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Disabilities no longer a barrier to Great Lakes' waters
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Julie Cataldo prepared to be lifted from her wheelchair into an accessible kayak on the Erie Canal., Credit: Veronica Volk
The Great Lakes region provides recreational opportunities all year – whether it’s hiking in the fall, ice fishing in the winter, or boating in the...

Bought by KSKA, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Interlochen Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 7
Our Disposable Society: From Plastics to Prisons
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daphna Nissenbaum
Plastic and prisons: two of America’s most toxic habits. Happily there are people working to create alternatives. This week on Sea Change Radio we ...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:50
Sizing Up Extinction
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Being the “right-size” helps protect species from extinction.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Grass carp eggs discovered in Lake Erie tributary
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Grass carp, Credit: Shutterstock/Vladimir Wrangel
Researchers recently announced the discovery of over 7,000 grass carp eggs in a Lake Erie tributary. The good news? This isn’t the Asian carp spec...

Bought by WBFO, Interlochen Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2017
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 7
Guide Dog Success
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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What predicts a puppy’s later success as a guide dog?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Tangier Island Sinking (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Residents of Tangier Island could become some of America’s first climate refugees—unless they get a much needed sea wall. Through a partnership wit...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 3
Orange County: Wastewater Reuse Leader
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mike Markus
What would you say to the idea of drinking a tall, cool glass of wastewater? On the face of it, it sounds, well, yucky. But it turns out you've pro...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
Whale Genes & Diet
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A genetic difference between the two types of whales that could partially explain why some became so gigantic.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Social Mouse Aggression
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A social upbringing can offset the activity of a mouse’s attack circuit.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Water Bear DNA
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Studying tardigrades’ DNA to learn what makes them so tough.

Bought by WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bored Animals
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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An animal welfare researcher calls the study of the biological basis of boredom in animals.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Takin' It To The Streets: Solar Roadways Update
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Scott and Julie Brusaw
What if the roads we drove on, instead of being made of carbon-intensive petroleum sludge, were actually solar panels? And what if whenever electri...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
Drumming Cockatoos
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Researchers discover that cockatoos use sticks and seed pods to drum out rhythms on tree limbs.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Nev Hyman: Shelter From The Storm (re-broadcast)
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Nev Hyman
Many people living in Pacific nations, like Vanuatu, Indonesia, and the Philippines, struggle to find adequate shelter, a challenge compounded by t...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
Measure For Measure: Aclima's Davida Herzl
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Davida Herzl
Galileo said we should, “Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.” This week on Sea Change Radio, we take a look at two ways...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Tale of Honeybee Brown (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Between a changing climate and an invasion of parasites, it’s a tough time for the little honeybee. A Norfolk woman’s quest to give bees a home may...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 6
Invasion of the Lionfish Snatchers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Erika Angle
Perhaps it’s cold comfort but it turns out that we human beings are not the only species on earth hell-bent on destroying our own habitat. We share...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Anonymous Engineer Discusses Gold Mining
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
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Did you know that a metric ton of electronic waste can contain 8 to 16 ounces of gold? Whether we like it or not, precious metals show up in more t...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Carbon Eating Microbes Make Fish Food
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Merc Martinelli and Brian Sefton, owners of Oak Bio, discuss their company's plans to use carbon from the atmosphere to create products like fish f...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
Birdsong Warm-Ups
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Songbirds, like people, may need to warm up their voices before they sing.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KSFR, WLPR and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Cooling the Planet with Ocean Currents
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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In this show we interview Dr. Alan Miller of "Cool it, Earth!", a company working to use ocean thermal energy technology (OTEC) to produce clean en...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Feb 04, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Got pollution? Canadian city puts it in giant box
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: John Gee with Environment and Climate Change Canada stands on a platform overlooking the Randle Reef restoration project., Credit: Veronica Volk
Imagine a huge steel box – whose lid is 10 football fields across. It's being built in Hamilton's harbor on the western end of Lake Ontario. It’s d...

Bought by WMUK, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WLPR , WCPN and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 8
Algae Systems + Other Miracles: John Perry Barlow (re-broadcast)
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: JP Barlow
Who doesn’t need a miracle? As the lyricist for many timeless Grateful Dead classics, as a privacy rights activist, or as the founder of the biofue...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 26, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Waste Pioneers: David Rodriguez + Jonathan Bloom
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Rodriguez
Five years ago, when we first started covering the food waste issue, America was throwing away enough food to fill the Rose Bowl every day. And, un...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:00