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This Week in Water for January 8, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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This “007” Keeps the Ocean Safe from Plastic. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2023
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 6
This Week in Water for December 18, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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The True Reason for Attila the Hun’s Raids. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, WYAP, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 5
Timing is Everything - The Blue Light Special with Dr. Josh Rosenthal
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Blue light from phones and computers is upsetting our natural circadian rhythm with potentially dangerous results for our health.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:29
This Week in Water for December 11, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Red to Grow, Blue to Flow. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 5
This Week in Water for December 4, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Turning Ocean Plastic into Pharmaceuticals. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KMXT, KRZA, RadioFreePalmer, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2022
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 6
A Poison Life No Other
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Mat Simon, Credit: Wired magazine
Our world is surrounded by microplastic pollution. It’s in the air we breathe. It’s in the food we eat. Our homes are among the most polluted place...

Bought by KMUN and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
720-Large PHA(506)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Vesta, Credit: NASA
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Pegasus with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bi...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
How did Rhode Island get the first offshore wind farm in the country?
From: Possibly
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Today, we’re traveling to Block Island, the vacation spot off the southern coast of Rhode Island. Block Island is also famous for its offshore wind...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 2
This Week in Water for November 6, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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A Drone You Can Eat? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KMXT, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 06, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 5
719-What A Night(505)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artist's Conception Benu and Asteroids, Credit: NASA
To give you an idea of the celestial traffic in our neighborhood, on a recent clear night, using our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, my C...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, WTIP, KICI Iowa City, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
718-Vulcan(504)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artist Conception , Credit: Don Davis (University of Florida)
In the fictional Star Trek series, Vulcan, Spock's home planet was imagined to orbit the A component of the triple star system 40 Eridani [Eri-dani...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, KGLP and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
717-Fulls II(503)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Nucleus, Credit: NASA
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Carson Fuls discovered his third comet, Comet C/2018 R4 (Fuls). It is now on its way back into deep space....

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
This Week in Water for October 16, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Blowhole Energy Could Be the Cheapest Renewable. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KMXT, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 4
04-15: Good Chemistry: Survival of the Most Compatible, 11/2/2022
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: John Warner
Nontoxic hair color from the recipes of beetles, and a potential Alzheimer’s cure derived from applying nature’s operating instructions. The world-...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:31
This Week in Water for October 9, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How a Town Survived Hurricane Ian Without a Scratch. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KMXT, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 09, 2022
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 5
715-Carson’s Night(501)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Asteroid and Earth, Credit: ESA
A small space rock is spotted 4 days before it came very close to the Earth and our Moon.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Does cloud computing use a lot of energy?
From: Possibly
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These days, I can log on to my phone and pull up a file that’s stored thousands of miles away. It’s pretty awesome. But does access to all of this ...

Bought by KMXT, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 3
This Week in Water for October 2, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How Solar Panels Save Water. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2022
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 7
This Week in Water for September 18, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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A Car That Captures Carbon As It Drives. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 5
712-Tiny Traveler(498)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Although small space rocks pose no threat to humans, they are an interesting part of our environment, offer a chance for asteroid hunters to develo...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
2022-09-09 No Going Back: EVs and Clean Tech Tipping Points with Albert Cheung
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In the tech world, there’s a common belief that once a new device hits 5% market penetration, it rapidly goes from a niche to mass adoption. Accord...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WGCU, WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KGUA and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
20220909: No Going Back: EVs and Clean Tech Tipping Points with Albert Cheung, 9/9/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In the tech world, there’s a common belief that once a new device hits 5% market penetration, it rapidly goes from a niche to mass adoption. Accord...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
This Week in Water for September 4, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Powering Your Car with a Lobster. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 04, 2022
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 5
710-Boomer(496)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Fireball, Credit: Arne Danielsen
The fireball meteor streaking across the sky the early evening of January 17, 2018, witnessed by 700 observers in 11 States and Canada was also rec...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, RADIOLEX, KKRN, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Healing Wounds with Fish
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. This week we are discussing an...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:19