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Veteran forest campaigner Richard Brooks shows how easy it is to go green when renovating.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2016
  • Length: 04:04
Caption: This house in central Oklahoma was damaged in 2011 by an earthquake caused by injection disposal wells deep below the ground., Credit: Brian Sherrod/USGS/Creative Commons License 2.0, via flickr
What’s behind the sudden surge in earthquakes in the middle of the United States?

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Are we doing better today than on the first Earth Day 45 years ago?

  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:29
Caption: A parasitic wasp bores ints ovipositor into a fig fruit., Credit: Laksminath Kundanati
Insects will go to great lengths to pass their genes down to the next generations, including resorting to “power tools” to bore deep into unripe fr...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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The Earth gets almost all of its energy from the Sun. It grows plants and creates our climate. Even the fossil fuels we burn are the remains of pla...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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Moving air feels colder than still air, but what does the thermometer say?

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Mar 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Crows form mobs to antagonize, intimidate and scare larger birds away.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Wind turbines can be hazardous to birds., Credit: Andol/Wikipedia
A new GPS tracking system could warn wind power companies of oncoming birds in time to prevent deadly collisions.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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It turns out that the milk that goes with the ‘breakfast of champions’ is less environmentally friendly than a pint of beer.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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It’s no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it’s among the top contributors to carbon di...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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The pros and cons of solar power in the Land of the 'Missing' Sun.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:28
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Architect Sarah Susanko has some inovative ideas about home design.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:00