A lot of times interviews with scientists can get pretty technical and dry. For radio, it's great when they let their personality and excitement show through. Here, Cate Heneghan from NASA describes as she takes off in a small plane to do snow research in Tahoe. The rest of the story is here: http://blogs.kqed.org/science/audio/airborne-lasers-yield-better-measure-of-californias-water-supply/

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Clear Lake is one of the biggest lakes in California and one of the oldest in North America. And there are a lot of birds there.

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