Month: July 2015
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Floyd – Country Store
Fans of Old Time Music flock to Floyd, Virginia every Friday night for a mixture of dancing, jamming and down-home sounds.
July 30, 2015Hurricanes – Preparation
Take heed — do not drive during a hurricane!
July 29, 2015Hurricanes – Packing a Punch
The most devastating force of a hurricane is concentrated in the rim of its eye.
July 28, 2015Floyd – Old Time Music
Then the banjo met the violin in southern Appalachia, it gave rise to what’s now called “Old Time Music” – which in turn, morphed into Bluegrass.
July 27, 2015Carbon Dioxide Extinction
Will increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide lead to ocean acidification and loss of species?
July 24, 2015Natchez – Stickball
Imagine a combination of lacrosse, rugby, football and wrestling with a field as long as a mile!
July 23, 2015Natchez – Sacred Fire
We’ve all heard the expression “keep the home fires burning”. For the Natchez Indians, it was a a sacred duty.
July 22, 2015Medicinal Weeds – Bioactive
Farmers and gardeners have been fighting weeds since time immemorial. Now it may time for the weeds to fight for us.
July 21, 2015Medicinal Weeds – Overlooked Resource
Common pokeweed is being studied as a potential remedy for HIV.
July 20, 2015Medicinal Weeds – Living Pharmacy
It’s the world largest pharmacy and it may be no further than your back yard.
July 17, 2015Earth’s Magnetic Field
The earth’s magnetic field is weakening and the poles are changing locating and – every 780,000 years or so, flipping!
July 16, 2015Medicinal Weeds – In Praise Of
You’d be surprised to learn how many medicinal plants are considered to be “weeds”.
July 15, 2015Ospreys: Raising a Family
For a special pair of ospreys, “Virginia Is For Lovers”.
July 14, 2015Acoustical Ecology – Loons
Development and disturbance can silence the beautiful call of the common loon.
July 13, 2015Long Leaf Pine – RCW
Restoration of the Long Leaf Pine ecosystem at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is central to the survival of an endangered woodpecker.
July 10, 2015Solar Warming
Life on earth has a billion year window until things heat up quite a bit.
July 9, 2015Long Leaf Pine – Restoring
Forestry experts at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge are working to restore Long Leaf Pine, a species that once ranged from Virginia to Texas.
July 8, 2015Natchez – Oral History
The Principal Chief of the Natchez offers a unique perspective of his people’s cultural heritage.
July 7, 2015Okefenokee – Sandhill Monogamy
Young Sandhill Cranes are all for group dates, but when it’s time to get serious, these giant birds commit to one partner.
July 6, 2015Okefenokee – Peat
Think of a swamp, and you might picture mud and muck. But Okefenokee rests on a spongy foundation of peat.
July 3, 2015Okefenokee – Living Landscape
Cycles of growth and wildfires keep Okefenokee swamp in an eternal state of flux.
July 2, 2015Terraforming
It may work on Star Trek, but in real life Mar’s thin atmosphere will be writing the script.
July 1, 2015Okefenokee – Standing Up to Bears
What hisses at bears to defend its nest eggs? Hint: it’s bigger than a robin.