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The EnvironMinute July 2 - 6, 2012
From: Finger Lakes Productions
Series: The EnvironMinute
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This week on The EnvironMinute . . . tracking fish for sustainable fisheries, resolving potable water issues, using bats to restore rainforests, an...

Bought by KOSU and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Our Ocean World July 2 - July 6, 2012
From: Finger Lakes Productions
Series: Our Ocean World
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This week on Our Ocean World . . . using seals to collect ocean data, different oceans - different songs, sea birds and long-line fishing, and more.

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sign of Science July 2 - 6, 2012
From: Finger Lakes Productions
Series: Sign of Science
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This week on Sign of Science . . . bacteria in ice, an internship in Antarctica, counting the penguins, and more.

Bought by KOSU and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
The EnvironMinute June 25 - 29, 2012
From: Finger Lakes Productions
Series: The EnvironMinute
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This week on The EnvironMinute . . . the environmental impact of antibacterial soaps, synthetic chemicals that mimic natural hormones, business and...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Our Ocean World June 25 - 29, 2012
From: Finger Lakes Productions
Series: Our Ocean World
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This week on Our Ocean World . . . composite building supplies, sea anemones, blue whales, and more.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
Sign of Science June 25 - 29, 2012
From: Finger Lakes Productions
Series: Sign of Science
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This week on Sign of Science . . . stinky mats of bacteria in water, life on Mars, family strains of TB, and more.

Bought by WXXI Rochester and KOSU


  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Roots of a Crisis
From: Chrys Bocast
Series: Aquaculture and You
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Fish, Aquaculture, and the Industrial Revolution

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 20:20
Dead Zones and Fly-Fishing
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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You can’t see them on the surface. But at the bottom of some of the world’s largest bodies of water are areas called dead zones where fish and othe...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KMXT, and KWMR


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Warming World Spells Trouble for Elderly
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
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When you think of climate change, you might think of melting ice shelves. Heat waves. Shrinking habitat for animals and plants. You might not think...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 3
Whitebark Pine, Grizzlies, and an Ecosystem on the Brink
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
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
Cave Conservation
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Caption: Looking up and out of the mouth of Horse Cave, Kentucky, Credit: K. Gourlay
Caves may lie beneath our radar, but they play an important role in many Southeastern U.S. ecosystems. They filter water and shelter diverse wildli...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 3
World on the Edge – A Discussion with Author Lester Brown
From: Daphne Wysham
Series: Earthbeat
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The world is facing a potentially devastating 'Food Bubble,' that according to pioneering environmentalist Lester Brown.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 56:59
Heavy Weather (Part II)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition, we’ll hear part two of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll look at how climate c...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Heavy Weather (Part 1)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Tillamook Floodplain, Credit: Barbara Bernstein
On this edition, we’ll hear part one of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll explore the connection...

Bought by WUAL and The Neighborhood


  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Vanishing and Re-emerging: Reviving Biological and Cultural Diversity
From: A World of Possibilities
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Interviews about biocultural diversity.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 54:57
Resilience: Adaptation and Transformation in Turbulent Times
From: A World of Possibilities
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Interviews with several scientists about how nature teaches us to be resilient.

Bought by WRGY, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Science Barge
From: Science & the City Podcast Series
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The floating sustainable greenhouse in New York City

  • Added: Jul 29, 2008
  • Length: 17:07
Code of the Wild: DNA and Applied Ecology
From: SoundVision Productions
Series: The DNA Files
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Biologists who study how living things interact are using genetics as a powerful new tool.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX, WUAL, KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Saving the "King of Trees"
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Profile of a Connecticut scientist who is trying to reintroduce the American chestnut

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 18, 2005
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1