Jun 29 Through Smoke and Flame: Views of the Colorado Wildfire Here are some facts about the wildfires in Colorado: They've gutted 347 homes, damaged 125,000 acres and forced the evacuation of 35,000 people. Fires in the Southwest forced the closure of part of Zion National Park. Some 20,000 homes remain… Continue reading
Jun 20 Wildfires Where You Live: Share Your Photos and Stories The High Park fire west of Fort Collins, Colo. is being called one of the worst fires in Colorado history. At over 296,000 acres, the wildfire still raging in New Mexico is the worst in the state's history. As… Continue reading
Jun 05 Louisiana Fishermen Pioneer Floating Architecture By Saskia de Melker // Raccourci Old River is known as one of the best fishing spots in Point-Coupee Parish, Louisiana. This community of more than 400 homes draws flocks of fishermen who spend days on the water and docks reeling in crappie, bluegill,… Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch In Louisiana, Rising Seas Threaten Native Americans' Land Native Americans' tribal lands along the Louisiana coast are washing away as sea levels rise and marshes sink. Part of our Coping with Climate Change series, Hari Sreenivasan reports from Isle de Jean Charles, a community that is slowly disappearing… Continue watching
Jun 01 Native Lands Wash Away as Sea Levels Rise In collaboration with Louisiana Public Broadcasting, the PBS NewsHour examines the vanishing coastline of Louisiana and the effect it's having on the native tribes who live there. This report is part of our series Coping with Climate Change. Continue reading
Jun 01 Coping with Climate Change: Louisiana's Vanishing Coast By Saskia de Melker There are few places in America that are as vulnerable to climate change as Isle de Jean Charles in coastal Louisiana, which has been home for generations of native tribes. The island is on the frontlines of erosion, saltwater intrusion… Continue reading
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 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