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Schools all across the country are designing energy-efficient dorms.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Avalanche forecasters at work on the snowy slopes above Juneau, AK.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
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French scientist runs office lab atop an active volcano

  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 07:14
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Why do humpback whales sing? Some researchers are trying to solve that mystery as they take you on a wild adventure in Hawaii. Experience some cl...

Bought by PRX Remix, Here and Now, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, The Nature Podcast, KRCC-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 6
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Remembering an invader's destruction

  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
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Making electricity more efficient

  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:05

  • Added: Mar 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:40
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Hydrogen powered vehicles merely shift pollution upstream.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? Certainly not wildlife lovers in eastern Germany...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
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The year 2006 was a heady one for the Laotian rock rat, a rodent thought to have gone extinct about 11 million years ago.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
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Cougars are important predators in many ecosystems. But the magnificent cats are elusive by nature, making it tough for conservationists to track t...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
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Who could guess that a shovel of dirt would reveal a long-lost treasure?

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
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Who?s watching out for water pollution?

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
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Polar bears might be protected by Endangered Species Act because of global warming

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Flex-fuel vehicles might only be a stop-gap measure at best.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:40
Caption: Inside Technology
Using cellphones to call up the wild world of owls

  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:44
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Scientists study the Amazon River's manatees

  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 10:12
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Guadeloupe uses Geothermal heat to create islands' energy source

  • Added: Jan 29, 2007
  • Length: 07:59
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Scientists are freezing the seeds of a tree being destroyed by insects in hopes to save it for the future.

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2007
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
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This is a tale of two marsh birds that live on opposite sides of the United States. They belong to the same species, and prefer the same kind of ha...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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A study in the journal Nature found that up to 90 percent of the larger specimens of these species have disappeared from the world's oceans.

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Tracking whale sharks is a tricky business. But conservationists have come up with a hi-tech solution, an ingenious new device that allows research...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Amphibians have existed for 300 million years. But in recent decades, 168 species are believed to have gone extinct, and almost 2,500 others are di...

Bought by KMXT and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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To celebrate Valentine's Day, we're going to look at the mating habits of three very different creatures.

Bought by WTIP and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Trading carbon credits, or "cap and trade," is a promising free-market solution.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1