Month: February 2007
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Tully Ice Harvest: History
These days, if you want ice, you just go to the freezer and get it. But some folks remember when ice was delivered door to door in huge blocks.
February 27, 2007Turbulence: Bumpy Ride
Testing a turbulence prediction system means a bumpy ride for researchers!
February 26, 2007Tully Ice Harvest : Cutting
At an annual festival in upstate New York, they cut blocks of ice out of a frozen lake and pack them in sawdust. In the summer, they’ll use the ice to make homemade ice cream.
February 23, 2007Tully Ice Harvest: Prepare
Every year at this time, folks in Tully, New York, harvest ice out of a frozen lake the old-fashioned way, with horsepower and antique tools.
February 22, 2007Science Diary: Lemurs of Madagascar – Good News/Bad News
An unexpected addition to a lemur group is discovered while searching for the missing Brown.
February 21, 2007Science Diary: Lemurs of Madagascar – Missing!
Brown, the lemur, is MIA.
February 20, 2007Cajun Mardi Gras: Biggest Day
When dozens of people in bright costumes, masks and pointy hats are riding around in flatbed trucks raising a ruckus, you can bet you’re in Cajun Louisiana for Mardi Gras.
February 19, 2007Cajun Mardi Gras: Elton Run
Most of us know about Mardi Gras from the famous festivities in New Orleans. But in rural Louisiana , Cajuns celebrate the holiday in a style all their own.
February 16, 2007Cajun Mardi Gras: Tickling
There are many ways to celebrate Mardi Gras. In the rural Cajun communities of south Louisiana, it’s organized mayhem.
February 15, 2007Cajun Mardi Gras: In Disguise
As Cajuns in Louisiana celebrate Mardi Gras this week, revelers disguise themselves and beg for food and money from their neighbors, to support a communal gumbo.
February 14, 2007Cajun Mardi Gras: Feast
Mardi Gras is a holiday with its roots in ancient European traditions. There are good reasons why it happens at this time of year.
February 13, 2007Ice – Flakes and Frost
How is it that every snowflake is unique? It’s all in the fall!
February 12, 2007Seasonal Backyard Science – Insects
Even in winter, you can find springtails!
February 9, 2007Turbulence: Buying Time
Even a few minutes of warning can make for a safer ride when it comes to aircraft turbulence.
February 8, 2007Science Diary: Lemurs of Madagascar – Volunteer Labor
Knowing the minutiae of what a lemur eats can give scientists information about the health of the animal and its ecosystem.
February 7, 2007Science Diary: Lemurs of Madagascar – Back to the Field
A Science Diarist studying lemurs returns to the forests of Madagascar.
February 6, 2007Seasonal Backyard Science – Winter Secrets
When you find grooves in the snow, or piles of pine cone chips- who has been there? Learn about the signs that animals leave behind.
February 5, 2007Science Diary: Frontiers of the Brain – The Big Picture
How do the actions of individual brain cells add up to human thought and memory? That’s a question still waiting for an answer.
February 2, 2007Ocean Currents – Southern Ocean
One of the mysteries of science is how do sinking nutrients get back to the surface of the ocean?
February 1, 2007Bugs in the Water – Living Barometer
Populations shifts of different organisms within the same stream bed can indicate changes in water quality.