Mar 20 Coping With Climate Change: Texas Water Woes By Saskia de Melker The drought in Texas has put an unprecedented strain on the state's already tenuous water supply. In the face of continued climate uncertainty and a growing population, Texas communities face the stark reality of a future without enough water. Continue reading
Mar 19 Texas Dispatch: ‘Cloud Juice’ Is One Man’s Solution to the Drought By Saskia de Melker This week, the NewsHour will be looking at water shortages in Texas as part of our new series, Coping with Climate Change. You can watch our report from Texas on Thursday's NewsHour broadcast, and take a look at our second… Continue reading
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 07 O No! Climate Change Shortens Canada’s Pond Hockey Season By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa, the world's largest natural frozen skating rink, had to close before March 1 this year, making its skating season a short 28 days; Flickr photo courtesy National Capital Commission The Rideau Canal, which… Continue reading
Mar 06 Plants Boldly Go Where They’ve Never Gone Before By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The interactive USDA Plant Hardiness Map allows users to view the plants most likely to thrive in any U.S. region. Image by United States Department of Agriculture. Chihuahuan desert plants like autumn sage, hummingbird mints, and desert willow… Continue reading
Feb 21 Climate Expert Assumed False Identity to Obtain Documents Photo by Getty Images. Fallout over internal memos that were leaked from the conservative Heartland Institute rattled the climate world again this week, when a climate researcher confessed to lying in order to obtain and distribute them. Continue reading
Aug 11 Drought Monitor Tracks Extreme Heat Across the Nation EmbedVideo(1224, 482, 304); Record heat and dry conditions continue to plague large parts of the United States this summer. While the south central region of the United States has been hit especially hard, more than 30 percent of… Continue reading
Aug 01 New Widget Tracks Record-Breaking High Temperatures EMBED THIS: » View All High Temperature Records On July 22, thermometers in Newark, N.J., peaked at a staggering 108 degrees,… Continue reading
Jul 28 NewsHour Connect: Heat Wave Imperils Midwest Agriculture By Justin Scuiletti // Temperatures have been rising in the Midwest this summer -- and with them, food prices may also be heading upward. As heat waves have been blanketing much of the nation in temperatures over 100 degrees, agriculture has been… Continue reading