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Western Colorado's Weekly Nature and Science Update. Rain & Shine is a regional weekly nature and science short-form podcast that explores how the planet works and how we work with the planet. At three to five minutes, these bitesize episodes seeks to inspire awe for the natural world and provide basic science education for people of all ages. Episodes are based off questions asked by the public, or friends and family, and are purposefully designed to invoke curiosity and place the listener in a familiar context. Episodes include a written summary and linked citations, and may be used as school curriculum, or as stand-alone pieces for public entertainment and education. Rain & Shine is excited to be joining forces with The Learning Council and to now be available free for all western Colorado public radio stations.CONTACT: Email us at rainshineweekly@gmail.com and find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RainShinePodcasthttps://thelearningcouncil.org/rain-and-shine/
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Snowmelt Fed Springs
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May 21, 2026 |
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145: Feeding the World
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May 13, 2026 |
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144: Digestive Grief
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May 07, 2026 |
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143: Gratitude for the Kropps
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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141: All the Blossoms Everywhere All at Once
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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140: A Time of Great Change
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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139: Reflected Earth Shine
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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138: Eyeshine
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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137: Bears Oh My!
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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135: We Are All GeoEngineers (Part 2)
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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135: We Are All GeoEngineers (Part 1)
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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134: Wild Neighbors
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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133: A Wish for the New Year
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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132: Snowpack December 2025
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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131: Deer Friends
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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130: Aurora 2025
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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129: The "Beaver Moon"
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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128: Anti Antimicrobials
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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127: The Rain is Back!
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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126: Resilient AF
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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125: The (Lady) Bug Report
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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124: The Decline of the Insects
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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123: Heat
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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122: Water Recyclers!
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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The Western Water Assessment (Part 2)
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May 28, 2025 |
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120: The Western Water Assessment (Part 1)
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May 21, 2025 |
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119: Rehydrating Arid Lands
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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118: Get Those Cisterns Ready
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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117: Something Has Changed
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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116: Water The Mountains!
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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115: The Other Half of the Colorado River
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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114: Water and Fire and Wind Oh My!
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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113: Snowylocks
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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112: A Trip Around The Sun
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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111: Supply Chains
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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110: Darkness
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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109: The First Snow Report 2024
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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108: The Global Water Cycle Part 2
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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107: The Global Water Cycle Part 1
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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106: The Lily & The Rose
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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105: Tomato Season
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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104: Spinning
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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103: Harvest Festivals
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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102: Hurricane Deso
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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101: Precious & Precarious
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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100: Heat
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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99: Slow, foxes!
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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98: The Wild West of Weather
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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97: Early Monsoons
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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96: Hopper Patrol
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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95: Hunger
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May 31, 2024 |
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94: A Digression on Phosphorus
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May 22, 2024 |
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93: Mid-May Snowpack
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May 16, 2024 |
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92: Ode to Spring Rain
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May 02, 2024 |
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91: Migration & Light Pollution
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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90: Spring Foraging
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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89: New Moon
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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88: Eclipse Season
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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87: How A Star Is Born
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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86: Let's Make It Rain
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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85: Made of Stardust
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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84: The Temperature of Light
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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83: Bear PSA
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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82: Holy Hotness Batman
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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81: Another Snow Report
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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80: January Snow Report
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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79: The Abundance of Life
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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78: Consider the Wind
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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77: Cides
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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76: The Science of Nature
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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75: A Season For Change
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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74: Soil Wealth Part 2
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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73: Soil Wealth
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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72: Colorado Wine Country [Part 2: West Elks AVA]
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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71: Colorado Wine Country [Part 1: Grand Valley AVA]
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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70: Finding Your North Star
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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69: Bee-dauchery
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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68: Hopperpocalypse
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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67: Kernza
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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66: Record Highs (Worldwide)
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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65: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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64: It's Lavender Season
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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63: Cottonwoods
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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62: Rivers & Roads, Every Body Needs to Move!
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May 31, 2023 |
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61: CDOT update on Highway 133 & a temp bridge
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May 25, 2023 |
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60: Flood Factors
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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59: The Moon Calls The Holiday
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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58: Colorado Winds
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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57: Ditches (Part 2)
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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56: Ditches (Part 1)
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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55: Astrological Cycles
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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54: Mountains & Micro Climates
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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53: Micro Climates Part 1
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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52: Snowbow
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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51: Where Carbon Goes, Water Flows
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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50: Weather Vocab—Climate Change Edition
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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49: What The Actual Weather?
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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48: Circadian Rhythms
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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47: Chill Hours [Thank you, Amber!]
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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46: Dec Snow Pack Stats
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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45: The Bug Case
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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44: Guiana Fowl Rooster Peacock [Encore]
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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43: Climate Change Part 1
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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42: La Nina Trecera Vez
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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41: Why Green Tomatoes?
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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40: Blue Ash Aphids
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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39: Wooly Bears
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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38: Bear Aware!
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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37: Leaf Peeping Season
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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36: Sunflowers
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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17: The Avian Flu
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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16: Wind in Western Colorado
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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15: The Smell of Spring and Taste of Sourdough, The Wonderful Work of Microbes!
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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14: March Snow Pack, Summer Soil Moisture
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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13: Sandhill Cranes
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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12: Snowpack 2022
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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11: Drought & Castor Canadensis
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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10: Water Quality
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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08: The Good Side of Cold
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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09: Pollution—An Element Out of Place
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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06: Drought Conditions
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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07: Snowpack 2022
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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05: Stars
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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04: Snowflakes
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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03: The Moon
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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02: To La Niña or Not La Niña?
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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01: Guiana Fowl Rooster Peacock
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Nov 25, 2021 |