Mar 07 O No! Climate Change Shortens Canada’s Pond Hockey Season By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa, the world's largest natural frozen skating rink, had to close before March 1 this year, making its skating season a short 28 days; Flickr photo courtesy National Capital Commission The Rideau Canal, which… Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch Nature Photographer Captures Biodiversity on Film Hari interviews nature photographer Joel Sartore about his biodiversity project… Continue watching
Mar 06 Plants Boldly Go Where They’ve Never Gone Before By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The interactive USDA Plant Hardiness Map allows users to view the plants most likely to thrive in any U.S. region. Image by United States Department of Agriculture. Chihuahuan desert plants like autumn sage, hummingbird mints, and desert willow… Continue reading
Mar 05 Watch Snow, Cold Hinder Midwest’s Recovery Efforts After Tornadoes The National Weather Service confirmed 51 tornadoes across 11 states from Friday into early Saturday, from the Great Lakes spreading south of the Gulf Coast and as far east as Georgia and the Carolinas. Hari Sreenivasan reports on cleanup efforts… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch Deadly Tornadoes Symptomatic of Strong ‘Transition Season’ Weather Deadly Tornadoes Symptomatic of Strong 'Transition Season' Weather… Continue watching
Mar 01 Coral Sex Just Got a Little More Interesting Coral eggs are rich in waxy fat, which provides energy during development, and buoyancy, helping them float to the ocean surface during spawning. Photo by Heyward & Negri, AIMS Once a year, shortly after a full moon, many… Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch Ethiopia: A Battle for Land and Water A controversial resettlement program in Ethiopia is the latest battleground in the global race to secure prized farmland and water. Correspondent Cassandra Herrman reports as part of the Food for 9 Billion series, a NewsHour partnership with the Center for… Continue watching
Feb 28 When the Ocean Gets Choppy, Corals Clone By Jenny Marder A team of Australian scientists have that corals can clone in a similar way that humans eggs split to create identical twins. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch The Healing Power of Music An unconventional approach to recovery and coping, music therapy is a field of medicine capturing new attention due to its role in helping Gabrielle Giffords recover from a gunshot. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the versatility of music in a… Continue watching
Feb 27 Just Ask: Could Sonar Be Responsible for Cape Cod Dolphin Strandings? By Noreen Nasir Nearly 180 dolphins have been found stranded this winter on the shores of Cape Cod. Image by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Last week, we posted a story on the unusually high number of dolphins that have been… Continue reading