May 14, 2004, Hour Two: Deep-Sea Asphalt Life / The Spring Bug Show

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Hour Two: Deep-Sea Asphalt Life / The Spring Bug Show

After seventeen years in hibernation, Brood X (said "Brood Ten") cicadas are making an appearance across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states--and it might be the largest insect emergence on Earth. Several other broods also emerge this year. In this hour, our annual spring bug show emerges onto the airwaves. We'll talk about the cicadas, and about how another insect, the locust, shaped the development of the US.

Plus, deep sea asphalt isn't the barren wasteland that you might associate with manmade asphalt driveways and parking lots on land. We'll hear about natural deep sea asphalt flows and the creatures that live in, on, and around them. Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255 (3-4 Eastern), and share your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge (registration required).

Guests:
Ian MacDonald
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas

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Keith Clay
Professor, Biology
Director, IU Research and Teaching Preserve
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

Jeffrey Lockwood
Author, "Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier" (Basic Books, 2004)
Professor, Natural Sciences and Humanities
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming

Dan Century
Webmaster, www.cicadamania.com
Metuchen, New Jersey

This segment produced by Karin Vergoth and Erica Altman

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Books/Articles Discussed:

"Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier" by Jeffrey Lockwood. Basic Books, 2004.

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