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Bees Disappearing Act
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In the groovy 60s we were singing “Where have all the flowers gone?” Could a day come when we’ll sing the same about the honeybees?

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Jun 17, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Greenest Fuel of All
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Alternative fuels are more environmentally friendly than petroleum products, right? Actually, that’s not always the case.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Coral Concerns
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: Chris Martens getting ready to 'splash' and dive 50 feet underwater to live in the Aquarius Undersea Laboratory for a 10-day mission., Credit: Mark Hulsbeck
Chris Martens is alarmed by the global disappearance of corals. To learn more, he lives at the bottom of the ocean on Conch Reef off Key Largo, Flo...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 09:33
Seeing the Small
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: Rob Olson and Heidi Sosik developed an automated underwater microscopic camera that takes photographs of phytoplankton in the ocean., Credit: Tom Kleindinst, WHOI
Heidi Sosik and Rob Olson describe how a shared frustration led them to develop a special underwater camera that takes pictures of tiny cells in th...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 10:02
A Crazy, Convoluted Journey: Getting Water to Tucson
From: Terrascope Radio
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Tucson, Arizona, lives on water from the Colorado River, which is hundreds of miles away and half a mile downhill. This is the story of how it gets...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, KDNK, WMPG, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 4
Energy Brat
From: Youth Radio
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Antony Jaureguí questions why he doesn't question energy use.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, YouthCast, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
Beaver-style Water Conservation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Beavers -- those buck-toothed, furry creatures we used to make into hats -- are pretty amazing builders. They craft dams more than 2000 feet long ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bee Gone?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A world without honeybees? That won't happen, if scientists solve the mystery of honeybees abandoning their hives.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sweet Solution for Making Ethanol
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The ethanol experts are at it again. Scientists in Brazil have found a way to boost biofuel production that’s naturally more attractive.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Grow, Forest, Grow!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Looking for an environmentally conscious vacation that’s out of the way? Try Madagascar. It’s a California-sized island off the east coast of Afric...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Missing Lynx
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Scientists in Spain have found the missing lynx. But to be perfectly honest, they didn’t know they were missing.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
River Dolphins’ Struggle
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Southeast Asia’s Mekong River dolphin aren’t having enough babies. That has conservationists puzzled, not to mention concerned.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Is That a Mouse in Your Pocket?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Pacific pocket mouse loves the beach! Surf and sun make fabulous real estate for humans, and, these mice. And therein, lies the rub!

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 26, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hummingbird
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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This is a sweet segment on one of the smallest but best known little birds.

Bought by KDUR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2009
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 3
“Good Onya, Oz”
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Helping Galapagos Native Species Thrive
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Isolated from the rest of the world for most of their existence, the Galapagos Islands are home to more unique plant species than almost any other ...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Fading Foliage
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Changing seasons in New England is well, second nature. But a change in the look of the season is a change that has folks concerned.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Wetland Conservation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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New Orleans. Home to Dixieland Jazz, Mardi Gras, and some of the best fresh seafood you’ll ever eat. Shrimp etouffee. Oysters on the half shell. Wh...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Coal? It’s a Gas!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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
Digging to Live
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Plants and animal are going extinct at least 100 times faster than in the past, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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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
Algae Biofuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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On top of everything else ailing Mother Earth these days, apparently she’s got gas. Lots of it. Specifically, carbon dioxide.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Too Much Fertilizer
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Too much of a good thing. We all know the hazards of that: too much fat, too much beer, too much chocolate… (Maybe not too much chocolate…)

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Where the Buffalo Roam
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Home, home on the range only covers 20 percent of what it used to. That’s worldwide, according to a new study from the World Wildlife Fund.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Green Planning
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ocean dead zones. Air and water pollution worldwide. All this bad news is enough to cause “Eco-phobia.”

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1

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