Month: January 1999
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
RIGHT WHALES – Gulls
Off the coast of Argentina, a growing population of sea gulls has become a threat to young Right whales.
January 28, 1999RIGHT WHALES – Right for Whaling
Before whaling became illegal, right whales were a prize catch.
January 27, 1999RIGHT WHALES – Calving Grounds
This season, Southern Right whales are breeding in the waters off the coast of Argentina.
January 26, 1999SLIME MOLDS – Unexpected Music
For millennia, slime molds have done their job of feeding on leaf litter diligently, but silently– until now.
January 25, 1999SLIME MOLDS
Slime Molds: they’re slimy; they’re shapeless and they move to a beat.
January 22, 1999GALILEO- Io
Studying Jupiter’s moon Io may be like looking back into the history of our own planet.
January 21, 1999GALILEO – Plasma Waves
There’s a lot we can learn by listening to the gasses which surround planet Jupiter.
January 20, 1999GALILEO – Journey to Jupiter
A group of NASA scientists take a celestial billiards shot.
January 19, 1999GALILEO – The Launch
For the team of scientists at work on Project Galileo, the shuttle’s launch is a time of great expectations.
January 18, 1999GALILEO
An ongoing NASA project studies Jupiter and its four largest moons.
January 15, 1999RAMADAN – Thanksgiving
During Ramadan, devout Muslims make an effort to free themselves from impurity.
January 14, 1999RAMADAN
This holiest month in the Islamic calendar is a time for Muslims to turn their attention to family and faith.
January 13, 1999MANDRILLS- Males
Mandrills move in huge groups of females and infants. So where are all the males?
January 12, 1999MANDRILLS- Groups
When a Mandrill troop decides to relocate, it can sound as if the whole forest is moving.
January 11, 1999MANDRILLS
This month is the peak of the birthing season for Mandrills in West Africa.
January 8, 1999ICE HARVEST – Clearing the Channel
Just in case you thought your winter nights were arduous, here’s a history lesson from the days of ice harvesting.
January 7, 1999ICE HARVEST- Storing
For members of a dairy farming community, keeping perishables cold year-round has always been a necessity.
January 6, 1999ICE HARVEST – The Process
A retired ice harvester takes us through the process of transporting hundred pound blocks of ice.
January 5, 1999ICE HARVEST
In the days before refrigerators, winter was the season for ice harvesting.
January 4, 1999ANTARCTICA-Working the Ice
For those working in the Antarctic, knowing the ice is a matter of survival.
January 1, 1999F.I.R.E.- The Puzzle
NASA scientists are trying to make sense of the vast jigsaw puzzle that is the Earth’s climate.