PRX - Pieces for Topic: Environment

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

186 results


AMOS 18.211: U.S. Islands and Migratory Animals, 10/22/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
U.S. Islands and Migratory Animals

  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Noise-Canceling Brain Circuit
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Two areas of our brain communicate to filter out the noise caused by our own movements.

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


  • Added: Sep 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Cooling Wetlands
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Marshes could help cool off of increasingly hot summer conditions.

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


  • Added: Sep 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Solar & Wind Power for the Sahara Desert
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Merzouga, Morocco Sahara desert camel trek, Credit: Evaldas Liutkus/Flickr/CCO
Solar and wind farms would provide abundant electricity to the Sahara desert, and result in increased rainfall and vegetation as well.

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


  • Added: Sep 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Edible Crickets & Gut Health
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Edible crickets could improve gut health.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Spokane Public Radio, WTIP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
AMOS 18.178: Ravens: Avian Einsteins, 9/5/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Ravens: Avian Einsteins

  • Added: Aug 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Smart Houseplants
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Houseplants, Credit: Pixabay
Could genetically engineered houseplants protect our homes?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Spokane Public Radio, WTIP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Resilient Salamanders
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
New research shows that salamanders are more adaptable to warming temperatures than was thought.

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


  • Added: Jul 15, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Orangutan Resilience
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: An orangutan mother and infant in heavily disturbed landscape dominated by oil palm plantations in the Lower Kinabatangan floodplain, Malaysia Borneo. , Credit: (HUTAN KOCP Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme)
Orangutans may be more resilient to human disturbance than once thought.

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


  • Added: Jul 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
AMOS 18.173: Why Does My Arm Hurt after a Flu Shot?, 8/29/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Does My Arm Hurt after a Flu Shot?

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.167: The Great Opal Gemstones of Coober Pedy, 8/21/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Great Opal Gemstones of Coober Pedy

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.154: Long-lived Sea Species, 8/2/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Long-lived Sea Species

  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.150: Bird-Song Apps: Do the Confuse the Real Birds?, 7/27/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Bird-Song Apps: Do the Confuse the Real Birds?

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.147: Hurricane Damage That Lasts, 7/24/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Hurricane Damage That Lasts

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.146: Antarctic Microbes Eat Air, 7/23/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Antarctic Microbes Eat Air

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.142: A Lost Strain of Rice Is Found Again, 7/17/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
A Lost Strain of Rice Is Found Again

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.141: Cooking with Wine, 7/16/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Cooking with Wine

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.140: Alcohol in Pie...and Fried Fish?, 7/13/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Alcohol in Pie...and Fried Fish?

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.138: Discovering a New Organ: The Interstitium, 7/11/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Discovering a New Organ: The Interstitium

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Whale Skull Hearing
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Some whales hear with their entire skulls.

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


  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Baseball on the Moon
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: The Moon., Credit: Susanne Bard
Could a well-thrown baseball sail from the moon’s surface into orbit?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Radio Catskill, WTIP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Butterfly-Inspired Surgery Camera
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
A camera based on the complex eye of the morpho butterfly could improve cancer surgeries.

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


  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bowhead Whale Songs
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Bowhead whale and calf., Credit: (NOAA/National Ocean Service)
The songs of Arctic bowhead whales are constantly changing.

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


  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ocean Plastic to Energy
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Technology for turning plastic trash into energy could keep the garbage out of the ocean.

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


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Rock Water
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Earth's bedrock helps many forests survive drought.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4