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Part 1 of 7 - The Global Triple Crisis
From: Bing Gong
Series: Confronting the Global Triple Crisis & Local Responses
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3-Day Teach-in in Washington DC on Global Crisis in September 2007

  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 54:09
The Turtle Connection
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Sea turtles have been around for more than a hundred million years, so you'd have to call them survivors. But sea turtles may have met their match...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Going, going, gone?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Who's next? The Iberian lynx? Arctic fox? European mink? According to the recent European Mammal Assessment Report, these critically endangered spe...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Sad Demise of the Passenger Pigeon
From: Long Haul Productions
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The passenger pigeon was once the most common species in North America - now it's extinct. A look at how the bird disappeared.

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, The Nature Podcast, and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 4
Curious Dolphin Tangles with Speedo
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Speedos -- those tight, very brief bikini swimsuits -- may not be ideal for every male physique. And they're a fashion disaster for dolphins.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 15, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Plant Invaders
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In more and more places, non-native plants are upsetting the balance of nature by replacing native plant species.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 15, 2007
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Help Prevent Plastic Pollution
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Like a giant toilet bowl that won't flush, an area twice the size of Texas swirls in the sea near Hawaii and draws in floating trash from a much la...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 13, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Where Are the Birds?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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According to the Audubon Society, more than 20 species of common American birds in the eastern United States have plummeted, some by more than half...

Bought by KMXT and WEPS


  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:19
  • Purchases: 2
Undersea Mining
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A Canadian company is considering dredging up gold and copper off the coast of New Guinea...that could be just as bad as strip mining on land.

Bought by KMXT and WEPS


  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
Water, Water Everywhere And Not a Drop to Drink
From: WAMU
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Washington D.C.'s sewer system needs repair.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 1
Start Talking Trash
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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During one three hour period last September, volunteers collected more than seven million pounds of shoreline trash around the world.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
White on Ice
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The world's largest living carnivore is skating on thin ice these days. With global warming firmly taking hold, the shelves of ice that polar bears...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Sex Toy Safety
From: The Environment Report
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Some sex toy retailers are concerned about chemicals used to make the toys.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 1
India's Disappearing Vultures
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It seemed like the right thing to do at the time. In India, tens of thousands of cows die each year. In the late 1980s, India's largely Hindu popul...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Cassowary: Odd Duck Key to Germination
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Cassowaries are kind of, well, "unique" looking birds. They have a brownish casque crowning their heads and two red wattles on their necks that wig...

Bought by KMXT and Prairie Public


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 2
Nature Profile: Women and the Woods
From: The Environment Report
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A woman who has every reason to fear the woods rejects that fear.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Vocalo.org, KXOT Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 13, 2007
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 4
WesternAmazon
From: Anton Foek
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Changing of the Amazonia Region

  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: 01:45
Greenways Save Nature
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2007 - 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."

  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Another War Casualty
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The toll that war takes on human life and property is widely known. But we don't hear much about the devastating effects war has on wildlife and wi...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
New Shark Kill Estimate
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Just about everybody's seen Jaws, the hit movie about a monster shark that snacks on captains and coeds. But have you ever wondered how many sharks...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:06
Protecting Birds from Towers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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While telecommunications can keep us informed, the towers needed can pose a problem to birds.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:23
Ethanol Pressures Corn Supply
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Since we're using more corn for ethanol, are we gonna run out of corn for popping?

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
Nanotech Nervousness
From: The Environment Report
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Nanotechnology is being used in all kinds of products with little government regulation.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 18, 2007
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 2
Adapting to Climate Change
From: The Environment Report
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Business are coping with effects of climate change.

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: May 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Flex Fuel Flop?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Car companies say that flex-fuel vehicles reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But how do they measure up?

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:30