Geo Quiz

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Our daily geography puzzler.

Geo answer

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For today’s Geo Quiz we were looking for the name of the huge vortex in the Pacific that’s been accumulating massive amounts of trash. The answer is the North Pacific Ocean Gyer. A team from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego is visiting the site. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Scripps graduate student Miriam Goldstein about what’s been dubbed the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”

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Tarzan goes to Paris

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We end today’s show with a visit to an exhibit at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris. It’s a look at Tarzan of the Apes. Correspondent Genevieve Oger checks it out.

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Today’s Geo Quiz might have a bit of a smell. Far off the coast of North America there’s a huge spot where the Pacific Ocean swirls around and around…

Music Heard on Air for August 21, 2009

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Botnets, Steam-Powered Car, Creative Commons Flamenco, and…Zombies

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You want zombies? Well, we’ve got them this week. Some researchers at the University of Ottawa are using a (theoretical, mind you) zombie attack to study disease vectors. Also, botnets, the Russia and Georgia cyber-spat, and a steam powered car. Plus, a deliciously free concoction of flamenco, hip-hop and creative commons.

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