Conservation Connection

Conservation Connection

46 episodes

Every day, scientists and conservationists around the globe are working to answer critical questions about our rapidly changing environment and the organisms that live there; the minute details of their work reveal both the beauty and the precarious balance of the natural world. Join the Conservation Connection team as we interview today's leading wildlife scientists and conservationists about their most recent discoveries. Listen in to hear the ongoing story of the environmental work being done to protect our planet's future!

Podcasts

Are the Shoal Lilies Damned? | Sara Tash | Ep 113

Published: Jan. 23, 2024, 11:23 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 24 seconds

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Building River Relationships | Caroline Ellmer | Ep 112

Published: Jan. 17, 2024, 9:14 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 9 seconds

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Which Bees Are Best? | Sarah Tash | Ep 111

Published: Jan. 10, 2024, 2:46 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 42 seconds

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The Mysterious World of Crayfish | Dr. Troy Keller | Ep 110

Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 8 seconds

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Published: Nov. 4, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds

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Dr. Michael Dorsey: ASU | Good Things are Profitable! | Episode 109

Published: Oct. 17, 2023, 7:37 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 4 seconds

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Jill Tidman: The Redford Center | Environmental Advocacy Through Film| Episode 108

Published: Oct. 9, 2023, 1:29 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 39 seconds

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Lauren Fraser: Canopy | Household Climate Solutions | Episode 107

Published: Oct. 3, 2023, 5:10 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 10 seconds

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Chance Glasco: Game Developer | Gaming for the Environment | Episode 106

Published: Sept. 25, 2023, 12:40 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 37 seconds

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David Banks: The Nature Conservancy | Global Conservation | Episode 105

Published: Sept. 17, 2023, 6:40 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds

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Sachi Singh: Rootless | Underwater Superfood | Episode 104

Published: Sept. 10, 2023, 6:09 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 14 seconds

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Jaime Nack: Three Squares Inc. | Guiding Sustainable Solutions | Episode 103

Published: Sept. 3, 2023, 5:46 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 51 seconds

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Lewis Perkins: Apparel Impact Institute | Threads of Sustainability | Episode 102

Published: Aug. 27, 2023, 5:15 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 12 seconds

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Lauren Breynaert: MYNO Carbon | Waste Wood to Climate Solution | Episode 101

Published: Aug. 20, 2023, 2:11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 47 seconds

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Emmy Scott: Earth Guardians | Youth Leading Change | Episode 100

Published: Aug. 13, 2023, 3:11 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds

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Jeff Goodell: Climate Journalist | The Heat Will Kill You First | Episode 99

Published: July 16, 2023, 10:11 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 39 seconds

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Dianna Cohen: Plastic Pollution Coalition | Stopping Plastic | Episode 98

Published: July 11, 2023, 1:27 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 45 seconds

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Mike Libecki: NatGeo Explorer | Microplastics in Pristine Places | Episode 97

Published: July 3, 2023, 11:20 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes

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Kristin Hull: Activist Investor | Impact Investing | Episode 96

Published: June 26, 2023, 4:26 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 16 seconds

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Benjamin Dimmitt: Photographer | Florida's Saltwater Intrusion | Episode 95

Published: June 19, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 51 seconds

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Rhett Butler: Mongabay | Passion to Impact | Episode 94

Published: June 11, 2023, 7:23 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 35 seconds

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Nick Grossman: Producer | Endangered Migration | Episode 93

Published: June 4, 2023, 5:27 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 33 seconds

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Vance Martin: WILD Foundation | Carbon Sequestration and ReWilding | Episode 92

Published: May 29, 2023, 10:35 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 38 seconds

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Youth v. Gov | Climate and Constitutional Rights | Episode 91

Published: May 21, 2023, 8:52 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 14 seconds

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Cameron Nielsen: Filmmaker | Washed Ashore | Episode 90

Published: May 14, 2023, 8:37 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 11 seconds

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Sarinah Simons: Big Basin Speaks | California Wildfires | Episode 89

Published: May 7, 2023, 10:12 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes

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Malia Byrtus: Camera Trapper | Path of the Panther | Episode 88

Published: April 30, 2023, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 2 seconds

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Nicole Ujita | Wetland Water Supply | Episode 87

Published: April 23, 2023, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 31 seconds

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Mattie Mead: Hempitecture | Fibers of the Future | Episode 86

Published: April 10, 2023, 12:14 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 12 seconds

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Frank Niepold: NOAA Climate Educator | Turning Education into Action | Episode 85

Published: April 2, 2023, 4:15 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 30 seconds

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Daniel Curry: Range Rider | Wolves, Ranchers, and Cattle | Episode 84

Published: March 26, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 57 seconds

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Molly Kawahata: Climate Champion | The Power of Hope | Episode 83

Published: March 13, 2023, 3:56 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 23 seconds

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Carole King & Chad Hanson | Private Logging on Public Land | Episode 82

Published: March 6, 2023, 11:21 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 43 seconds

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Tim Shields: Tortoise Biologist | Eco-Hack! | Episode 81

Published: Feb. 28, 2023, 8:59 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 52 seconds

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Melinda Booth: SYRCL | Wild and Scenic Film Festival | Episode 80

Published: Feb. 21, 2023, 9:42 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 54 seconds

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Patricio Robles Gil: The Extinction Rituals | Art and Conservation | Episode 79

Published: Feb. 12, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 49 seconds

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Katie Bilodeau: Friends of the Clearwater | Protecting Public Forests | Episode 78

Published: Feb. 5, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 41 seconds

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Durrell Smith: The Sporting Life Notebook | Minorities Outdoors | Episode 77

Published: Dec. 18, 2022, 2:13 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 23 seconds

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Paul Watson: Sea Shepherd | Direct Action | Episode 76

Published: Nov. 29, 2022, 4:15 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 54 seconds

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Lee Recht: Aleph Farms | Cultivated Meat | Episode 75

Published: Nov. 21, 2022, 6:21 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 38 seconds

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Julie Davitz: Plus Media Solutions | From Inspiration to Impact | Episode 74

Published: Nov. 14, 2022, 4:22 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 56 seconds

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Lizzie & Saiarchana: ASU Students | Turn It Around Cards | Episode 73

Published: Nov. 6, 2022, 8:27 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes

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Iveta Silova: ASU | Learning WITH Nature | Episode 72

Published: Oct. 30, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 41 seconds

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Tim LeSalle: Chico State University | Living Soil & Regenerative Agriculture | Episode 71

Published: Sept. 26, 2022, 6:22 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 3 seconds

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Cindy Lawery: AL Rivers Alliance | Local Matters | Episode 70

Published: Sept. 18, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 34 seconds

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Cindy Lowry: AL Rivers Alliance | Local Matters | Episode 70

Published: Sept. 18, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 34 seconds

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Chad Brown: Soul River Inc. | A Prescription to Fish | Episode 69

Published: Sept. 5, 2022, 2:05 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 12 seconds

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Dineo Dowd: Outdoor Advocate | Hiking with Family | Episode 68

Published: Aug. 31, 2022, 4:20 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 42 seconds

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Paige Swift: Filmmaker | Nature Now Film Festival | Episode 67

Published: Aug. 19, 2022, 4:18 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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Mark Brand: Social Impact Entrepreneur | Cooking for Good | Episode 66

Published: Aug. 4, 2022, 1:38 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 2 seconds

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Mark Brand: Social Impact Entrepreneur | Title | Episode 66

Published: Aug. 4, 2022, 1:38 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 2 seconds

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Shonagh Smith: Road to Glasgow | Behind the Scenes! | Episode 65

Published: July 31, 2022, 11:56 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 50 seconds

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Henk Rogers: Blue Planet Alliance | Global Renewable Energy! | Episode 64

Published: July 28, 2022, 11:56 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes

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Rob Swan: Polar Explorer | Antarctica 2041 | Episode 63

Published: July 25, 2022, midnight
Duration: 23 minutes 34 seconds

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UN Youth Ambassadors | The Four Mothers | Episode 62

Published: July 17, 2022, 12:58 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 30 seconds

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Howard Vincent: Pheasants Forever | All Habitat is Local | Episode 61

Published: July 10, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 45 seconds

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Jennifer Bushman: Fed By Blue | The Blue Food Revolution! | Episode 60

Published: July 6, 2022, 4:12 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 55 seconds

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Kelsey Malan: Artist Boat | Painting the Marsh! | Episode 59

Published: July 3, 2022, 3:46 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 42 seconds

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Aimee Christensen: The Sun Valley Forum | Creating Collaboration | Episode 58

Published: June 29, 2022, 3:16 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds

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Paco Conde: Activista LA | Marketing to Activism! | Episode 57

Published: June 26, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 11 seconds

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Laura Park Figueroa: Occupational Therapist | Therapy in the Great Outdoors! | Episode 56

Published: June 22, 2022, 11 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 40 seconds

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Laurence Carr: Chez Laurence | Sustainability in Design | Episode 55

Published: June 19, 2022, 4:11 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 45 seconds

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Ross Mason: EarthxTV | Top 10 Shows! | Episode 54

Published: June 15, 2022, 9:27 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 47 seconds

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Dan Russell: EarthxTV | EarthX Everywhere! | Episode 53

Published: June 12, 2022, 4:33 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 16 seconds

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Chief Tashka Yawanawa | Indigenous Rights! | Episode 52

Published: June 5, 2022, 12:18 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 53 seconds

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Daniel Tonkopi: Delfast Bikes | World-Record Electrics! | Episode 51

Published: May 29, 2022, 11:57 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 44 seconds

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Emilie McGlone: Peace Boat US | Building Global Citizens | Episode 050

Published: May 22, 2022, 9:03 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 39 seconds

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Kenneth Flippin: Texas Beer Company | Solar Powered Beer! | Episode 49

Published: May 15, 2022, 4:11 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 52 seconds

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Trammell S. Crow: EarthX | You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet! | Episode 48

Published: May 8, 2022, 2:05 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 19 seconds

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Regan Honeycutt, Zoe Munson, Joelle Reich, Charles Taibi: College of Charlestons REU | Salty Water! | Episode 47

Published: Oct. 3, 2021, 7:56 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 54 seconds

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Jon Armbruster: Auburn University | Fish Out of Water | Episode 46

Published: Sept. 26, 2021, 2:55 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 31 seconds

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Patrick Thompson: Auburn University | Chainsaws and Fire | Episode 044

Published: Sept. 12, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 30 seconds

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Troy Keller: Columbus State University | A Lot of Dam Research | Episode 042

Published: Aug. 29, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 3 seconds

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Dr. Bob Podolsky: College of Charleston | Hes BACK! | Episode 40

Published: Aug. 15, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 10 seconds

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Vasser Seydel: The Oxygen Project | Dangers of Deep Seabed Mining | Episode 039

Published: June 11, 2020, 6:25 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 1 second

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Jerry Tinianow: Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Denver | Community Sustainability | Episode 038

Published: March 22, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 6 seconds

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Vanessa Casado Perez: Texas A&M | Water Water Nowhere | Episode 037

Published: March 15, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 6 seconds

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Vance Martin: WILD Foundation | Nature Needs Half | Episode 036

Published: March 8, 2020, 10:02 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 12 seconds

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Mike Janech: College of Charleston | Protein Detective! | Episode 035

Published: March 2, 2020, 2:31 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 43 seconds

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Doug Woodring: Ocean Recovery Alliance | Art From Plastic Pollution! | Episode 034

Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 11:38 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 44 seconds

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Erica Bjelland: Rural Renewable Energy Alliance | Accessible Solar Power | Episode 033

Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 8:09 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 57 seconds

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Erik Sotka: Evolutionary Ecologist at Grice Marine Lab | History's Logbook | Episode 032

Published: Feb. 9, 2020, 11:59 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 35 seconds

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Rafael Pacchiano: Former Mexican Minister of the Environment | The Plight of the Vaquita | Episode 031

Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 1:10 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 8 seconds

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Janet Neilson: Humpback Whale Biologist at WhaleFest 2019 | Longterm Monitoring of Humpback Whales | Episode 030

Published: Jan. 27, 2020, 6:32 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 33 seconds

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Blue Latitudes | Turning Oil Rigs into Coral Reefs! | Episode 029

Published: Jan. 20, 2020, midnight
Duration: 23 minutes 26 seconds

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Mayumi Arimitsu: Research Ecologist at WhaleFest 2019 | Why Are The Birds Dead? | Episode 028

Published: Jan. 12, 2020, 11:51 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 10 seconds

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Candace Chandra: Fresh Food Connect | Fighting Food Deserts | Episode 027

Published: Jan. 6, 2020, 1:31 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 52 seconds

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Rob Suryan: Research Ecologist at WhaleFest 2019 | Forage Fish in Hot Water! | Episode 026

Published: Dec. 30, 2019, 3:27 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 20 seconds

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Christian Fritz: K9s 4 Conservation | Turtle Sniffing Dogs | Episode 025

Published: Dec. 23, 2019, 12:29 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 42 seconds

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Jackie Hildering: The Marine Detective at WhaleFest 2019 | Positive Change | Episode 024

Published: Dec. 16, 2019, midnight
Duration: 30 minutes 48 seconds

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Guardians of the Kingdom at EarthX 2019 | The Power of VR Films | Episode 023

Published: Dec. 8, 2019, 8:25 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 30 seconds

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Janet Clarke: Sitka Sound Science Center, WhaleFest 2019 | Science For Everyone | Episode 022

Published: Dec. 1, 2019, 6:43 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 52 seconds

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Todd Tanner: Conservation Hawks | Hunters Love Nature | Episode 021

Published: Nov. 24, 2019, 3:08 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 22 seconds

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Keisha Bahr and Danny Coffey: Marine Researchers at WhaleFest 2019 | Coral Bleaching and Shark Tagging | Episode 020

Published: Nov. 17, 2019, 10:28 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 31 seconds

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Coming Soon: Season 2!

Published: Nov. 10, 2019, 10:41 p.m.
Duration: 55 seconds

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Glenn Prickett: Rock Creek Strategies | The Economic Value of Nature | Episode 019

Published: Oct. 6, 2019, 6:23 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 59 seconds

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Sarah Thompson & Daniel Morrow: San Antonio NISD | The Future of Aquatic Science | Episode 018

Published: Sept. 22, 2019, 4:33 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 19 seconds

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Don Hartsell: World Air League | A Race Around the World! | Episode 017

Published: Sept. 15, 2019, 7:19 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 34 seconds

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David Marquis: Dallas Activist | Beyond the March | Episode 016

Published: Sept. 8, 2019, 6:46 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 46 seconds

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REU Mini-Series: Episode 04 | Lilia Garcia, Pressley Wilson, Ana Silverio, & Jordan Penn | Boots in the Mud

Published: Sept. 1, 2019, 5:43 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 42 seconds

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Mark Victor Hansen, Crystal Hansen, & Preston Weekes of Metamorphosis Energy | From Soup to Solar | Episode 015

Published: Aug. 29, 2019, 5:51 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 47 seconds

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REU Mini-Series: Episode 02 | Jackson Eberwein, Jules Duran, & Katherine Mateos | A Whole Bag of Issues

Published: Aug. 18, 2019, 6:14 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 5 seconds

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Aislinn & Charley: Heirs to Our Oceans | A Rising Tide Around the Globe | Episode 014

Published: Aug. 15, 2019, 5:15 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 4 seconds

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REU Mini-Series: Episode 01 | Dr. Bob Podolsky & Dr. Heather Fullerton | Building Scientists

Published: Aug. 12, 2019, 12:59 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 29 seconds

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Dr. Mike Slattery: Environmental Scientist at TCU | Costa Rican Cloud Forests and South African Rhinos | Episode 012

Published: June 30, 2019, 3:47 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds

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Reef Life Foundation at EarthX | Using Underwater Architecture to Re-Grow Reefs | Episode 010

Published: May 30, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 10 seconds

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Energy Impact Partners at EarthX | Conservation Through Venture Capital | Episode 009

Published: May 23, 2019, 1:12 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 35 seconds

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Inland Ocean Coalition at EarthX | A Wave Sweeping The Country | Episode 006

Published: May 4, 2019, 5:39 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 13 seconds

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EarthX: The World's Largest Earth Day Celebration | Episode 005

Published: April 27, 2019, 2:28 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 48 seconds

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Dr. Paul Gayes: Coastal System Scientist | Floating Turbines and Changing Baselines | Episode 004

Published: April 21, 2019, 1:56 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 1 second

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Bonus Announcement: EarthX in Dallas!

Published: April 17, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 17 seconds

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Dr. Jody Beers: Integrative Physiologist | Hot Fish, Cold Fish, Changing Oceans | Episode 003

Published: April 14, 2019, 2:58 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 34 seconds

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Dr. Dave Eslinger: Citizen Scientist | Inland Oceanographers and Underwater Robots | Episode 002

Published: April 7, 2019, 4:16 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 45 seconds

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Dr. Gorka Sancho: Fish Ecologist | Surprise Sharks and Stinky Fishes | Episode 001

Published: March 31, 2019, 3:21 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 36 seconds

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Coming Soon, Conservation Connection!

Published: Feb. 14, 2019, 7:04 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 24 seconds

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