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- Added: Feb 27, 2008
- Length: 01:32
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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.
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- Added: Feb 27, 2008
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Hurricane Katrina demonstrated just how destructive wind and water can be. New research into the genesis of these powerful storms could help coasta...
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- Added: Feb 27, 2008
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The recent removal of the Bald Eagle from the endangered species list generated lots of excitement. And, another conservation success is giving us ...
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- Added: Feb 27, 2008
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British scientists recently had this suggestion about the European Union's target of having ten percent of gas and diesel come from renewable resou...
- Added: Jan 27, 2008
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In the midst of a drought, California is dry and getting drier. So a recent court ordered reduction in water pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaqui...
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What does rain forest conservation have to do with preventing malaria? In the Amazon rainforest, the means to these two ends are virtually one in t...
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How can we get more energy from our most abundant, clean, renewable resource? By concentrating.
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What do the Mauritius Dodo and the New Zealand Kakapo have in common? They're both flightless birds that will soon be extinct if someone doesn't re...
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Portuguese sailors must have been pretty lonely when they first sighted manatees off the Brazilian coast. Thinking they resembled sirens or mermaid...
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Imagine trying to get home by running across a busy freeway. Without a walkway, a stoplight or a crosswalk, it could be a dangerous adventure. Well...
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If you're wondering how our penguin friends in the Antarctic are doing these days, here are the cold, hard facts. Their poo is getting mighty pollu...
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Recently, a group of scientists comparing rainfall over the last century with global production of greenhouse gases and aerosols reached a startlin...
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There's good news and bad news from the northern Amazon nation of Suriname...
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- Added: Dec 26, 2007
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You'd have to look hard to find the light-footed clapper rail these days. One reason is that this small, brown bird blends in well with its wetland...
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- Added: Dec 26, 2007
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Sunday, April 14th, 1935, mid-afternoon. A monstrous black dust cloud quickly forms over southwest Kansas -- and within minutes, people were runnin...
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- Added: Dec 26, 2007
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Did the sun burn a hole in your wallet this past summer? It certainly did for some folks. You see, it takes plenty of water to keep a yard beautif...
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- Added: Dec 26, 2007
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Pick up your toys! That's what mom used to say... So why not do the same in a forest? After a company logs an area, they ought to pick up after the...
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- Added: Dec 26, 2007
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If you're looking for nature to somehow save us from global warming, don't bank on trees.
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- Added: Dec 26, 2007
- Length: 01:28
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Hello, Bluefin Tuna. Tag, you're it! You are among the last of a species that once thrived throughout the Atlantic.
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- Added: Dec 26, 2007
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Fill 'er up with: Algae 100 - you know, the gas that's made from those golden brown or green plants growing along our coasts...
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- Added: Nov 19, 2007
- Length: 01:32
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Viruses don't win many popularity contests. But a virus is helping wildlife biologists protect one of nature's fiercest and most elegant animals.
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- Added: Nov 19, 2007
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Desalination may not be the best solution for providing water.
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- Added: Nov 13, 2007
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Dallying under the Mistletoe during the holiday season is an ancient tradition among lovers young and old. But, the green sprig, tied with a red b...
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- Added: Nov 13, 2007
- Length: 01:18
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According to a recent report , the earth's temperature could rise up to seven and a half degrees before the end of the century.
- Added: Nov 12, 2007
- Length: 01:24
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