Jan 30 Scientist Seeks Connection Between Fire and Ice in Greenland At this part of the ice sheet in Greenland, where the loss of winter snow during each melt season exposes dirty bare ice, the surface reflectivity drops from 85 percent to 30 percent, Box found in one of… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch San Francisco on Track to Become Zero Waste City San Francisco is trying to become the first city with zero waste. By requiring residents and businesses to separate compostable items such as food scraps, as well as recyclable items, NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports that the city has already… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch How Will Obama Address Economy, Equality and Partisanship in Second Term? How Will Obama Address Economy, Equality and Partisanship in Second Term?… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch ‘We Are Made for This Moment’: Obama’s Address Stressed Equality, Fairness 'We Are Made for This Moment': Obama's Address Stressed Equality, Fairness… Continue watching
Dec 21 2012’s Wild Weather Passes 2011 Billion-Dollar Disaster Record By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Aerial view of the damage from Superstorm Sandy over the Atlantic Coast in Seaside Heights, New Jersey October 31. Sandy was one of 11 billion-dollar disasters to hit the U.S. this year. Pool Photo by Doug Mills via Reuters. Frankenstorm… Continue reading
Dec 21 Remembering a Year of Wild Weather By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Wild winds, a searing drought, fires and a superstorm -- 2012 was a year of unusual and devastating natural disasters. These photos show what those erratic weather patterns meant for millions of Americans. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch Battleground Dispatches: Norfolk Readies for Future Storms, Sea Level Rise Battleground Dispatches: Norfolk Readies for Future Storms, Sea Level Rise… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch Endangered Coral Reefs Die as Ocean Temperatures Rise and Water Turns Acidic Endangered Coral Reefs Die as Ocean Temperatures Rise and Water Turns Acidic… Continue watching
Dec 05 Coral Reefs and Shellfish Battle Acidifying Oceans The world's ocean are absorbing carbon dioxide at an unprecedented rate and the resulting acidification is already altering marine ecosystems. We look at how ocean acidification is affecting shellfish and coral reefs. Continue reading
Dec 05 Ocean Acidification: The Other Carbon Problem By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Scientists call ocean acidification "the other carbon problem." When the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, it raises the pH of the water making it acidic. That shift makes sea animals' shell brittle, which makes a huge difference to… Continue reading