Jim Metzner
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides its listeners with a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound.
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Episodes
Drones - Software Package 25.03.2016 2:30
Forest and watershed mapping and inventories, habitat assessments, post-processing of data; it's all in a day's work for a research drone. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Drones - New Tool For Research 24.03.2016 2:30
Drones are giving scientists unprecedented ways to gather data. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Poison Ivy - Citizen Science 23.03.2016 2:30
Here's a way that you can help track and control poison ivy. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Finches - Tough Life, Smart Bird 22.03.2016 3:13
For birds, a bit of competition with their peers early on turns out to be a good thing. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Finches - Learning to Sing 21.03.2016 2:30
It all comes down to the tutor. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Finches - Sounds Just Like Dad 18.03.2016 3:05
If you're wooing a female finch, you'd better sound like her father. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Algorithm of Discovery - Defining What Isn't 17.03.2016 2:30
Is it possible to better understand what something is, by knowing what it is not? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Antibiotics - Breaking Them Down 16.03.2016 3:02
Antibiotics in cow manure? Composting can help degrade them before they end up in fertilizer. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Antibiotics Underground 15.03.2016 2:30
Farmers destroy the milk from cows treated with antibiotics. But the antibiotics could still impact the environment outside the farm. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Antibiotics and Milk 14.03.2016 2:30
What happens to the milk from cows who were given antibiotics? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Algorithm of Discovery - A New Way of Seeing the World 11.03.2016 2:30
New drugs, new kinds of materials, new insights into the dynamics of ecosystems - all from reinventing the way we categorize things. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Algorithm of Discovery - New Ideas From Computers 10.03.2016 2:30
HAL can open the pod door, but can he come come with a new concept? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Privacy - Are We Giving it Away? 09.03.2016 2:30
Every day, we're unknowingly gifting our personal information to corporations and service organizations. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hellbender - Bad Name, Good Sign 08.03.2016 2:30
Though saddled with a dicey moniker, they're indicators of a healthy water ecosystem. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hellbender - King Salamander 07.03.2016 2:30
North America's largest salamander can reach a length of two feet and weigh up to five pounds. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Biological Invaders - Salvinia 04.03.2016 2:30
Moving a species to a foreign environment may ultimately require importing another species to control the first. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Biological Invaders - Ecology 03.03.2016 2:30
Humans are largely responsible for the demise of the biological immunity of ecosystems. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Biological Invaders - Adaptation 02.03.2016 2:30
Disparate species are being unnaturally relocated without the benefit of time for adaptation. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Water - Downstream From Mines 01.03.2016 2:30
When you're downstream from a coal mine, you want to know what's happening upstream. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Water - Security 29.02.2016 2:30
In America we use four or five hundred liters of water per day per person, an amount far in excess of what's needed to actually survive. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Water - Grey Water 26.02.2016 3:02
Just because water isn't drinkable, doesn't mean it's not usable. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Water - Using it Up 25.02.2016 2:30
In many agricultural areas, we're draining water faster than it's being replenished. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Water - Essential Resource 24.02.2016 2:30
It's the one resource that's irreplaceable. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Quats - Multiple Uses 23.02.2016 2:30
Approximately 4000 new substances are registered each day and not all of these can be thoroughly tested before they are used in consumer products. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Quats - Effects on Humans 22.02.2016 2:30
A widely used category of chemical substances is coming under scrutiny for possibly having harmful side-effects. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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