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Caption: Rolf Peterson on Caribou Island, one of more than 450 smaller islands in the national park's archipelago., Credit: Mark Brush
Researchers have studied the wolves and moose on a remote island archipelago in Lake Superior for 54 years. These days, the wolves are in trouble.

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features a discussion with The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert about the impact of climate change on enviromental health, human health, and human ri...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 20:35
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Greg Auger's life was forever changed when he met the bat researching legend Don Griffin. This is the story of the two men, a pond, and what happen...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 08:05
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WTIP's Buck Benson talked recently with J. Drake Hamilton, science policy director at Fresh Energy, and Lonnie Dupre, polar explorer. They discusse...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 25:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Field Trip Podcast icon, Credit: Mike Smith
This week, Field Trip Correspondent Lo Benichou take us behind the scenes at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, where wounded seals...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 13:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Amy Pare, a doctor in Washington County, Pennsylvania, has been trying to get the state to examine possible links between gas development and health problems. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
Concerns about the health effects of hydraulic fracturing prompted a Washington County, PA doctor to ask the state to take a closer look at a group...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:45
Caption: Jorey Danos worked with BP's Vessels of Opportunity for three months following the spill and says it made him sick. , Credit: Tegan Wendland
When the Deepwater Horizon exploded two years ago, spilling an unprecedented amount of oil into the Gulf, BP hired about 48,000 workers to clean up...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Environmental headlines plus, Ramsey Harik, co-founder of Garden Towers, talks about this innovative creation that enables city gardeners to grow p...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 30:47
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Environmental headlines plus Indiana University biologist Irene L.G. Newton, co-author of a study on honey bee genetic diversity, speaks with EcoRe...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:12
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In this week's edition of EcoReport, we bring you the latest eco-related headline news. Don't miss the show that Planet Earth wants you to hear!

  • Added: Mar 29, 2012
  • Length: 28:09
Caption: Yellowstone flyover 2, Credit: K. Gourlay
Whitebark pine trees, once a feature of the mountainous west, are under attack. Nearly two-thirds have died from beetle attacks and other causes, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Courtesy of the Maine Department of Transportation
Lynn Smith moved to Maine in hopes of retiring in peace - but there was one thing she hadn't counted on.

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is required to post warning signs near every sewer overflow., Credit: (Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio)
St. Louis is one of hundreds of older cities across the country facing the challenge of dealing with an aging sewer system. This summer, the Metro...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 03:54
Caption: Bull moose
The moose population in Northeastern Minnesota is in trouble. Researchers are not sure why. WTIP’s Jay Andersen hosted a discussion with three moos...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Oct 07, 2011
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The New Madrid earthquakes broke up rock like this section of rock face, which was later filled with sand. This photo, from Mississippi County, Mo., was taken in 1904. , Credit: M.L. Fuller (Image 336) / USGS
Exploring the scientific debate over the risk of another major earthquake along the New Madrid fault system in the Midwest.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2011
  • Length: 04:36
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: An infected little brown bat., Credit: Ryan von Linden/New York Department of Environmental Conservation
A fungal disease has been destroying bat colonies in the northeastern United States and is now spreading south and west across the country. What is...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Revised piece. Too much carbon is flooding the ocean with carbolic acid, with devestating effects on life in the sea.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:58
Caption: Thomas Azwell with tea tank, Port Sonoma, CA, Credit: Catherine Girardeau
A UC Berkeley researcher is attacking toxic hydrocarbons left over from oil spills with microbes, earthworms, and a few acres of land. Catherine Gi...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
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A new government report says be careful out there. Others disagree.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Imerman Park sits on the flood plain of the Tittabawassee River.  Signs along the trail warn visitors about dioxin contamination in some of the park's soil., Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee looks at a dioxin and soil study and how the science might influence other clean-ups around the country.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
Caption: Residents are warned by Dow to 'enter at their own risk', Credit: Vincent Duffy
A Preview of the series "Dioxin Delays" by the Environment Report

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
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After Texas Horned Lizards were found living at Tinker Air Force base, government biologists and private researchers began to study the animal. Pi...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, YouthCast, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 3
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 3