Month: September 2015
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Plovers – Field Work
A team of dedicated researchers is monitoring the behavior of a species that’s paradoxically helped by storms and hindered by human activity.
September 29, 2015Plovers – Charade
To avoid predators, piping plovers have adopted a theatrical strategy.
September 28, 2015Plovers – Two Sides
In the aftermath of a storm, what’s bad for humans may be good for other species.
September 25, 2015Plovers -Dunes
Fire Island’s dunes were flattened by hurricane Sandy, and with the aid of snow fencing, they have been speedily reestablished
September 24, 2015Dragonflies – Cape May
Where’s a great place to watch dragonflies migrate?
September 23, 2015Dragonflies – Mating Strategy
One of the world’s most venerable insects has developed a sucessful means of reproduction.
September 22, 2015Dragonflies – Wired
Tiny transmitters may help unlock the mysteries of dragonfly migration.
September 21, 2015Dragonflies – Riding the Wind
Unfortunately for dragonflies, they’re not the only creatures who migrate riding wind currents.
September 18, 2015Dragonflies – Migration
It’s a rare event, but a grand sight to behold – thousands upon thousands of dragonflies.
September 17, 2015Dragonflies – Myths and Truths
Can nature’s flying insect carnivores bite people?
September 16, 2015Water – Arsenic
Around the world, people are being poisoned by naturally occurring toxins in their drinking water.
September 15, 2015Water – Coal Ash
You don’t want coal ash to end up in a water supply.
September 14, 2015Water – Taste
If you think that the best tasting water would be purest with the least traces of minerals in it, you’re in for a surprise.
September 11, 2015Psychogeography – Bricks, Sky and Green
The recipe for an enlivening cityscape? A good mix of blue and green.
September 10, 2015Psychogeography – Dead Building
The architecture of a cityscape can affect our well-being in unexpected ways.
September 9, 2015Psychogeography – Prospect and Refuge
The holy grail of good habitat choice can be summed up by the principal of seeing but not being seen.
September 8, 2015Psychogeography – A Walk in the Park
A walk in the park can be beneficial in unexpected ways.
September 7, 2015Psychogeography
Meet a environmental psychologist who studies the interactions between people and places
September 4, 2015Poison Ivy – Control
An unexpected discovery may lead to a new way of controlling Poison Ivy.
September 3, 2015Poison Ivy – Birds
Researchers trying to grow Poison Ivy in a lab discovered that mysteriously all their seedlings would be destroyed by a fungus.
September 2, 2015Poison Ivy – Fungus
You might think researchers studying poison ivy would have an easy time growing it. Not quite!
September 1, 2015Urban Ants
Ants clean up about a ton of food every year on the New York’s upper west side alone!