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Collection Threatens Southern California Lizard
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Unlike its animated counterpart, the barefoot-banded gecko is a secretive lizard that likes to stay out of the limelight.

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Solar Backpacks
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today, you can recharge many gadgets with solar power.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
Saving the Salton Sea
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Have you ever wondered where migratory birds get all the energy for such long, grueling flights? Well, there are pit stops along the way, like the ...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Nature Selects for Diversity in Rainforests
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists studied seven plots of rainforest in Borneo, Malaysia, India, Puerto Rico, Panama, and Thailand. They took a complete census of all the ...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Putting Invasive Species to Work
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
First, pollution and over-harvesting caused the population of Puget Sound oysters to plummet. And then, a new sea creature came to town! The "arche...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Protecting Wildlife in Afghanistan
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From the rubble of post-war Afghanistan, a movement is emerging to protect the county's spectacular wildlife.

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Car Sharing Gets a Green Light
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Car sharing is catching on in cities across the country. Today, about 92,000 people belong to car-sharing services like Zipcar and Flexcar.

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Zebra Mussel's Trojan Horse
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's an invasive little mollusk that's costing the U.S. billions. Its name? The Zebra mussel.

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sea Star Blooms Endanger Coral
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A predator is threatening the coral. It's a huge sea star known as the Crown-of-Thorns, which usually lives in a natural balance with the coral. My...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
New Technology for Cleaner Fish Farms
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fish farming - also known as aquaculture - helps to keep fish stocks up and prevent over-fishing. But fish farms are usually located in shallow wat...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Change Threatens Siberian Permafrost
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Siberian permafrost - a sub-Arctic peat bog about the size of France and Germany - is chock full of carbon that's trapped in its frozen soils. ...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Developing Hydrogen Power
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Every so often you hear a story about hydrogen power - water being turned into fuel using electricity. It sounds futuristic, but in the state of M...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
"Bright" Worms Live Longer
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Why do we grow old and die? Most scientists cite genetics, environmental factors, and chance. Shane Rea, a scientist at the University of Colorado,...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Alaska Model Produces Sustainable Yields
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Many of the world's fisheries and marine ecosystems are in trouble from overfishing and high "bycatch" - the accidental killing of millions of mari...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tiny Flies Combat Invsive Fire Ants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fire ants may be small insects, but their sting packs a wallop. They arrived in the U.S. from South America in the early 1900s, and have spread to ...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
Wind Power's Explosive Growth
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Wind is the world's fastest-growing energy source, with an average annual growth rate of 29 percent over the last 10 years. Wind-driven turbines co...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Citizen Scientists Help Preserve Wetlands
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The volunteer stewards also participate in scientific projects. Working with biologists and other scientists, the volunteers gather seeds for genet...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
Jelly Critter Reducing Atmospheric CO2
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Small but mighty is one way to describe the organism called "salp." A report in the journal Deep Sea Research suggests that salp, along with the ti...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
Pollution Affects Polar Bears
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Miles of pure, white snow stretching for as far as the eye can see. That's how many people imagine the North Pole - a place you wouldn't think of a...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Up the Creek!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Have you ever wanted to help "green up" your town, but the project seemed too daunting? This inspiring story is about how a handful of folks in Tac...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
It's Not Easy, Being "Chemically Green"
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Toilet bowl cleaner, cough medicine, and rubber duckies have something in common: they're all made with chemicals. In fact, most of today?s product...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Mussels May Yield Medically Useful Glue
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Here's a story that?ll stick with you! We're talking about sticky stuff - glue - and the mussels that make it.

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Using Markets to Combat Climate Change
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Many economists - and some environmentalists - see greed as the potential engine of an environmental revolution.

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Subsidizing the Sun
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Solar power's been around for a long time, and while it's gotten some government support, it's never enjoyed the huge subsidies that fossil fuels h...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Wyoming Rainmakers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Here's a "rain dance" worth following. It's called cloud seeding, and it's been around for decades. Millions of dollars are spent each year on clou...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1