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Caption: Papah?naumoku?kea partners pose with debris collected from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2017., Credit: NOAA
Hear how trash is affecting wildlife in one of the world's most remote places.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 13:56
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Environmental issues are mounting, and the stakes are huge. So how might big data be used to tackle the issues of sustainability, climate change, h...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 34:51
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A research team at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is using underwater recorders to track the life, and increasingly, the DEATH, of coral ...

Bought by WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Unbeknownst to most commuters, ferns grow at the Van Ness-UDC Metro station in Washington, D.C.., Credit: Andy Baldwin
What's the perfect environment for a fern species dating back 65 million years? Look no further than Washington, D.C.'s subway system.

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 1
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100,000 times louder than a jet engine. Every 10 seconds. 7 days a week. For weeks and months. This is seismic air gun testing.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 11:54
Caption: Former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham; Former Environmental Advisor Estus Whitfield; Florida Wildlife Federation president Manley Fuller, Credit: Photo by Patrick Hamilton
In 2011, the Florida legislature slashed funding for statewide conservation programs. In September 2014, activists and policy makers gathered at Ho...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 08:40
Caption: Virginia's barrier islands shelter more than 250 species of raptors, songbirds and shorebirds., Credit: Lindsay Renick Mayer
Efforts are underway to restore the fragile ecosystem of the shifting, changing land masses known as Virginia's barrier islands.

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Antelope trying to move through deep snow , Credit: David Grubbs, Billings Gazette
Biologists estimate thousands of pronghorn antelope died in Montana over the long, harsh winter...thousands more are stranded at the Fort Peck Rese...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 04:11
Caption: Bob Kemp's new crabbing boat the My Lee.  The crabbing season began in December.
The story explores emerging developments off the Oregon Coast and how commercial fishermen are responding.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 06:12