May 31 Louisiana Islander: Water Is 'Closing in on Us' By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // On Friday, the NewsHour will report on how subsidence, rising seas and storms have battered coastal Louisiana's Isle de Jean Charles, an island that has been home to Native tribes since the 1800s. As a preview to the… Continue reading
May 31 Watch Doris Naquin on her Sinking Island Home interview excerpts from erosion Louisiana story… Continue watching
May 30 Watch Flame: Trying to Unravel the Mystery of 'Sophisticated' Spying Malware Flame: Trying to Unravel the Mystery of 'Sophisticated' Spying Malware… Continue watching
May 30 Watch Coastal Geoscientist Explains Sinking State of Louisiana Interview with Torbjorn Tornqvist, Tulane University on sea level rise and subsidence… Continue watching
May 30 Why Louisiana Is Sinking By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // On the NewsHour this week, we will be covering how rising sea levels are threatening people who live on the fragile Louisiana Delta. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Torbjörn Törnqvist, a coastal geoscientist at Tulane University who studies the… Continue reading
May 29 Floating Architecture: Finding Ways to Live With Rising Water By Saskia de Melker There is a saying that "God made the world, but the Dutch made Holland." And for centuries, the Dutch have built different types of barriers to hold back rising water and allow for development. But as sea levels continue to… Continue reading
May 28 Floating Architecture: Preparing for a Life on Water By Saskia de Melker As the climate continues to change, scientists are predicting more precipitation, flooding and rising seas across the globe. In response, there is a growing movement in architecture and design to create homes and other buildings that would allow people to… Continue reading
May 25 Watch Are U.S. Nuclear Plants Ready for a Fukushima-Like Meltdown? When Chairman Gregory Jaczko resigned from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week, reports suggested it was linked to battles within the commission over safety requirements. In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Miles O'Brien reports on how government regulators… Continue watching
May 25 International Space Station Catches 'Dragon by the Tail' "Looks like we've got us a dragon by the tail," announced NASA astronaut Don Pettit as the International Space Station's robotic arm reached out and grabbed the SpaceX Dragon capsule Friday morning. Since the Dragon capsule launched from Cape… Continue reading
May 25 Watch News Wrap: International Space Station Grasps SpaceX 'Dragon' Capsule In other news Friday, the unmanned SpaceX "Dragon" spacecraft was captured by the International Space Station's robot arm in a rendezvous high over Australia. In Syria, anti-government activists reported an army assault killed at least 50 people in the central… Continue watching