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Ice Melts Create New Shipping Passage
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There's now a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, courtesy of climate change.

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Better Jet Fuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever wonder what jet fuel is made of? So do scientists from four universities working on a $7.5 million project funded by the Air Force and an airc...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
International Volunteers Preserve the Earth Here and Abroad
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Story Submissions for "We've Got the Power"
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Kayla Sargent reports on EarthCorps International, a program that brings young international students to the Seattle area for preservation efforts

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:04
Foraging for fish in our own backyard
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Kirk Lombard explaining how to catch crab from the Bay , Credit: Angela Johnston
Kirk Lombard calls himself a sea forager, and every other week offers this walking and fishing tour: a two-hour lesson on how to catch your own sea...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 09:50
On Top of the World
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: Elektro the Moto-Man and his Little Dog Sparko, created by Westinghouse Electric Company for the 1939 World’s Fair., Credit: New York City Public Library
Bradley Boyd and reporter Ashley Creek head to the top of an old hotel in Birmingham, Alabama, which made provisions for a future that never came. ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 3
The New End of Old New York
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: Elektro the Moto-Man and his Little Dog Sparko, created by Westinghouse Electric Company for the 1939 World’s Fair., Credit: New York City Public Library
Historian Max Page talks about why New York City is so often the target of destruction on the page and the silver screen. This segment comes from t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 09:10
  • Purchases: 1
The Power Of BOB
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Everything's bigger in Texas. Even BOB! "BOB" stands for "Big 'ol Battery." The nickname conferred by locals in Presidio, Texas, to an experimental...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Nemo
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Nemo was the cutest little animated fish. In the movie, he gets lost in the big blue ocean and dad goes looking for him. Well, it turns out that fo...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Cleaning Up With Mushrooms
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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His name is Paul Stamets, but you can call him the Mushroom Man. Stamets is a "mycologist," or mushroom expert. He lives on Washington State's Olym...

Bought by KALH, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Busy Beetles Take Years
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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After a forest fire, it's common for salvage logging companies to clear out damaged trees. But taking the wood too soon may interrupt a beetle doin...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Turtle Diary
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You might have heard of animals shifting their nesting dates in response to climate change. That's happening with turtles in the Midwest; in this c...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
What Killed The Lions Of Tanzania?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Are climate extremes killing lions in Africa? A team of biologists believe it's likely a significant factor.

Bought by WXDU, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Ecosystem Health Built On Three Unlikely Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In Africa, two species depend on each other for survival. But scientists are now discovering that a third species is crucial to that equation.

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Beetle Feet Inspire Technology
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever been told you have feet of clay? How about feet of a beetle? Well now you can take that one as a compliment.

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Reproducing The White Rhino
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo who breed white rhinoceroses are finding themselves, well, on the horns of a dilemma. Their female white rhinos ...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Environmentally Friendly Public Buildings
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What is green and gold and read all over? Give up? It's Southern California's Santa Monica Public Library.

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Waves Of Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Interest in developing new sources of renewable energy is on the rise, and scientists at Florida Atlantic University are going with the flow.

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Mystery Cat
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Deep in a Borneo rainforest, a mysterious catlike creature pads across the jungle floor. It has dark red fur, a bushy tail, and could be the first ...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Buzzing Bees Move Elephants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you ever need to shoo a herd of elephants out of your backyard, new research suggests that you may want to unleash: The bees!

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
How Invasive Fish Travel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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By 1999 the Round Goby, a harmless-looking little bug-eyed fish from the Black Sea, was found in all five of the Great Lakes. And it was wreaking h...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Great Lakes Invaded By Goby
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In April of 1990, biologist David Jude pulled a little bug-eyed fish from the Saint Claire River near Detroit. It was a Round Goby. Immediately, al...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Hydrogen fuel cells could make for a better car. Proponents say if we can get past the technology's many hurdles, at a cost people can afford, they...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Hydrogen And Egg Shells
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Health And Pollution
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The latest air pollution discovery reads like a murder mystery. Thousands died from strokes and heart attacks within 24 hours after jumps in partic...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Recycling Wind Turbines
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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With wind turbines popping up all over the world, wind power is quickly becoming one of today's most popular renewable energy sources. But in the m...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2

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