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With wind turbine blades approaching 90 feet in length whipping around at 150 miles an hour, they’ve been called everything from “raptor-matics” to...

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Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Farming the Wind

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Farming has always been subject to the uncertainties of weather and market conditions. But farmers in Huron County, Michigan, have found something...

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Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Tracking Pandas

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series

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 t...

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Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Elephant Photo ID

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series

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.

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Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Earth Friendly Resort

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series

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: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Pond Scum Energy

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series

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...

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Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Nano Flakes

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series

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...

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Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Airborne Windmills

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Up in the air -- it’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s a -- flying windmill? That’s right, a flying windmill. Who knew.

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Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Plug-and-Play Solar Array

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Rooftop solar panels are finally becoming affordable, for the rest of us.

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Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Dogs Help with Conservation Study

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series

What's furry, barks, and sniffs out rare species like a Sherlock Holmes? Yep -- it's a dog! As it turns out, man's best friend knows a bear or a b...

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Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Carbon Eaters

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Here’s a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Brazil’s Sweet Deal for Ethanol

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The ethanol experts are at it again. Scientists in Brazil have found a way to boost biofuel production that’s naturally more attractive.

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Added: Nov 28, 2011
Length: 01:32
Purchases: 1

Rice Growers Go Dry

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Did you know rice doesn’t need to grow in water? In fact, the main reason for rice paddies is to prevent weeds. And with water supplies scarce in m...

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Added: Nov 28, 2011
Length: 01:32
Purchases: 1

A Better Jet Fuel

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Ever wonder what jet fuel is made of? So do scientists from four universities working on a $7.5 million project funded by the Air Force and an airc...

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Added: Nov 27, 2011
Length: 01:32
Purchases: 1

Hydrogen from Bacteria

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

While hydrogen is being touted as the environmentally friendly fuel of the future, a pair of Penn State engineers believe the future may be closer ...

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Added: Nov 27, 2011
Length: 01:32
Purchases: 1

Green Toilets in New York City

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

n New York City, at one public park, people may soon come for the tennis but stay for the toilets. That’s because designs for new bathrooms at Rive...

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Added: Nov 27, 2011
Length: 01:32
Purchases: 1

A Greener Wood Glue

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Researchers from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University recently received a Presidential citation for developing an environmentally fri...

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Added: Nov 27, 2011
Length: 01:32
Purchases: 1

New Technology for Cheetah Conservation

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...

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Added: Nov 27, 2011
Length: 01:32
Purchases: 1

Saving Energy on Street Lights

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Already declared the third smartest city in the U.S. by Forbes Magazine, Ann Arbor, Michigan recently had another bright idea. They decided to repl...

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Added: Nov 27, 2011
Length: 01:32
Purchases: 1

Challenges in Amur Leopard Conservation

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Veterinarians made a house call on the world’s rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...

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Added: Nov 27, 2011
Length: 01:32
Purchases: 1

Two-Way Energy Traffic

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Dutch researcher Jos Meeuwen would like to put in a plug for energy self-sufficiency. In fact, he’d like to put in a plug for everyone in his count...

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Added: Nov 27, 2011
Length: 01:32
Purchases: 1

Argo Monitors Ocean Temperatures

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Between rampant pollution and climate change, scientists say our oceans are ailing. But in order to correctly diagnose it, they’ve concluded they ...

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Added: Nov 27, 2011
Length: 01:32
Purchases: 1

Twist on Wind Turbine More Efficient

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Together with Sandia National Labs, engineers from Knight and Carver of San Diego have added a new twist to wind turbines used for generating elect...

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