Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim ...
Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides its listeners with a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound.
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An Insect Thermometer
Telling the temperature by sound.
2 min
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Katydids and Crickets - Patterns of Sound
Crickets and katydids sing for their mates, each species calling for love with a different tune.
3 min
578
Katydids and Crickets - Virtuosos
There's more to a cricket chirp than you might realize!
2 min
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Katydids and Crickets - Chorus
An entomologist gives us a tour of singing insects.
3 min
580
Katydids and Crickets - Discovery
Scientists learn something new about crickets and katydids by listening.
2 min
581
Mow High With a Sharp Blade
Lessons learned from golf course greens can improve a home lawn.
3 min
582
Splitting Water
In the process of developing alternative fuel souces, you may have to split a few molecules along the way.
2 min
583
Water and Song
Casting off the year's cares during Tashlicht.
2 min
584
Bread on the Water
A symbolic practice on the first day of the Jewish New Year.
2 min
585
Spinning Water
Why is the manufacturing of electric thin films like an amusement park ride?
2 min
586
Electric Sandwich
The technology behind your computer screen is, in effect, a layered electronic "sandwich".
2 min
587
Thin Film
Never heard of thin film technology? You're probably carrying it with you right now,
2 min
588
Staring Down the Eye
65,000 feet in the air, alone, staring down the eye of a hurricane ? It's all in a day's work for ER-2 research pilots.
2 min
589
A Very High Altitude Lab
High-altitude planes use a variety of onboard research instruments to study both earth and space.
2 min
590
Hurricane Pilot
Research pilots fly high above the tumult of a hurricane, capturing data from sea level on up.
2 min
591
Coastal Research - Rhythms
Following the seasonal rhythms of the shoreline conveys the impression that it is a dynamic entity, constantly responding to the forces of nature.
2 min
592
Coastal Research - Meet the CRAB
Picture an amphibious buggy riding atop a 35 foot tripod.
2 min
593
Coastal Research - Beach Dynamics
Beaches erode, but over time they can also replenish and grow. Surprisingly, sometimes the engine of growth can be a storm.
2 min
594
Shaping the Outer Banks
With the constant interplay of waves, wind and erosion, the coastline is a crucible of ever-changing forces.
2 min
595
Dynamic Coastline
Studying the shoreline is like playing three dimensional chess with the forces of natures.
3 min
596
Singing Up the Sun
The celebration of the Cretan cherry harvest continues until dawn, for men singing ancient local songs called rezydika.
2 min
597
A Wedding in Crete
Love is in the air and so is a wealth of Cretan music.
2 min
598
New Bread Celebration
Bread bakers in Hungary take to the road to enrich and broaden their culinary knowledge and craft.
2 min
599
Super Organism
Individuals members of an ant colony are like cells in a body - each performing a specialized task.
2 min
600
A Most Abundant Life Form
Where can you find a billion pounds of ants? All around us.
2 min