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
Apr 02 An Interactive History of the Texas Drought By Saskia de Melker Click on the map above for an interactive version. Recently, PBS NewsHour reported from Texas in collaboration with the public media project StateImpact Texas to look at how dry conditions have caused towns to struggle with extreme… Continue reading
Mar 23 Do You Worry About Access to Water? By Saskia de Melker Kids play in a fountain in downtown Seattle; Creative Commons photo courtesy Flickr user clogozm The extreme drought and record-breaking temperatures across the Southwest have highlighted crucial issues with the region's water supply system. As the population grows and… Continue reading
Mar 23 Before and After: Images of the Southwest Drought From Space By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy This week, the NewsHour is looking at water shortages in Texas as part of our new series, Coping with Climate Change. Watch our story from Texas and see all of our posts here. The severe drought… Continue reading