November 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Series produced by Catalina Island Conservancy
Fun, entertaining, science-based radio show exploring critical issues regarding our natural world.
Isla Earth, a production of the Catalina Island Conservancy, is a radio series exploring environmental issues of local, national, and global importance. Our mission is to increase ecological awareness, deepen understanding, and encourage environmentally sustainable choices.
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The ethanol experts are at it again. Scientists in Brazil have found a way to boost biofuel production that’s naturally more attractive.
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
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...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
Move over Einstein! There’s a new genius on the block. And her name is Chaser, a border collie who lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
Scientists in Spain have found the missing lynx. But to be perfectly honest, they didn’t know they were missing.
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
Green-collar workers aren’t just wind farm technicians and solar panel installers anymore. Increasingly, the U.S. labor force needs managers with s...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
The common reed looks harmless as it waves in the wind of America’s wetlands. But, this exotic plant is one of nature’s most effective invasive sp...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
Did you know bananas might soon slip into history? That's because from Paris to Peoria, we all eat only one variety, and it's vulnerable to a fungu...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
You think gas is expensive? What about the price of platinum? Believe it or not, that’s one of the things the automotive industry is looking at be...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
Remember that old-fashioned mode of transportation -- the trolley, or streetcar? It's making a comeback worldwide. From Albuquerque to Winston-Sale...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is killing fire ants using a method that sounds like it was inspired by the movie Alien. It involves using insec...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
Isolated from the rest of the world for most of their existence, the Galapagos Islands are home to more unique plant species than almost any other ...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
Midwestern settlers of yesterday would feel unsettled by what they’d see there today. They wouldn’t recognize the forests for the trees.
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
University of Calgary biology professor, Peter Dunfield, has been to hell and back looking for ways to keep methane gas out of the atmosphere.
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
Okay, so you’re out in the clear waters of Hawaii and notice that algae are smothering the beautiful coral reefs just below the surface. What’s goi...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
Changing seasons in New England is well, second nature. But a change in the look of the season is a change that has folks concerned.
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
A German company has developed a way to get more mileage out of junked cars. Of course they have to shred them to pieces first
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. But near Serpa [say err pa], in neighboring Portugal, the sun shines nearly all the time. This is why...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
As eco-friendly furniture makes the transition from small specialty shops to mass market merchandisers, one thing is becoming clear. Green comes in...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
It may not be plain to see “we’ve got a tiger by the tail” -- as the song Buck Owens made popular insists. But we do seem to have ’em right where ...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:30
