May 16 Recycled water in Arizona staves off drought By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The city of Tucson expects to use up its drinkable water by 2030. Civil engineers are redesigning the city's water system to recycle waste water to use every last drop. Continue reading
May 12 Watch Ice sheet in Antarctica has melted past ‘point of no return,’ NASA says By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 09 Watch Shields and Brooks on primary points for GOP, politics of climate policy By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 06 Watch White House report warns how climate change will directly influence the lives of Americans By PBS News Hour In its most comprehensive report on climate change yet, the White House forecasts the likely, negative effects facing each of the eight regions in the U.S., from drought in the Southwest, to stronger storms in the Northeast. The administration is… Continue watching
May 06 Effects of climate change projected to worsen across the U.S., federal study finds By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Global warming is rapidly turning America the beautiful into America the stormy, sneezy and dangerous, according to a new federal scientific report. And those shining seas? Rising and costly, the report says. Climate change’s assorted harms “are expected… Continue reading
May 05 Feds fund research to create a climate-proof chicken By Joshua Barajas Researchers believe that the key to feeding a growing global population is a chicken that can take the heat. A team of scientists from the University of Delaware studied the genetic makeup of the African naked-neck chicken and whether its… Continue reading
Apr 30 As Pacific acidifies, ‘sea butterflies’ are quickly losing their shells By Elizabeth Shell Scientists have known for some time that shells of the tiniest sea life have been dissolving due to an increasingly polluted ocean. Pteropods, ocean-dwelling snails roughly the size of a thumbnail, have been dubbed by some the "… Continue reading
Apr 23 Where do U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come from? By Elizabeth Shell Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says that about one tenth of America's greenhouse gas emissions come from the agriculture industry. "Everyone assumes what's happening globally is happening nationally," Vilsack said Tuesday, according to The Des Moines Register's report. "Clearly, there… Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch Potential to revive extinct animals raises ethical questions By PBS News Hour Researchers are working to bring back extinct animals like the woolly mammoth and passenger pigeon, operating under the belief that reviving such species could restore vanishing habitats. But many biologists suggest these efforts should focus on endangered, rather than extinct,… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch As another report urges action, how can U.S. overcome obstacles to effective climate policy? By PBS News Hour Continue watching