Geography


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Sea Turtles as Sentinels of Ecological Health: Linking Sea to Shore
Alonso Aguirre
May 4, 2009
00:59:03
Dr. Alonso Aguirre, vice president for Conservation Medicine at Wildlife Trust, discusses the new field of conservation medicine, which links wildlife medicine to ecosystem health. In this field, Dr.
Causes and Consequences of Coral Decline
Josh Idjadi
March 30, 2009
00:45:14
Josh Idjadi discusses the scientific debate about the causes of the decline of coral reefs, looks at how this might affect the associated reef community, and talks about the recent recovery of a potentially essential algae-eating urchin.
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NOVA: The Bible's Buried Secrets I
Gary Glassman
November 6, 2008
01:05:17
Panelists discuss the historic, scientific and theological mysteries brought up in The Bible's Buried Secrets, NOVA's landmark two-hour special.
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Eric Weiner: Geography of Bliss
Eric Weiner
May 7, 2008
01:22:12
National Public Radio correspondent Eric Weiner discusses his latest book, The Geography of Bliss, which he describes as “a philosophical self-help humorous travel memoir.” The story weaves travel, international intrigue, humor and self discovery.
The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories
Robert Strassler
February 21, 2008
01:10:19
Robert Strassler explores the many facets of this dazzling new translation, as well as the life and work of the man Cicero called 'the father of history'.
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Charles Mann on The Americas Before Columbus
Charles Mann
February 20, 2008
00:52:51
Charles Mann presents compelling evidence that the earliest Americans built and occupied cities that rivaled anything found in Europe at the time, in the book 1491.
Celebration of the World's Barrier Islands
Mary Edna Fraser
September 4, 2007
00:59:21
Orrin Pilkey and Mary Edna Fraser describe the fragility of Barrier islands, which protect the mainland of most of the eastern United States from natural disaster.
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Wild Trees: Uncharted Canopy Biosphere of Redwoods
Richard Preston
May 9, 2007
01:04:37
Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone, tells the story of Steve Sillett and Marie Antoine and a group of botanists and amateur naturalists who discovered a mysterious world hidden above California.