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Sea turtles have been around for more than a hundred million years, so you'd have to call them survivors. But sea turtles may have met their match...
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- Added: Nov 19, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Desalination may not be the best solution for providing water.
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- Added: Nov 13, 2007
- Length: 01:31
- Purchases: 1
Dallying under the Mistletoe during the holiday season is an ancient tradition among lovers young and old. But, the green sprig, tied with a red b...
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- Added: Nov 13, 2007
- Length: 01:18
- Purchases: 1
Deep in the heart of Indonesia's Papuan rain forest lives a rare pygmy kangaroo...
- Added: Nov 12, 2007
- Length: 01:16
- Purchases: 2
According to a recent report , the earth's temperature could rise up to seven and a half degrees before the end of the century.
- Added: Nov 12, 2007
- Length: 01:24
- Purchases: 2
Here's a home that's truly "outside the box?" - or inside, depending on where you stand.
- Added: Oct 29, 2007
- Length: 01:32
In 1975, the federal government declared the Grizzly bear an endangered species. But the Grizzly is making a come-back.
- Added: Oct 29, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Reduced to a population of just three hundred in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the number of mountain gorillas has increased to three hun...
- Added: Oct 29, 2007
- Length: 01:26
Old tires. Mountains of rubber. What's happening with them these days?
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- Added: Sep 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team at the University of Warwick, England, recently discovered a natura...
- Added: Sep 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 2
When the government wants to control pollution, it usually imposes regulations on polluters. Then it enforces those regulations - at least in theor...
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- Added: Sep 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Nature builds neighborhoods in the most interesting places. Caves, for example, are pretty spectacular neighborhoods.
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- Added: Sep 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
There's a bounty on carbon dioxide molecules these days. And for good reason. Too much C02 can create global trouble by trapping heat in our planet...
- Added: Sep 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 2
No free plastic! That's IKEA's position. The Swedish retailer charges customers five cents for every plastic bag they use.
- Added: Sep 25, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 2
Whales are probably worth more alive than dead, so why is the worldwide moratorium on commerical whaling under siege?
- Added: Sep 25, 2007
- Length: 01:19
- Purchases: 2
I don't know if Santa Claus ever collected seeds, but one of his neighbors sure does...
- Added: Sep 25, 2007
- Length: 01:21
- Purchases: 2
Too much of a good thing. We all know the hazards of that: too much fat, too much beer, too much chocolate...
- Added: Sep 25, 2007
- Length: 01:22
- Purchases: 2
One of the most successful conservation campaigns in history was launched back in the 1970s, when bellbottoms were still in style.
- Added: Sep 25, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 2
Who would've imagined? A wildlife refuge in sight of New York City? Well, believe it! Because, it's the Long Island Sound...
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- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint.
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- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Just about everyone knows that the world's tropical forests are being ravaged at an alarming rate with millions of acres are lost each year.
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- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
So, what's so great about fossil fuels, anyway? Well the truth is, they burn easily, so they're handy for powering internal combustion engines or e...
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- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Save the Whales! For years, that was the clarion call of environmentalists everywhere. So how are the great cetaceans doing?
- Added: Jul 26, 2007
- Length: 01:24
With all the pressure these days to develop desirable land, the wide, open spaces don't stay that way without help.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:28
Each year, Americans dump nearly 180 million tons of trash into landfills according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:29