PRX - Pieces for Topic: Environment
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Staring Eyes and Swiveling Necks
- Added: Dec 12, 2016
- Length: 02:00
Manta Rays May Be Self-Aware
- Added: Dec 12, 2016
- Length: 02:00
To what degree are we born a blank slate, and how much are we a result of our influence by our environment? Consensus: Nature or nurture is the wr...
- Added: Sep 27, 2013
- Length: 07:20
Ever wanted to go organic in your garden, but didn’t know how? Well, students in East Palo Alto, California, are learning. In fact, they really dig...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: May 30, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Marine biologist Colleen Reichmuth works with walruses. She says that, like dolphins, they can communicate using an amazing variety of sounds.
Bought by WEZU, Radio Newark, KRUA, KOSU, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 22, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 5
Ecologist Charlie Crisafulli explains how being at Mt. St. Helens when it erupted completely changed the course of his career.
Bought by WEZU, Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 22, 2011
- Length: 01:12
- Purchases: 4
Sam Bowring studies mass extinctions in the Earth's past. He says humans might not be around much longer... geologically speaking.
Bought by Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 22, 2011
- Length: 01:29
- Purchases: 3
Anthropologist and explorer Kenny Broad studies some of the world's most dangerous places—underwater caves called "Blue Holes."
Bought by Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 22, 2011
- Length: 01:29
- Purchases: 3
Leech expert Mark Siddall explains why leeches can survive on nothing but blood.
Bought by Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 22, 2011
- Length: 01:14
- Purchases: 3
Using sustainable fuels aboard the Sloop Clearwater
- Added: May 07, 2009
- Length: 01:45
- Added: Feb 08, 2009
- Length: 01:46
It's about the size of a small cat, but looks like a bizarre cross between a miniature antelope and an anteater. Give up?
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Saving the puffins is a tough job. But folks in Maine miss the colorful little birds resembling miniature penguins that can fly.
- Added: Mar 26, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Cassowaries are kind of, well, "unique" looking birds. They have a brownish casque crowning their heads and two red wattles on their necks that wig...
Bought by KMXT and Prairie Public
- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:13
- Purchases: 2
"Thermal depolymerization." No, it's not a code word for 'global warming.' But it IS a big buzz in alternative energy circles.
- Added: Jul 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
We burn a lot of fossil fuels, and many of us would like to curb our dependence on foreign oil. Ocean tides and crashing waves could be at least a ...
- Added: Jul 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Are you worried about global warming? Well, here's an idea. How about rocketing one trillion miniature umbrellas into orbit somewhere between us ...
- Added: Jul 26, 2007
- Length: 01:23
Jet propulsion doesn't always make you fast... Take, for example, the Antarctic scallop. These bivalve mollusks shouldn't even be able to move.
- Added: Jul 26, 2007
- Length: 01:29
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
Sometimes good old Mother Nature seems a bit mixed up. Take the Okapi, for example...
- Added: Jul 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Tropical rainforests are home to a spectacular variety of frogs. This rich diversity of species helps drive conservation efforts in the tropics. Th...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
What's about the size of a small cat, but looks like a bizarre cross between a miniature antelope and an anteater?
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Domestic tranquility has its place, but we all need a little walk on the wild side from time to time. And, apparently, the same goes for bees...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Climate scientists say that a weak El Nino helps explain why the Atlantic hurricane season was less active last year than forecasters predicted.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
The decomposition of tiny sea animals and plants that died hundreds of thousands of years ago created enormous natural gas deposits under the seafl...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:17
