The Natural Laboratory

San Francisco Bay Area National Parks presents a collection on an array of environmentally-focused topics. Climate change and its affect on ecosystems and organisms is discussed frequently.

20 Episodes

Declining Fog in Coastal California
3/14/2013
5:27
Natural Laboratory: What is the role of fog along the California coast? How is the decline of fog affecting coast redwoods? Answers to these and similar questions are included in this audio file.
Searching for the Endangered Black Abalone in Northern California
3/14/2013
4:33
Natural Laboratory: Where have all the black abalone gone? How are scientists surveying the remaining population? Why are black abalones eating so much? Tune in for answers to these and related questions.
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Sustainability at Point Reyes National Seashore
3/14/2013
5:22
Natural Laboratory: What is being done at Point Reyes National Seashore to make it more sustainable? Tune in to find out.
Ocean Acidification: Where Will All the Seashells Go?
3/14/2013
8:46
Natural Laboratory: Due to higher carbon dioxide output, the oceans have become increasingly acidic. How is this acidity affecting marine organisms with shells? Tune in to find out.
Deep-Water Corals of Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
3/14/2013
4:43
Natural Laboratory: Tune in to find out how deep-water corals are beneficial to an array of different marine organisms and the factors that could harm the corals. Information is provided by experts at the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
Burning Ancient Life: The Geology of an Oil Reserve
3/14/2013
4:40
Natural Laboratory: What exactly are you pumping into your car each week? What is the relationship between fossils that took hundreds of millions of years to form and the products you consume daily? Tune in for answers to these and other related questions.
Birds on the Go: Climate Change and California's Feathered Friends
3/14/2013
5:23
Natural Laboratory: This audio file discusses how climate change is affecting birds and other species of animals and plants in California.
An Underground Answer to Greenhouse Gasses
3/14/2013
5:36
Natural Laboratory: Listen in to find out how soil is being restored to promote the growth of grass near Point Reyes National Seashore.
Death Cap Mushrooms at Point Reyes National Seashore
3/14/2013
5:06
Natural Laboratory: Non-native death cap mushrooms have been introduced at Point Reyes National Seashore and are affecting the ecosystem. Tune in to learn more about these mushrooms such as which species of trees they interact with and the dangers they pose to humans.
New Findings About Great White Sharks of the North Pacific
3/14/2013
5:05
Natural Laboratory: This audio file covers attracting great white sharks to boats so that they can be documented and tagged. They types of tags used are discussed as well as the migration patterns of the great white sharks found off the California coast.

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The Natural Laboratory

20 Episodes

Declining Fog in Coastal California

Searching for the Endangered Black Abalone in Northern California

Sustainability at Point Reyes National Seashore

Ocean Acidification: Where Will All the Seashells Go?

Deep-Water Corals of Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Burning Ancient Life: The Geology of an Oil Reserve

Birds on the Go: Climate Change and California's Feathered Friends

An Underground Answer to Greenhouse Gasses

Death Cap Mushrooms at Point Reyes National Seashore

New Findings About Great White Sharks of the North Pacific