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In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will give examples of some of the slowly emerging examples of soft edge engineering and will ...
- Added: Apr 01, 2013
- Length: 05:41
Our traditional approach to protection from sea and surge has been the hard edge, with the mission to shield us from the encroachment of water. In ...
- Added: Mar 25, 2013
- Length: 05:23
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill continues a discussion of the Global Environment Facility/ United Nations Development Progra...
- Added: Mar 11, 2013
- Length: 05:33
Civilization was built by the sea. The 20th century waterfront was an accumulation of functions that were best placed on or near the coast. As popu...
- Added: Feb 04, 2013
- Length: 05:45
The Ocean Health Index defines a healthy ocean as one that sustainably delivers a range of benefits to people both now and in the future. World Oce...
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 06:14
The sea has been a source of storytelling and real-time adventure tales since the beginning of narrative and most every culture has its archetypal ...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 06:18
In "Eaarth, Making a Life on a Tough New Planet", author Bill McKibben analyzes the damage we've done to our terrestrial and marine environment, ou...
- Added: Oct 15, 2012
- Length: 06:22
Life is everywhere and we have a tough time killing it when sending our spacecraft off to Mars. However, in the lab, life is elusive. We look at th...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 26, 2012
- Length: 15:03
- Purchases: 2
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will have us look no further than New York City and the Green Infrastructure Plan as a real ...
- Added: Apr 02, 2012
- Length: 06:19
- Added: Mar 28, 2012
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
New "triple E" class ships represent the latest trends and innovations in marine design and engineering. They focus on solution of environmental pr...
- Added: Dec 06, 2011
- Length: 05:10
Designers, engineers and corporations around the world have begun seriously to study Evolution's most successful problem-solving strategies in natu...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 21, 2011
- Length: 06:25
- Purchases: 3
We attempt to explain 'the self' with Julian Baggini; Tim Flannery tells us how love can save the environment; Brian Cox answers the 'Hannaford que...
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- Added: Apr 01, 2011
- Length: 34:05
- Purchases: 1
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Bowing to popular demand, here's our mathematical special; plus Brian Cox, the most famous man in science, pops into the Guardian. No calculators a...
- Added: Mar 28, 2011
- Length: 51:29
- Purchases: 2
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The highlights of this year's AAAS science festival in Washington DC, professor David Nutt explains his latest research on reclassifying drugs; plu...
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- Added: Feb 27, 2011
- Length: 36:11
- Purchases: 1
In an extended interview, former Nasa astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on 30 years of the space shuttle
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- Added: Feb 20, 2011
- Length: 29:53
- Purchases: 1
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Shai Agassi's vision of a green future; plus, former Nasa astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on 30 years of the shuttle
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- Added: Feb 20, 2011
- Length: 37:05
- Purchases: 1
Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.” Take, for example, the arctic ground squirrel. He's a creature that knows a ...
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- Added: Dec 21, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Experts say that as population and water use rise, the world's fresh water supplies are shrinking. Then why don’t we desalinate more sea water and....
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- Added: Dec 21, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...
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- Added: Dec 21, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Why build a house when you can grow one? So says sustainable building designers at Britain's University of Bath. They recently created a home from ...
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- Added: Oct 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Looking back on an argument, it’s nice when it turns out they were wrong and you were right -- and it’s tempting to say “I told you so.”
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 01:30
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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...
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
In the race to energy efficiency it looks like CFLs, or compact florescent lightbulbs, are slowly gaining on traditional incandescents. But, there’...
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
