning very well—or how a strike affects the human body. Survivors sometimes claim to have super-senses, or special p...

Bought by KREV-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, KPIK-LP, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 41:33
  • Purchases: 9
What is Dilbit?
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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What exactly is in pipelines? (Dilbit plus)

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 02:04
What is a RHIB?
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Capt of more than one Greenpeace ship Capt Peter Wilcox tells us what a RHIB is. (like a life boat, but not.)

  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:36
Renewable Energy in a Nuclear Neighbourhood & Suing Environmentalists
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Ontario's reliance on nuclear energy means renewable energy is happening on a community level. Suing environmentalists Suing environmentalists to s...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 06:42
Running Stream
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Tamarac Whispers
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It’s time to go outside. Join Ranger Kelly as she takes you for a walk to a melting stream in the spring at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pete Seeger-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Pete Seeger
Tribute to legendary singer-songwriter, political activist and environmentalist Pete Seeger featuring interviews, music and stories from a life far...

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLT, RadioFreePalmer, and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:18
  • Purchases: 4
EarthTones
From: Claire Schoen
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Sound is a vital though invisible aspect of human existence. “EarthTones” gives its audience the opportunity to experience the natural world throug...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 26:03
  • Purchases: 1
Invaders from Another Ecosystem
From: Making Contact
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We visit wetlands around the San Francisco Bay, where scientists are waging a scorched-marsh campaign against a devastating kind of East Coast grass.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2008
  • Length: 29:00