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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The Recipe for Rain 05Dec17
Cloud water freezes at higher temperatures than pure water.
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To Freeze or Not to Freeze. 04Dec17
Rain starts with an ice crystal.To help support Pulse of the Planet and be entered into a raffle for a $25 Amazon gift card, you can fill out our survey at survey.acast.com.
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Promotoras. 01Dec17
Exchanging ideas and experience between peoples with different cultural backgrounds.
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Tourists Meet Bees. 30Nov17
In Mexico, a successful project is bringing together tourist-volunteers and local beekeepers.
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Volunteer Tourism. 29Nov17
It's an important economic and cultural resource in many countries.
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The Alarm Heard Round the World. 28Nov17
Is there a universal language of alarm calls?
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Early Warning System. 27Nov17
Birds "mobbing calls" make it easy for all the animals in a locale to know exactly when a predator is nearby.
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Alarm Calls. 24Nov17
What's a bird to do when it sees a predator lurking nearby?
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Thanksgiving Day Parade - Balloons. 23Nov17
What does it take to handle a four-story high balloon?
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Thanksgiving Day Parade - Inflation Day. 22N...
Watching the giant parade balloons being filled on the day before Thanksgiving has become part of New York's holiday celebration.To help support Pulse of the Planet and be entered into a raffle for a $25 Amazon gift card, you can fill out our s...
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The Oysters of Chesapeake Bay. 21Nov17
The home to a multimillion dollar oyster industry is threatened by industrial and agricultural pollution.
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The Future of Oysters. 20Nov17
Increasing levels of acidity in our oceans could have a serious impact on the oyster industry.
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Taking the Pulse of Oysters. 17Nov17
They're an important shellfish, both for their environmental and economic value.
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Water and Arsenic. 16Nov17
Around the world, people are being poisoned by naturally occurring toxins in their drinking water.
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A Volcano's Deepest Voice. 15Nov17
Volcanoes could be giving us clues to when they'll erupt, if we knew how to listen to them.
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Coal Ash and Water. 14Nov17
You don't want coal ash to end up in a water supply.
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Best Tasting Water? 13Nov17
If you think water with the least traces of minerals in it tastes best, you're in for a surprise.
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Bricks, Sky and Green. 10Nov17
The recipe for an enlivening cityscape? A good mix of blue and green.
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Dead Buildings. 09Nov17
The architecture of a cityscape can affect our well-being in unexpected ways.
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Prospect and Refuge. 08Nov17
Good habitat choice comes down to seeing but not being seen.
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A Walk in the Park. 07Nov17
A neuroscientist explores architecture and nature.
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Poison Ivy - An Unexpected Discovery. 06Nov17
A new way of controlling Poison Ivy?
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A Life-Saving Charade. 03Nov17
To avoid predators, Piping Plovers have adopted a theatrical strategy.
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Psychogeography. 02Nov17
Studying the interactions between people and places.
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Scorpion Venom. 01Nov17
Exciting new medical treatments are being developed from the venom of this feisty arachnid.
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