Mar 15 Two Hopeful Signs for Americans with Disabilities As the mother of a son with disabilities, I try to keep an eye out for news that affects people in the large community of which he is a part. Today, I spotted two that can potentially spell positive news… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch Report: NYC, Southern Calif. Among Big Targets of Accelerating Sea Level Rise Report: NYC, Southern Calif. Among Big Targets of Accelerating Sea Level Rise… Continue watching
Mar 14 Will Your City Be Underwater? There’s a Map for That By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Click on the map above for an interactive version. Will your city or county be flooded by 2020? By 2050? Now there's a map for that. As many as 3.7 million U.S. residents in 2,150 coastal… Continue reading
Mar 14 Tell Us Your Climate Change Stories By Saskia de Melker A lone daffodil flower stood out amid the other withered daffodils in London's St James's Park in April 2011. Daffodils bloomed unusually early in London last year due to the coldest December in 100 years followed by a warm and… Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch Dissecting Prose and Squid With Biologist, Poet Katherine Larson Dissecting Prose and Squid With Biologist/Poet Katherine Larson… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch Fukushima’s Food Fallout: Testing Groceries for Radiation in Japan Fukushima's Food Fallout: Testing Groceries for Radiation in Japan… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch In Oregon, Rare ‘Snowstorm’ of Pine Butterflies Takes Toll on Forests In Oregon, Rare 'Snowstorm' of Pine Butterflies Takes Toll on Forests… Continue watching
Mar 12 In Japan, Nuclear Cleanup May Be Mission: Impossible By News Desk // In the second installment of a three-part series on Japan's recovery, Miles O'Brien reports on Japanese residents who are struggling to clean up contaminated farms, roads and school yards after the massive earthquake, tsunami and resulting nuclear disaster struck… Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch After 500 Years in Family, Rice Farmers Forced Off Land by Fukushima One year after an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, the country is still trying to recover and decontaminate land and buildings from partial meltdowns of three Fukushima nuclear reactors. In his second report from the region, science correspondent Miles O'Brien… Continue watching
Mar 09 Fukushima Survivor: I Want ‘To Breathe Freely Again’ EmbedVideo(2889, 482, 304); Nuclear technician Carl Pillitteri was one of 38 Americans at the Fukushima nuclear power plant when an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan's eastern coast and triggered a radiation leak at the reactor. It's taken Pillitteri… Continue reading