PRX - Pieces for Topic: Environment
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Forget using the Internet to track fashion trends. Internet chatter may actually be able to predict ecological changes.
Bought by KTXK
- Added: May 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Sharks, it seems, are not unpredictable nomads. They're more like commuters: As predictable in their travels as the office carpool. And that fact c...
Bought by KTXK
- Added: May 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
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 KKRN
- Added: Apr 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
It's good to know that tomorrow's scientists are solving environmental problems today. Meet Daniel Burd from Waterloo, Canada. Daniel's interested ...
Bought by KKRN
- Added: Apr 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
What do you get when you cross folk art with photonic technology? A very bright idea. Researchers at the University of Glasgow have combined cell p...
Bought by KKRN
- Added: Apr 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Farming has always been subject to the uncertainties of weather and market conditions. But farmers in Huron County, Michigan, have found something...
Bought by KKRN
- Added: Apr 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Believe it or not, just two generations ago, it was unheard of not to recycle glass beverage bottles. Today, that idea itself is getting recycled.
Bought by KKRN
- Added: Apr 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
If you can't stand the heat…hang in there? That's what some species are doing in response to climate change.
Bought by KKRN
- Added: Apr 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Is it ‘hip,’ or ‘cool,’ to be environmentally sustainable? That's a question that some of the biggest companies are asking about the world's most p...
Bought by KKRN
- Added: Apr 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Chicago may be the Windy City, but California may become the wind-powered state.
Bought by KKRN
- Added: Apr 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The new frontier isn’t to the north, south, east, or west. It’s up, as in skyscrapers. And, the tallest? The Burj-Khalifa tower in Dubai. From a di...
Bought by KKRN
- Added: Apr 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
“Cradle-to-Cradle” is the newest buzz in green manufacturing circles. It’s the next evolution of the idea of “Cradle-to-Grave, ” where recycled mat...
Bought by KKRN
- Added: Apr 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Alternative fuels are more environmentally friendly than petroleum products, right? Actually, that’s not always the case.
Bought by KKRN
- Added: Apr 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
To prepare for climate change, sometimes it’s good to get down to the bare bones. Fish bones, that is.
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
To anyone who’s ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green...
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Probably the last place you’d expect to see a photo I.D. would be in the wilds of India -- featuring a photo of a male Asian elephant no less.
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
The biggest power plant on earth is high in the sky -- it’s the sun. But, we only get one percent of our energy from it because it typically costs...
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Watch out! The shadowy world of espionage has a new agent, the elephant seal. And, they’re working as spies in an ocean near you.
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Rooftop solar panels are finally becoming affordable, for the rest of us. Sure, a fancy array to power your whole house will still cost you 10 gran...
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Get in and get out! It works for the Navy Seals. So why not do the same with a crack team of scientists?
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Now playing in Australia: Invasion of the Monster Toads! Today’s story began back in the 1930s when Australia’s sugar-cane farmers had a problem.
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Nature builds neighborhoods in the most interesting places. Caves, for example, are pretty spectacular neighborhoods.
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint.
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.”
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation. Living in the Namib desert, it uses its wings to capture water va...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
