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This Week in Water for August 17, 2014
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Weekly water news report released every Sunday from H2O Radio.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:13
#485: August 3, 2014
From: Ray Brown's Talkin' Birds
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THIS WEEK: Splitting the Clapper Rail; bird feeding help for condo owners; a swimming songbird; and, are you out there, Saskatchewan?

  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
#486: August 10, 2014
From: Ray Brown's Talkin' Birds
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THIS WEEK: Is it a bird…or a cowboy boot? Help is on the way for the Wood Thrush, but will it arrive in time? And we answer a listener's question a...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Anti-Cancer Venom
From: Susanne Bard
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Researchers are developing a technique to attack cancer cells with animal venoms.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jonathan Trent and the OMEGA Project
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jonathan Trent
When life gives you lemons they say to make lemonade. And what if life gives you sewage released into an enclosed bay, what can you make? Certainly...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Tyrone Hayes - Rebel WITH a Cause
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Rebel WITH a Cause - Dr. Tyrone Hayes is a Harvard trained biologist that has courageously stuck to his research find...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:35
End of Night - Part 1
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Paul Bogard author or The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artific...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 28:33
End of Night - Part 2
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Paul Bogard author or The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artific...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 28:35
Grand Marais, MN: Parks and Recreation Director talks about changing water levels
From: WTIP
Series: Engaging Youth Through Radio Project
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Youth Producer Sean MacDonell interviews Grand Marais Parks and Rec Director Dave Tersteeg about the changing water levels of Lake Superior and the...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1
Worms To The Rescue
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Businessman Tom Herlihy has 8 million employees -- 8 million, hungry, little red worms, that is. And keeping this work-force fed is a full-time job.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Golden Rule: Recycle
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Who's more environmentally responsible? Seniors? Young Adults? Men? Women? When it comes to recycling glass at least, a recent study conducted by r...

Bought by WXDU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
The New Power Suit
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Power Suit is back. Yep. Thanks to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. But goodbye polyester: These suits use molecular-sized ...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Gecko Robot
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If imitation is really the sincerest form of flattery, Mother Nature must love today's story. Geckos -- those friendly little animated creatures th...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bright Ideas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In the race to energy efficiency it looks like CFLs, or compact florescent lightbulbs, are slowly gaining on traditional incandescents. But, there'...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Shark Photo ID
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Smile, whale shark, you're on candid camera -- the high seas version. Whale sharks are truly impressive creatures, growing up to 66 feet long and w...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Pacific Fisher Update
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It's stocky and dark brown with a long bushy tail, and fur softer than a mink's. Meet the Pacific Fisher. This handsome, otter-like critter related...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Earth Friendly Resort
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Welcome to Isla Earth. Or should I say, Aloha? It turns out that one of the world's top Earth Friendly getaways is the Mauna Lani Resort on the Koh...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Change And Fish Bones
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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To prepare for climate change, sometimes it's good to get down to the bare bones. Fish bones, that is.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Humboldt Invasion
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You've heard about following your bliss. Well, here's a creature that's simply following dinner.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tracking Pandas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Giant pandas are about as cute as an animal can get -- and, just as endangered. Population estimates of pandas in the wild range from just 1,600 to...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Reversing Urban Sprawl
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Don't you love urban sprawl? Right. Thirty years ago, car-friendly developments, and the freeways to get us there, were smart planning. Today? They...

Bought by WXDU and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pond Scum Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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To anyone who's ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Making Connections
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The hand bone's connected to the wrist bone, the wrist bone's connected to the arm bone, and so on and so on. That was a great campfire song. Turns...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Elephant Photo ID
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Probably the last place you'd expect to see a photo I.D. would be in the wilds of India -- featuring a photo of a male Asian elephant no less. But ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Nano Flakes
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The biggest power plant on earth is high in the sky -- it's the sun. But, we only get one percent of our energy from it because it typically costs ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1

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