Flora
One of the great mysteries of how plants attract pollen may be closer to being solved.
Algae investigated as a possible source for the production of alternative fuels.
Fauna
The research is in and it’s now confirmed: chicks dig math.
British study on evolution moves forward at a snail’s pace.
Natural Resources and Public Policy
The seemingly endless struggle between natural resource managers working to conserve Columbia River salmon and California Sea Lions working to eat as many as possible continues.
The Exxon Valdez: the damage still lingers twenty years later.
Podcasts
BirdNote – The return of the Delerian, the truth about those “baby pigeon rumors,” House Sparrows - The Beginning, and more.
Ecological Society of America Podcast – The effects of climate change on seabirds.
Green Week in Review – developments from the worlds of politics and business with an emphasis on sustainability.
Nature – Dark matter, a new look at Carbon storgage, and other news from the natural sciences.
Nature Stories – The struggles of very small scale (think “dugout canoe”) fisherman in Mexico.
NEW! Podcast of the Blue - a new audio companion podcast for the Carnival of the Blue. (I couldn’t find a direct link to the podcast itself so visitors will need to follow the link from the carnival’s blog site.)
Sierra Club Radio - Actress Ashley Judd on her work to stop mountaintop removal coal mining, photographer James Balog on his project to show the melting of glaciers, and Chef Annie Somerville gives green cuisine tips for spring.
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An after-the-post discovery: the most recent episode of Public Broadcasting’s NOW program included a very interesting segment on the plight faced by the nation of Kiribati due to the faster-than-expected rise in ocean levels due to global warming. In effect, it is being flooded out of existence - the first modern nation to experience such a situation. Both the television broadcast of the episode as well as the podcast can be found at http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/514/index.html#kiribati.
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