Aug 08 Watch Japan May Create Frozen Ground Barrier to Stop Radioactive Leak in Fukushima Since an earthquake and tsunami shattered the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in 2011, radioactive water has been pouring into the sea off the coast of Japan at a rate of 300 tons per day. Jeffrey Brown reports on the revelation… Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch Tempers May Flare and Conflicts Rise as Climate Change Heats Up, Study Finds Tempers May Flare and Conflicts Rise as Climate Change Heats Up, Study Finds… Continue watching
Aug 07 Rustling River Monsters for Science It takes six scientists to catch one hellbender salamander: three to lift the rock, two to hold the fishing nets, and one to dive underwater and grab the creature. Then, holding on is its own challenge, because the animals ooze… Continue reading
Aug 05 How the World's 'Most Biodiverse Place' Could Be Ransomed for Oil Money Huaorani Indians in Yasuni National Park carry the bushmeat they've killed with their blowgun -- including three howler monkeys and one coati. Photo by Danita Delimont via Getty Images. Editor's note: This piece is part of a collaboration on… Continue reading
Aug 05 Snapshot of Species in Ecuador's Yasuni National Park By Larisa Epatko Yasuni National Park in western Ecuador hosts a vast variety of critters from carnivorous caterpillars to pygmy monkeys as small as your hand. The Ecuadoran government is hoping the park's unique quilt of animal and plant species, not to mention… Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch Pacific Northwest Weighs Environmental Risks of Cashing in on Coal Export Market Pacific Northwest Weighs Environmental Risks of Cashing in on Coal Export Market… Continue watching
Jul 29 Oceans Rise With Every Liter of Fuel Burned, Study Warns A new analysis released today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences includes these mind-numbing statistics: One single liter of petroleum gas burned may add 647 liters of sea volume. One ton of coal… Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch A Look Around the Ruins of Fukushima, Where Radiation Still Poses Danger A Look Around the Ruins of Fukushima, Where Radiation Still Poses Danger… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch Halliburton Admits Destroying Evidence in 'Grim Sorting Out' of Gulf Spill Blame Halliburton Admits Destroying Evidence in 'Grim Sorting Out' of Gulf Spill Blame… Continue watching
Jul 12 A Look Into a River's Past By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy California has funded scientists from the San Francisco Estuary Institute to reconstruct an image of the San Joaquin Delta’s pre-Spanish landscape. They layer navigational charts, government land surveys, drawings, photographs, and journals to paint detailed picture of the Delta ecosystem… Continue reading