Jan 18 2017, a year of extreme disasters, was also one of the hottest on record By Rashmi Shivni Scientists worry that the extreme weather events seen in 2017 will only get worse as the planet heats up. Continue reading
Jan 17 Reporter's Notebook: Waiting in the dark for sea turtles to nest By Lorna Baldwin To find a sea turtle as she lay her nest, we had a few rules to follow. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch 8:54 Cracking down on poaching with 3D-printed fake turtle eggs By John Yang One of the world’s most endangered species, the sea turtle, is under threat from human encroachment and poaching. But a conservation biologist has developed a strategy that could help save them. By placing 3D-printed eggs with GPS trackers in nesting… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 3:41 This graveyard gives scientists insight into lives of stranded dolphins By Teresa Carey In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a group of citizen scientists use a dolphin graveyard to uncover how the majestic mammals live. The NewsHour's Teresa Carey reports. Continue watching
Jan 16 The 16 'billion dollar disasters' of 2017 By Jennifer Hijazi Three massive hurricanes, severe storms and wildfires across the U.S. caused more than $306 billion in damage last year, making 2017 the most expensive year for climate disasters on record. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 6:50 Why shareholders are pushing Apple to study smartphone effects on kids By PBS News Hour Smartphones have changed the way kids live and interact, prompting growing concerns about the consequences. In January, two of Apple's big shareholders called on the maker of the iPhone to come up with ways for parents to restrict their kids'… Continue watching
Jan 14 Puerto Rico energy authority investigates dozens of post-Maria bribery cases By Nsikan Akpan The employees under investigation are accused of requesting money in exchange for restoring energy to houses or businesses, as Puerto Rico continues to recover from Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. Continue reading
Jan 12 Excess carbon is making freshwater lakes more acidic -- at triple the rate of oceans By Teresa Carey A new study by Ruhr University aquatic biologists shows that freshwater acidification may be catching up -- and even surpassing -- ocean acidification in a race that may harm essential parts of the food chain -- like water fleas --… Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 1:49 The bomb cyclone turned Nantucket waves into Slurpee slush By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, cold weather created a rare phenomenon on the beach in Nantucket, Massachusetts, when last week's bomb cyclone pummeled the East Coast. The NewsHour's Nsikan Akpan explains why some brave souls got a… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 7:49 Boston plans for climate change's promise of more storms. Will it be enough? By Miles O'Brien An epic nor'easter, a full moon high tide and a rising sea all conspired to swallow up Boston with an icy cold winter flood. What has been a somewhat rare event is believed in the coming years to become much… Continue watching