Jun 27 Tsunami Dock Carries Invaders to Oregon By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Remnants of the 2011 Japan tsunami have started to arrive on the western shores of North America, posing new challenges to beach clean up, like a 165-ton industrial pier that made its way to Agate Beach in Oregon. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch Tropical Storm Debby Saturates Florida, Extreme Heat Fans Fires in Colorado Tropical Storm Debby Saturates Florida, Extreme Heat Fans Fires in Colorado… Continue watching
Jun 22 Families Struggle to Recover Long After Wildfires Are Out Patti McMillan standing outside her shop in Red Feather Lakes, Colo., where the recent fire has driven away customers. Courtesy: Tom Bearden. Every few years massive fires sweep through America's western forests, turning green mountainsides black. Over… Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch After the Fire: Texas Residents Reflect on Damage, Loss Texas, wildfire, Bastrop, recovery, NewsHour, student reporting lab, Bastrop County Complex… Continue watching
May 23 ‘Dear World, From Joplin With Love’ By Tom LeGro Marking the one year anniversary of the devastating tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., a new exhibit, "Dear World, From Joplin With Love," opened Saturday at the Spiva Center for the Arts. The collection of portraits by Robert X. Fogarty focuses… Continue reading
May 22 Watch A Year After Joplin’s Tornado, Disaster’s ‘Immensity’ Still a Challenge A Year After Joplin's Tornado, Disaster's 'Immensity' Still a Challenge… Continue watching
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 11 Watch Introduction to CoCoRaHS A brief introduction to Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network, a grassroots volunteer organization that measures and track precipitation. Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch March Shattered Temperature Records Across U.S. A day-by-day animation of the daily temperature records tied or broken in March 2012. Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch News Wrap: Internet Giant Yahoo to Lay Off 14 Percent of Staff In other news Wednesday, Internet giant Yahoo announced that it will lay off 2,000 employees as part of a plan to redeploy resources and boost revenues. Also, a barrage of tornadoes Tuesday damaged or destroyed 650 homes in Dallas and… Continue watching