January 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Series produced by Catalina Island Conservancy

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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.


23 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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To the world-at-large, global warming is anything but a game. But if you happen to be on the Internet, it can be. That’s where you’ll find a game ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Everything’s bigger in Texas. Even BOB! “BOB” stands for “Big ‘ol Battery.” The nickname conferred by locals in Presidio, Texas, to an experimenta...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Nemo was the cutest little animated fish. In the movie, he gets lost in the big blue ocean and dad goes looking for him. Well, it turns out that fo...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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His name is Paul Stamets, but you can call him the Mushroom Man. Stamets is a “mycologist,” or mushroom expert. He lives on Washington State's Olym...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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After a forest fire, it’s common for salvage logging companies to clear out damaged trees. But taking the wood too soon may interrupt a beetle doin...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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You might have heard of animals shifting their nesting dates in response to climate change. That's happening with turtles in the Midwest; in this c...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Are climate extremes killing lions in Africa? A team of biologists believe it's likely a significant factor.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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In Africa, two species depend on each other for survival. But scientists are now discovering that a third species is crucial to that equation. The ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Ever been told you have feet of clay? How about feet of a beetle? Well now you can take that one as a compliment.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo who breed white rhinoceroses are finding themselves, well, on the horns of a dilemma. Their female white rhinos ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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What is green and gold and read all over? Give up? It’s Southern California’s Santa Monica Public Library.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Interest in developing new sources of renewable energy is on the rise, and scientists at Florida Atlantic University are going with the flow.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Deep in a Borneo rainforest, a mysterious catlike creature pads across the jungle floor. It has dark red fur, a bushy tail, and could be the first ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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If you ever need to shoo a herd of elephants out of your backyard, new research suggests that you may want to unleash: The bees! While their fear o...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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By 1999 the Round Goby, a harmless-looking little bug-eyed fish from the Black Sea, was found in all five of the Great Lakes. And it was wreaking ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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In April of 1990, biologist David Jude pulled a little bug-eyed fish from the Saint Claire River near Detroit. It was a Round Goby. Immediately, al...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Hydrogen fuel cells could make for a better car. Proponents say if we can get past the technology’s many hurdles, at a cost people can afford, they...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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The latest air pollution discovery reads like a murder mystery. Thousands died from strokes and heart attacks within 24 hours after jumps in partic...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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With wind turbines popping up all over the world, wind power is quickly becoming one of today’s most popular renewable energy sources. But in the m...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:30