Month: June 1991
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
EARTH DAY – An Environmental Audit
If every American replaced their refrigerator with the most efficient model on the market today, how much energy would be saved?
June 27, 1991EARTH DAY – The Pledge
Denis Hayes, chairman of Earth Day 1990, believes that it’s time for people to integrate environmental values throughout their whole lives.
June 26, 1991EARTH DAY – The Green Decade
The founder of Earth Day outlines participatory events around the world.
June 25, 1991RECYCLING – Markets
New markets need to be developed, if recycling is ever going to pay for itself.
June 24, 1991RECYCLING – Public Support
The most critical factor in any recycling program is public cooperation.
June 21, 1991AMAZON, BURNING OF THE – Rate of Change
Will global warming change the equatorial climate too quickly for the rainforest to adjust?
June 20, 1991ICEBERGS – Global Warming
How will global warming affect the Antarctic? Will more icebergs be formed? Will the polar icecaps melt?
June 19, 1991ICEBERGS – Calving
A roar and a tremendous splash herald the birth of a new iceberg, as it calves from an ice shelf.
June 18, 1991SOIL DECONTAMINATION, ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC
A combination of electricity and low frequency sound is helping scientists to separate pollutants from soil at hazardous waste sites.
June 17, 1991BIOSPHERE – The Web of Life
The scientists who will spend two years in the self-contained world of Biosphere Two, will be accompanied by a wide range of plants and animals.
June 5, 1991BIOSPHERE – A Microcosmic World
Eight environmental scientists are preparing to spend two years in a large, self-contained world. An ocean, desert, rainforest and four other mini-ecosystems make Biosphere Two a microcosmic world.
June 4, 1991FORESTERS OF THE AMAZON – Diversification
Amazonian rainforest dwellers have developed a wide range of agricultural techniques, to meet ever-changing climactic conditions.
June 3, 1991AMAZON, PORTRAIT OF THE 1 – A World of Sound
Deep in the heart of the Amazonian Rainforest, the jungle is alive with sound.