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Meet the NASA officer whose task is to keep Earth, Mars - and the entire solar system - free of hitchhiking bacteria.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: May 21, 2012
- Length: 00:54:02
- Purchases: 1
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...
Bought by WZEN.org
- Added: May 11, 2012
- Length: 00:29:01
- Purchases: 1
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...
- Added: May 11, 2012
- Length: 00:29:01
A renowned marine biologist is studying a silent killer in oceans and bays. Allison Quantz has the story.
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 00:02:39
You can’t see them on the surface. But at the bottom of some of the world’s largest bodies of water are areas called dead zones where fish and othe...
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 00:28:59
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest that we must begin thinking like an island--wherein communities of individuals ...
- Added: Apr 16, 2012
- Length: 00:06:29
Two historic jewels: New Orleans & Venice, Italy are struggling to plan for sea level rise, in cities that already routinely flood because of quest...
Bought by WZEN.org and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Mar 19, 2012
- Length: 00:29:01
- Purchases: 2
40 years after the Clean Water Act became law, the landscape of our water supply has been transformed, and regulation is being framed by some as an...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Feb 22, 2012
- Length: 00:29:00
- Purchases: 1
In this episode, we investigate why so many of the ocean's fish seem to be disappearing by speaking with a California commercial salmon fisherman w...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Dec 12, 2011
- Length: 00:25:36
- Purchases: 1
On a molecular level, water doesn't have to become ice until minus-55 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Added: Dec 05, 2011
- Length: 00:01:00
New research says that obesity might not all be to blame for ailments such as hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease.
- Added: Dec 05, 2011
- Length: 00:28:58
It's not a dust bowl, but scorching temperatures and next-to-no rain are causing plenty of problems in western Kansas. Almost two-thirds of Kansas ...
- Added: Aug 01, 2011
- Length: 00:03:53
How a small community of gold miners in the Colombian jungle is fighting to turn a toxic industry into a green and global market.
- Added: Jul 07, 2011
- Length: 00:34:24
As part of our “Women Rising” series, we profile a dynamic partnership between the Women’s Earth Alliance and the Global Women’s Water Initiative: ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
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Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, and Julia Child: All loved to eat. Here's a Cather story about a priest who loved his food more t...
- Added: Jun 25, 2011
- Length: 00:55:08
- Purchases: 3
From UNICEF
UNICEF correspondent Anja Baron speaks with Chief of UNICEF’s Kadugli Field Office, Soledad Herrero, about the situation in the Sudanese region 10 ...
- Added: Jun 20, 2011
- Length: 00:04:13
Most Civil War scholarship focuses on generals and their armies. But historians at a recent conference explored how water, heat, and horses affecte...
- Added: Jun 13, 2011
- Length: 00:02:31
A good share of the health of Lake Superior is dependent upon water at 39 degrees. In this edition of North Woods Phenology, Jay Andersen speaks wi...
Bought by KAXE
- Added: May 30, 2011
- Length: 00:07:38
- Purchases: 1
This podcast details how a comprehensive understanding of the mercury cycle can complicate the task of ecosystem restoration, and how scientists ba...
- Added: May 09, 2011
- Length: 00:08:22
These tiny crustaceans come to life for just a short while during our rainy season, but their eggs can wait decades to hatch and ride the wind for ...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 00:00:59
- Purchases: 1
In the Chihuahuan Desert, we spend fall, winter, spring and summer talking about our fifth season—the rainy season. What does its arrival mean for ...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 00:04:30
- Purchases: 1
Every pristine spring, mucky cattle tank, and rain-filled hueco in the Chihuahuan Desert is home to an exceptionally diverse array of microscopic a...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 00:04:30
- Purchases: 1
Due to the high demand of energy, competitive costs, and environmental concerns, nuclear power seemed like a reasonable option. The earthquake and ...
Bought by WEKU
- Added: Apr 01, 2011
- Length: 00:02:00
- Purchases: 1
On Mimms Ranch outside Marfa, the Dixon Water Foundation is using some surprising tools to improve a grassland’s ability to absorb water: cattle an...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Mar 04, 2011
- Length: 00:04:30
- Purchases: 1
