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.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 3 minutes
- Episodes
- 1777
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
The Biggest Day
"Forget about your job, your worries, your bills.."
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00:02:30 |
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Feast Before Fast
The roots of Mardi Gras run deeper than Christianity.
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00:02:30 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Oasis
Headphones on! Picture being under a palm tree next to a burbling brook in the middle of California's Anza-Borrego desert.
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00:02:30 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Immunizing Plants
Scientists are finding ways to help plants absorb fertilizers and nutrients more efficiently.
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00:02:30 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Sandhill Cranes - Captive Breeding
Keeping rare birds home on the range.
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00:02:30 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Mississippi's Sandhill Cranes
Up close with one of the rarest bird populations in North America.
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00:02:30 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Ice Boats
When the weather's been cold and the Hudson River freezes over, that's when ice boats may be sailing on the river.
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00:02:30 |
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Aussie Birds
Australia is home to about one tenth of the world's living bird species. Here's a sampling of a few of them - headphones on!
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00:02:30 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Mt. Lewis Wind
Headphones on for a sound portrait of a cloud forest.
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00:02:30 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
A Drop in the Bucket
It's sugaring time in the northeast woods of the US.
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00:02:30 |
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Snoozing Through Birth
For bears in hibernation, giving birth and nursing newborns is a slumberous activity.
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00:02:30 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Like a Waking Sleep
Bears have unique mechanisms for self-preservation during their months of hibernation.
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Fri 14 Feb 2025
Scat, Hair and Other Signs
Grizzly bear tracking usually involves splitting a few hairs.
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00:02:30 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Tracking Grizzlies
Are Grizzly bears returning to the mountains of Montana?
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00:02:30 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Creator, Trickster, Thief
Through trickery and ingenuity, ravens are surviving the winter in Alaska
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00:02:30 |
Tue 11 Feb 2025
A Call to Mate or a Call to Arms?
The precise role of the humpback whale's song is unknown.
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00:02:30 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
Honoring the Needles of Yore
Harikuyo is a memorial service for the broken sewing needles of the past year, celebrated across Japan.
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00:02:30 |
Sat 08 Feb 2025
Giant Pickles With Wings
They might be the source of many ocean myths.
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00:02:30 |
Fri 07 Feb 2025
Elders of the Forest
The wail of the Indri lemur signals the mating season of these primates that some tribes consider the ancestors of humans.
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00:02:30 |
Thu 06 Feb 2025
Loons Migrate
The Common Loon is anything but common, and they're on their way South.
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00:02:30 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
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