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California Cows Pass Gas to Grid
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Call it the Manure Mandate. California’s utilities face a state-ordered goal: Provide one-fifth of electricity from renewable resources by 2010. No...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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“Good Onya, Oz”
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Good Riddance to Invasive Algae
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Methane Eating Bacteria
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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University of Calgary biology professor, Peter Dunfield, has been to hell and back looking for ways to keep methane gas out of the atmosphere.

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Forests for the Trees
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Midwestern settlers of yesterday would feel unsettled by what they’d see there today. They wouldn’t recognize the forests for the trees. According ...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Emission-Free Ride
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If your friends call you an “early adopter," you’ll want to take note of MIT student Ben Gulak’s way-cool emission-free vehicle. It looks like a cr...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Attack of the Invading Fire Ant
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is killing fire ants using a method that sounds like it was inspired by the movie Alien.

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Insulation Made from Mycelium
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: April 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There’s a fungus among us that could become a more environmentally-friendly way to weatherize your home, or business.

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Tar Pit Gas
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: April 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Considering all the animals trapped in the Los Angeles La Brea Tar Pits, you’d think the gas it’s belching up is caused by something that it ate. A...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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When Windmills Fly
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Up in the air -- it’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s a -- flying windmill? That’s right, a flying windmill.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
The TDP Way
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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“Thermal depolymerization.” No, it’s not a code word for ‘global warming.’ But it IS a big buzz in alternative energy circles.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Seaweed to the Rescue
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Beetle Inspired Water Technologies
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation and scientists are hoping to capitalize on the beetle’s adaptation...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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When Fish Can’t Smell
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When our noses are plugged, we sound stuffy and have trouble breathing. When fish noses are plugged, they get lost, and lose the ability to have s...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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A Plant’s Natural Defense
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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“Get out of my space--or else!” Most people don’t know it, but some plants go to extremes to defend their turf.

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Potable Water to Drinking Water
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Okay -- so it sounds pretty disgusting when you first hear about it. But, well, here it goes. We may be able to get drinking water from treated sew...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Natural Pesticide
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team recently discovered a natural protein that could work as well as an...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Sink the Carbon
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Most of us have heard that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and a major contributor to global warming. But is there a way to capture the carbon ...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Saving Seeds: Svalbard
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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I don’t know if Santa Claus ever collected seeds, but one of his neighbors sure does.

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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The New Power Suit
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Power Suit is back. Yep. Thanks to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Elephant DNA Maps
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Over the years, treasure maps have been of such interest that the Library of Congress devoted a volume to them! Now, a new kind of map is proving t...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Down With Carbon
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There’s a bounty on carbon dioxide molecules these days. And for good reason.

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tuning Into Elephant Sounds
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Even if you don’t want to talk about the proverbial “elephant in the room,” you could at least count the number roaming around wild. Or so you’d t...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Solar Cell Breakthrough?
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Energy Fields
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When it comes to discovering sources of renewable energy, Penn State engineering professor Bruce Logan is outstanding in his field. A corn field, ...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1