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 24 Farmers, How Have You Been Affected by Climate Change? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Farmers, how have changes in your local climate affected your agricultural business? Bill Couser inspects one of the first fields he planted with corn in mid-April on his farm near Nevada, Iowa. (Sarah McCammon for Harvest Public Media) The U.S. Continue reading
May 03 Are You Smarter Than a 10th Grader on Climate Change? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Think you understand climate science better than the average American teen? On the PBS NewsHour this week we've been focusing on how climate change is taught in the classroom. But you can test your knowledge with this climate quiz:… Continue reading
May 02 Recap a Live Chat on How to Teach Climate Change in the Classroom By News Desk // Watch the full segment on teaching climate change from Wednesday's broadcast above. Post updated 6 p.m. ET May 3. For the first time, national science standards will include guidelines on how to teach climate change kindergarten through 12th grade… Continue reading
May 01 Climate in the Classroom: Teachers Share Their Stories By Saskia de Melker This week, the PBS NewsHour will report on one teacher's struggles to teach climate change in her Colorado classroom. This comes as the National Academies Press is preparing to roll out new national science standards for kindergarten through 12th grade. Continue reading
Apr 23 Geoscientist Bungee Jumps to Imitate Shifting Climate By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // Richard Alley has taken an extreme leap -- off a really high bridge -- to demonstrate how drastically the Earth's climate is shifting. In one of two installments of the PBS series "Earth: The Operators' Manual,"… Continue reading
Apr 11 Citizen Scientists Track Rain Drop by Drop By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy *Jim Ridgley checks his rain gauge outside his house in Frederick, Md. Photo by Rebecca Jacobson.* Inside Jim Ridgley's living room in Frederick, Md., the fire station scanner chatters nonstop and the AM radio buzzes with weather reports. A hand-held… Continue reading
Apr 09 Feeling the Heat: March Shattered Temperature Records Across U.S. By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // A day-by-day animation of the daily temperature records tied or broken in March 2012. Over 15,000 records were broken. This March was the warmest ever in the continental United States, measuring on average a staggering 8.6 degrees Fahrenheit hotter… Continue reading