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Sink the Carbon
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Most of us have heard that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and a major contributor to global warming. But is there a way to capture the carbon ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Energy Efficient Refrigerator
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can save on electricity if you never open the door

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Jan 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 1
The New Power Suit
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Power Suit is back. Yep. Thanks to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Elephant DNA Maps
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Over the years, treasure maps have been of such interest that the Library of Congress devoted a volume to them! Now, a new kind of map is proving t...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Plug and Drive?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Hybrid vehicles on a wall socket: The next “plug-and-play” technology? We might have an answer soon.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Down With Carbon
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There’s a bounty on carbon dioxide molecules these days. And for good reason.

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Tuning Into Elephant Sounds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Even if you don’t want to talk about the proverbial “elephant in the room,” you could at least count the number roaming around wild. Or so you’d t...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Hope Floats (and it’s Slimy!)
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Solar Cell Breakthrough?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Energy Fields
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When it comes to discovering sources of renewable energy, Penn State engineering professor Bruce Logan is outstanding in his field. A corn field, ...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Solar Cell Sets a New World Record
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s something that probably won’t be in the Guinness Book of World Records. But maybe it should be since it could impact more people than anyth...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
New Fuel From Old Sources
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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So, what's so great about fossil fuels, anyway? Well the truth is, they burn easily, so they're handy for powering internal combustion engines or e...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Charging Up
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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A look at batteries and transportation.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2008
  • Length: 12:00
Underwater Powerhouse
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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 ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Bottled vs. Tap
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
American's have been hitting the bottle a lot lately -- to the tune of 9 billion gallons of water in 2007.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Gassing Up The Greenhouse
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's like a breath of fresh...carbon dioxide? Okay, so that's what you'd be breathing...if you were a plant.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fly the Environmentally Friendly Skies
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever wonder what jet fuel is made of? So do scientists from four universities working on a $7.5 million project funded by the Air Force and an airc...

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Wind Power Offshore
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You've probably seen those daring para-surfers who use wind power to skip across the waves. Well, the gusts and gales that these terrestrial mammal...

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Harnessing Geothermal Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ever think to yourself, "California and Iceland sure have a lot in common"? Probably not. But if you dig beneath the surface, they both harbor lots...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Designer Pesticides
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What's "bugging" farmers these days? Greenbugs and grain aphids, tiny insects found nearly on every continent. And they destroy about a hundred mi...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Platinum Performance at Gasoline Prices
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
You think gas is expensive? What about the price of platinum? Believe it or not, that's one of the things the automotive industry is looking at be...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cheap and Thin will Win Solar Customers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
When it comes to selling solar cells, it pays to be cheap -- and thin.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
One Bryant Park
From: Science & the City Podcast Series
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Take a tour of the greenest building in Manhattan.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 19:56
Biodiesel Versus Ethanol
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Face it. We're energy junkies -- and our fix is getting more expensive.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Tomorrow's Fuel Today?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
While hydrogen is being touted as the environmentally friendly fuel of the future, a pair of Penn State engineers believe the future may be closer ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32