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The Promise and Peril of Geoengineering
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Image of Arctic Ice, Credit: Pink floyd88 a, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
In recent years, scientists have begun testing geoengineering technologies to slow down or even stop global warming. But, is geoengineering safe? A...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
episode 3: glacier walkers
From: Theresa Soley
Series: Ice and Fire
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We hear from Judy Ramos in Lingít Aaní. She tells us about the history of glacier travel in the region, and about the Spirit of the Glacier.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 24:28
episode 1: flyover
From: Theresa Soley
Series: Ice and Fire
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Hear from your host, Theresa Soley, as she shares her unexpected interest in glacial ice.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 24:45
A History of Fire in the Boundary Waters
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Whelp Fire: The Whelp and John Ek fires lead, in part, to the closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in 2021. , Credit: Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service
Minnesota's Boundary Waters is the most visited wilderness area in the country. Last summer, the entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was s...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
The Refuge | Episode 3 | Do It In a Good Way
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Sarah James on her four-wheeler in Arctic Village, Alaska, Credit: Amy Martin
The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by KSKQ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Wyoming Public Radio, Prairie Public, WITF and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 7
Listening to the Arctic
From: Richard Paul
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When you hear those statistics that tell you the oceans are warming and you wonder where those numbers come from, this is where: From scientists me...

Bought by KMXT, KFAI Minneapolis, KUOW, KUT, WAMU and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Episode One: The Case of The Vanishing Seals
From: KUCB
Series: SEAL: The Case of The Vanishing Seals (An Alaskan Island Mystery)
Caption: St. Paul tribal elder Greg Fratis Sr., Credit: KUCB/John Ryan
A marine mammal mystery told in bite-size chunks.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
Episode Two: The Case of The Vanishing Seals
From: KUCB
Series: SEAL: The Case of The Vanishing Seals (An Alaskan Island Mystery)
Caption: Fur seals by the village of St. Paul, Alaska, Credit: KUCB/John Ryan
A marine mammal mystery told in bite-size chunks.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode Three: The Case of The Vanishing Seals
From: KUCB
Series: SEAL: The Case of The Vanishing Seals (An Alaskan Island Mystery)
Caption: St. Paul, Alaska, Credit: KUCB/John Ryan
A marine mammal mystery told in bite-size chunks.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode Four: The Case of The Vanishing Seals
From: KUCB
Series: SEAL: The Case of The Vanishing Seals (An Alaskan Island Mystery)
Caption: Northern fur seal on Alaska's St. Paul Island, Credit: KUCB/John Ryan
A marine mammal mystery told in bite-size chunks.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
The Palos Verdes Peacocks
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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The wild peacocks of Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California have inhabited the area for over 100 years and now number more than 1,000. For a...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
Fighting Goliath
From: Barbara Bernstein
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Fighting Goliath tells the story of the frenetic exploitation of the Canadian tar sands and its rippling effects across the continent.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 56:36
  • Purchases: 1
Electrofishing survey on Lake Superior
From: WTIP
Series: Dr. Seth Moore - Grand Portage Tribal Wildlife Biologist
Caption: Grand Portage Trust Lands technician Roger Deschampe watches for stunned fish, Credit: Carah Thomas
In this feature, WTIP North Shore Community Radio reporter/producer Carah Thomas accompanies Dr. Moore on an electrofishing survey of Susie Island,...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 2
Sculpted By Fire
From: Barbara Bernstein
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Wildfire season is upon us. SCULPTED BY FIRE challenges a lot of common assumptions about forest fires and the need to wage a war on fire that is r...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KDNK, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KALW, Jefferson Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 54:05
  • Purchases: 9
Salmonlands half-hour version
From: Barbara Bernstein
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Salmonlands is a journey into the land of salmon, why they are so significant to the culture and community of the Pacific Northwest, and what it wi...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 27:20
  • Purchases: 2
Salmonlands
From: Barbara Bernstein
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Salmonlands is a journey into the land of salmon, why they are so significant to the culture and community of the Pacific Northwest, and what it wi...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KALW, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: 52:41
  • Purchases: 5
Moving the Village
From: Gabriel Spitzer
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Climate change is displacing a thousand-year-old community.

Bought by KVSC, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, The Nature Podcast, CKMO and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7