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Lava Flows Are For The Birds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Raising endangered birds...on a volcano? It has benefits -- or, so says Alan Lieberman, head of the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, perched on Ha...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Car Wash
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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That classic American pastime, washing the family car, might soon get washed down the drain.

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Tailpipe Carbon Recycling
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Imagine a conventional, gas-powered car, with no carbon emissions. I mean, absolutely zero. In the cartoon world, the only way to do that was a ban...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Healthier Cities
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The shape of our cities might be determining...the shape of our bodies. Several recent studies conclude that sprawling, car-dependent communities c...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Where The Buffalo Roam
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Home, home on the range only covers 20 percent of what it used to. That's worldwide, according to a new study from the World Wildlife Fund.

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Where’s The Beef?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Economist Nathan Fiala of the University of California at Irvine has a beef...about beef. Specifically, he's concerned about the impact producing b...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Team Tracking Slower Species Emergence
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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French poet Paul Valery wrote, "the trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be." He might've been onto something.

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
We All Benefit From Biodiversity
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The business of conservation -- preserving and protecting an ecosystem and all of the plants and animals in it -- is often characterized as interfe...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Ice Melts Create New Shipping Passage
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There's now a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, courtesy of climate change.

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Better Jet Fuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - 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...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Power Of BOB
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Everything's bigger in Texas. Even BOB! "BOB" stands for "Big 'ol Battery." The nickname conferred by locals in Presidio, Texas, to an experimental...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Nemo
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Nemo was the cutest little animated fish. In the movie, he gets lost in the big blue ocean and dad goes looking for him. Well, it turns out that fo...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Cleaning Up With Mushrooms
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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His name is Paul Stamets, but you can call him the Mushroom Man. Stamets is a "mycologist," or mushroom expert. He lives on Washington State's Olym...

Bought by KALH, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Busy Beetles Take Years
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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After a forest fire, it's common for salvage logging companies to clear out damaged trees. But taking the wood too soon may interrupt a beetle doin...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Turtle Diary
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You might have heard of animals shifting their nesting dates in response to climate change. That's happening with turtles in the Midwest; in this c...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
What Killed The Lions Of Tanzania?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Are climate extremes killing lions in Africa? A team of biologists believe it's likely a significant factor.

Bought by WXDU, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Ecosystem Health Built On Three Unlikely Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In Africa, two species depend on each other for survival. But scientists are now discovering that a third species is crucial to that equation.

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Beetle Feet Inspire Technology
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever been told you have feet of clay? How about feet of a beetle? Well now you can take that one as a compliment.

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Reproducing The White Rhino
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo who breed white rhinoceroses are finding themselves, well, on the horns of a dilemma. Their female white rhinos ...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Environmentally Friendly Public Buildings
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What is green and gold and read all over? Give up? It's Southern California's Santa Monica Public Library.

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Waves Of Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Interest in developing new sources of renewable energy is on the rise, and scientists at Florida Atlantic University are going with the flow.

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Mystery Cat
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Deep in a Borneo rainforest, a mysterious catlike creature pads across the jungle floor. It has dark red fur, a bushy tail, and could be the first ...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Buzzing Bees Move Elephants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you ever need to shoo a herd of elephants out of your backyard, new research suggests that you may want to unleash: The bees!

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
How Invasive Fish Travel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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By 1999 the Round Goby, a harmless-looking little bug-eyed fish from the Black Sea, was found in all five of the Great Lakes. And it was wreaking h...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Great Lakes Invaded By Goby
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In April of 1990, biologist David Jude pulled a little bug-eyed fish from the Saint Claire River near Detroit. It was a Round Goby. Immediately, al...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2