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Attention citizen scientists: We need your help watching the way the world changes! For nature, timing is everything. So how does climate change affect the timing of things like flowers blooming and animals migrating, and why is this so important? Learn more, and find out how YOU can help us by observing the world around you from USGS scientist Jake Weltzin, Director of the National Phenology Network. (9:46) | Transcript/Links | Download directly (9.02 MB) (right-click to save) |
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The USGS and the Coast Salish Tribal Nation have partnered during the annual Tribal Canoe Journey to study and help improve resources of the Salish Sea. This final episode in the Corecast Tribal Journey gives an overview of the journey, including a look at preliminary results and additional short video clips and commentary as they paddle through the San Juan Islands and British Columbia (in the Transcript section). Also available in: YouTube | MPG/WMV (152.84 MB) | QuickTime (42.95 MB) | Audio only (6.13 MB) (6:41) | Transcript/Links | Download directly (42.95 MB) (right-click to save) |
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Millions of pounds of lead used in hunting, fishing, and shooting sports wind up in the environment each year and can threaten or kill wildlife, according to a new scientific report. Sarah Gerould, head of the USGS's Contaminant Biology Program, talks with Dr. Barnett Ratter, a USGS scientist at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and a co-author of the new report, about the ways lead is affecting wildlife and their habitats. This episode includes images and video. Also available in: (11:25) | Transcript/Links | Download directly (22.88 MB) (right-click to save) |
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Water quality in the Salish Sea will be measured during the Coast Salish annual summer canoe voyage, the Tribal Journey. This project will blend traditional knowledge of the Coast Salish People with USGS science in an effort to help improve management of ancestral waters experiencing environmental decline. (7:01) | Transcript/Links | Download directly (6.50 MB) (right-click to save) |
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Three scientists talk about lesser-known topics that were brought to light in the media in 2007 by the USGS Science Picks, including the loss of coastal wetlands, leaping carp, and evolutionary teamwork. We also preview CoreFacts, the quick science Q & A we'll offer every weekday starting February 4th. Subscribe at www.usgs.gov.podcasts. (16:29) | Transcript/Links | Download directly (15.17 MB) (right-click to save) |
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Biologist Robert Fisher tells a troubling tale of how wildfire in Southern California has disrupted the lives of frogs, shrews, fish, and salamanders (despite the latter's mythical fondness of flame). (10:15) | Transcript/Links | Download directly (9.46 MB) (right-click to save) |
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We talk with Carl Schreck, USGS biologist, on the effects humans are having on aquatic life by introducing chemicals and waste products into lakes and streams. How do these contaminants affect aquatic species' reproductive systems, metabolism, mood, growth development, and more? Listen to find out. (10:58) | Transcript/Links | Download directly (10.04 MB) (right-click to save) |
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