Climate change activism goes Hollywood
This story was originally covered by PRI's Living on Earth. For more, listen to the audio above.Hollywood producer Marshall Herskovitz has a history of making audiences pay attention. He's best known...
View ArticleGeneration Hot: Impact of climate change on children
This story originally aired on PRI's Living on Earth. For more, listen to the audio above.Being a parent these days is tough. There's a lot to worry about: Will my kids get jobs, can we afford their...
View ArticleDeadly weather: Global warming or just a fluke?
This year is the ninth deadliest year on record. And over the long term, temperatures are getting warmer and rainfall is getting less predictable. Professor Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist...
View ArticleTeenager sues U.S. government over climate inaction
Alec Loorz, a 16 year-old, is making a federal case out of the government's climate inaction. Loorz is a junior from Ventura, California and founder of iMatter.org. It’s an online movement to mobilize...
View ArticleStrange weather and climate change
This story was originally covered by PRI's Living on Earth. For more, listen to the audio above.Relentless rainfall - a deluge that dumped five months worth of rain in just 14 days - and a massive...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules: EPA, not states, must regulate greenhouse gasses
The decision basically reaffirms a 2007 decision that says the EPA can and must regulate greenhouse gasses, though Justice Thomas and Justice Alito still disagree with that. The problem for...
View ArticleKids vs. Global Warming: Suing the government for the environment
"The time has now come for young people to stand up and hold our government accountable," says Alec Loorz. He's been organizing iMatter Marches for young people to make their voices heard for the...
View ArticleClimate change creates wildfires, wildfires create climate change
During wildfires, huge amounts of nitrous oxide is given off into the atmosphere. "On a molecule-per-molecule basis, nitrous oxide is three hundred times more potent than carbon dioxide," biologist...
View ArticleHow to keep kids safe in a toxic world
This story was originally covered by PRI's Living on Earth. For more, listen to the audio above.Interview by Bruce GellermanJust as parents have to figure out a way to talk to their children about sex,...
View ArticleEarth enters period of turbulent solar weather
Story from Living on Earth. Use audio player above to listen to full interview.During a solar storm the sun's magnetic field becomes unstable and we get space weather. The portion of space weather...
View ArticleHeat wave has Chicago planning for global warming
Story from The Takeaway. Listen to audio above for full report.A heat wave is hitting much of the United States, and some states say they’ll soon be reeling from the effects of climate change....
View ArticleGlobal violence linked to severe weather
Story from Living on Earth. Listen to audio above for full report.Climate change can exacerbate severe weather, and create a scarcity of resources, especially in developing nations. The people that...
View ArticleComputer game puts the fate of the Earth in your hands
Story from Living on Earth. Listen to audio above for full report.In the coming decades, global leaders will deal with problems that will test our civilization: intense storms and droughts, famine and...
View ArticleFighting climate change with Buddhism, not science
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report.By Brendan BradyTha Soun and his fellow monks from nearby Samraong pagoda have presided over a 44-thousand acre forest known as Sorng...
View ArticleAncient Incan agriculture revived due to climate change
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report.To get to some of Peru's most remote Andean communities, you head out over pockmarked dirt roads from a small town already 10,000 feet...
View ArticleMapping error sparks new stance on climate change
Story by The Takeaway. Listen to audio for full report.The latest edition of the well-respected "Times Atlas of the World" has run afoul of many in the scientific community. A map of Greenland in the...
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Virgin's Richard Branson joins fight against global warming
Story by Living on Earth. Listen to audio above for full interview.The man behind Virgin Records, Virgin Atlantic Airlines and Virgin Mobile is turning his attention to climate change. One of Richard...
View ArticleUS airlines fight EU plans to tax plane emissions
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report.Beginning in January 2012, the aviation industry will join the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS). Carriers flying in to...
View ArticleCoffee growers in Uganda and elsewhere find climate change hurting their crops
Story from The World. View a slideshow on TheWorld.org, or listen to the above audio for a complete report.When you grow coffee, dead, brown leaves are not what you want to see.They've been a scourge...
View ArticlePeruvian researchers studying power, potential of native crops
If you’re like most people, when you think of Peru's most famous food, you probably think of the potato.Potatoes originated in Peru, and there are thousands of varieties in the country. But there’s a...
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