Mar 22 Watch As Bangladesh’s Population Grows, Slum Dwellers Struggle For Clean Water Access Special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports on an innovative approach for getting water to slum dwellers in Bangladesh. The report is the latest in a series on global population issues in collaboration with National Geographic magazine and the Pulitzer Center on… Continue watching
Mar 22 Water Woes: Japan, Haiti and Kenya Among World’s Trouble Spots By Larisa Epatko In northeastern Japan, where people are still sifting through wreckage from the March 11 tsunami, more than a million households are without water. While in Haiti, health workers are scrambling to stave off a cholera epidemic. Still, in other parts… Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch News Wrap: Tokyo Stock Market Rebounds Amid Japan’s Recovery Efforts In other news Wednesday, the Tokyo stock market rebounded, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced new national limits on mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants. Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch In California, a Rescue Mission for ‘Iconic’ Franciscan Manzanita Plant California Works to Rescue Franciscan Manzanita Plant from Extinction… Continue watching
Mar 09 NewsHour Connect: Mass. Community Reacts to Living Near Wind Turbines Wind turbines, used around the world to provide energy, are often seen grouped together in wind farms in rural parts of Iowa, Texas and Nebraska. But as more towns build turbines to power their own electric grids, communities are reacting… Continue reading
Mar 07 Stellar Wormholes, Space Data and Supercooling Sodawater One Scientist's Dramatic Exodus from Libya The skull of a valuable ancient elephant-like animal is housed in the Sarayy al-Hamra fort in Tripoli, the former site of the Libyan Museum of Natural History. This piece includes the tale… Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch Go Fish? Not in Pacific Ocean Sanctuaries off California’s Coast The battle over dozens of no-fishing zones off the California coast. Continue watching
Feb 23 Scientists Forecast an Altered Ocean At the National Press Club Wednesday morning, scientists showed a video of an ocean teeming with wildlife: colorful coral, crabs, sea anemone and bright orange starfish. The video underscored some not-so-new, but still sobering, news. If trends continue… Continue reading
Feb 22 Predator Fish in Freefall; Anchovies and Sardines Taking Over "Humans have always fished. Even the ancestors of humans fished. The thing is, we've gotten so much better at it." That's how Reg Watson, a senior scientist at the University of British Columbia, opened a panel at the… Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch Oil Spill Probe Reveals Need to Balance Precautions, Profits Ray Suarez talks to the chairmen of the president's oil spill commission about how companies can adopt practices to lower the risk of another massive oil spill like the one that devastated the Gulf of Mexico. Continue watching