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How now, brown cow? With digestive fluid you say? Along with some hay? That’s how researchers are generating electricity at the University of Ohio ...
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- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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Which is better? A picture perfect golf course, or a wild and wooly prairie? Well, when it comes to ecosystem health, the more native plants -- the...
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- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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Is there an environmentally friendly way to land airplanes? There is.
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- Added: Aug 19, 2009
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Earthworms rate pretty low on the “cuddly” scale for most people, but they do something exceedingly well: They eat all kinds of trash and turn it i...
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
In Seattle, everyone composts their kitchen scraps. They do it because city laws prohibit food waste from heading to landfills.
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Don't you love urban sprawl? Right. Thirty years ago, car-friendly developments, and the freeways to get us there, were smart planning. Today? They...
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
What if we traded asphalt jungles for grass-phalt jungles? That's happening. One September day each year, on National Park(ing) Day.
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
It's good to know that tomorrow's scientists are solving environmental problems today. Meet Daniel Burd from Waterloo, Canada.
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- Added: Jul 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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What's furry, barks, and sniffs out rare species like a Sherlock Holmes? Yep -- it's a dog! As it turns out, man's best friend knows a bear or a b...
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- Added: Jul 24, 2009
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A newly discovered frog in the remote mountains of Colombia has scientists hopping. Not only can they lay claim to its discovery, but they've also ...
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- Added: Jul 24, 2009
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Did you know rice doesn’t need to grow in water? In fact, the main reason for rice paddies is to prevent weeds.
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- Added: Jul 24, 2009
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Getting better gas mileage for the ride doesn’t have to mean hydrogen fuel cells, or a fancy hybrid. One solution already exists right under the hood!
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- Added: Jul 24, 2009
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Veterinarians made a house call on the world’s rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...
- Added: Jul 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
In recent decades, it’s gotten harder and harder for small fishermen and women to earn a living from the sea.
- Added: Jun 22, 2009
- Length: 06:35
When rain refills a dried out pond, life soon returns to normal. Frogs croak, algae grows and dragonflies dart back and forth. But that’s only part...
- Added: Jun 17, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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Imagine a conventional, gas-powered car, with no carbon emissions. I mean, absolutely zero.
- Added: Jun 17, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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Dutch researcher Jos Meeuwen would like to put in a plug for energy self-sufficiency. Why?
- Added: Jun 12, 2009
- Length: 03:00
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Is it ‘hip,’ or ‘cool,’ to be environmentally sustainable? That's a question that some of the biggest companies are asking about the world's most p...
- Added: Jun 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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Raising endangered birds...on a volcano? It has benefits -- or, so says Alan Lieberman, head of the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, perched on Ha...
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- Added: May 28, 2009
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A frozen zoo...for all animals? Well, no one’s making the Panamanian golden frog shiver in its terrarium. Instead, this is a unique way that the Sa...
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- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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Finding the perfect Father’s Day present can be daunting. Does he really need a new wallet? Does he even wear a tie?
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- Added: May 28, 2009
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Between rampant pollution and climate change, scientists say our oceans are ailing. But in order to correctly diagnose it, they’ve concluded they ...
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- Added: May 28, 2009
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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: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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