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Brownfields Turn Green
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Shakespeare called it “a precious stone set in the silver sea.” Can you name the country?

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  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Whale Navigation and Naval Sonar
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A beached whale is a heartbreaking sight. And while nobody’s sure exactly why “beachings” occur, scientists have offered several theories.

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  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Air Pollution Travels
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When it comes to air pollution, every little particulate has a green card. It can just board the next wind current and take a ride to greener pastu...

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  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Invasive “Biosecurity” Threat
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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We’ve all heard of “homeland security.” But what’s “biosecurity”?

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  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Wallboard Made From Invasive Tallow
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The forests of America face double jeopardy these days. First, there’s pressure to harvest wood from native forests -- even forests that provide ha...

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  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Bears in Germany
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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They sighted him wandering through the Bavarian Alps, and the German media named him “Petzi” -- the first brown bear known to roam through super-po...

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  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Companion Planting for Organic Farming
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Well, it’s back to the future again. Farmers are turning to “companion planting,” an agricultural trick that Native Americans came up with centurie...

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  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Refresh on Refuse
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Wait! Stop! What’s that you’re throwing away? Each year, Americans dump nearly 180 million tons of trash into landfills according to the Environmen...

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  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Colorful Sea Slug Discovery
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Some folks would like to have a galaxy named after them. Others, like Jeff Goddard, are honored with a sea slug.

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  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sustainable Flooring Products
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Replacing your floor with wood? Sounds very, well, natural. But, could your wood floor be destroying forests? Well it could, but, it doesn’t have to.

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  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Defrag Nature
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2012 - 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.”

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  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Keeping Sea Urchins in Check
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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An ecosystem is like a finely woven garment -- pull out one thread, and the entire thing might come apart. An unraveling, of sorts, happened off th...

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  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
New Plastics from Old Paint
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Have you ever bathed in paint? Canary yellow or baby blue? Well of course you haven’t! But almost three million Americans could have last year.

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
XptA1: Nature’s Pesticide
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team at the University of Warwick, England, recently discovered a natura...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Carbon Storage in Mangroves
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Mangrove trees are simply amazing, in a sci-fi kind of way.

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
RBI Highlights Conservation Needs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Get in and get out! It works for the Navy Seals. So why not do the same with a crack team of scientists?

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Invasion of Monster Toads
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Now playing in Australia: Invasion of the Monster Toads! Today’s story began back in the 1930s when Australia’s sugar-cane farmers had a problem.

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Banking on Seeds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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I don’t know if Santa Claus ever collected seeds, but one of his neighbors sure does.

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cave Habitats
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Nature builds neighborhoods in the most interesting places. Caves, for example, are pretty spectacular neighborhoods.

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bacteria Super Power
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains.

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Nature Provides Clues for Survival
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.”

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Beetle Juice
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation.

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Water Use
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Did you know it takes over 132 gallons of water to make a tortilla? No doubt, more than you thought.

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ocean Sinks
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Our oceans have had their fill of carbon dioxide! So says a significant new study from Columbia University. It reports that oceans no longer absor...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Smarter Electric Cars
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Tomorrow’s electric cars could get smarter, thanks to artificial intelligence and…well, military tanks.

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1