Synopsis
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.
Episodes
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Honoring the Needles of Yore
07/02/2020 Duration: 02minHarikuyo is a memorial service for the broken sewing needles of the past year, celebrated across Japan. 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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Window to the Past
06/02/2020 Duration: 03minGeologists reconstruct the climates of yore by looking at the types of clay minerals that are preserved. 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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A Trojan Horse Made of Clay
05/02/2020 Duration: 02minFooling cancer cells! 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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It Comes in Many Guises
04/02/2020 Duration: 02minWherever you may be right now, odds are you're not far from clay in one form or another. 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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Clay - Incredibly Useful
03/02/2020 Duration: 03minFrom porcelain to plastic! 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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Creator, Trickster, Thief
31/01/2020 Duration: 03minThrough trickery and ingenuity, ravens are surviving the winter in Alaska 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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Mystery Sound
30/01/2020 Duration: 03minIs it a bird? 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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A Call to Mate or a Call to Arms?
29/01/2020 Duration: 03minThe precise role of the humpback whale's song is unknown. 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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It Knocks a Great Hole in Winter
28/01/2020 Duration: 03minThe Up Helly Aa festival gives the people of the Shetland Islands a chance to torch a replica of a Viking galley. 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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Giant Pickles With Wings
27/01/2020 Duration: 02minThey might be the source of many ocean myths. 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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Elders of the Forest
24/01/2020 Duration: 02minThe wail of the Indri lemur signals the mating season of these primates that some tribes consider the ancestors of humans. 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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Loons Migrate
23/01/2020 Duration: 03minThe Common Loon, is anything but common, and they're on their way South. 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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Bison Winter at Yellowstone
22/01/2020 Duration: 02minEven the "chief of all animals" must struggle to survive the winter. 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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Champion Deep Divers
21/01/2020 Duration: 03minThey can dive continuously to depths of up to one mile! 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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Bullies on the Beach
20/01/2020 Duration: 02minWhat's 16 feet long, weighs up to two tons and monopolizes the sands of Ano Nuevo every year? 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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It May Sound Like a Harley, But..
17/01/2020 Duration: 02minThe voices of mating elephant seals on Ano Nuevo island. 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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Northern Elephant Seals Mate
16/01/2020 Duration: 02minSex, violence, and the two ton marine mammals. 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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Talk to Your Plants
15/01/2020 Duration: 02minWith the help of nanotechnology, one day we all may be able to communicate with our houseplants. 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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Nano-Agriculture
14/01/2020 Duration: 02minThe future of large scale agriculture may depend upon the use of very small scale nanoparticles. 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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Smart Sprays
13/01/2020 Duration: 02minCurrently only a fraction of the nutrients and pesticides applied to crops are actually benefiting the plants. 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