CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITYDiving with Purpose—How Veterans Are Healing Their Wounds by Helping the National Park Service
When veterans retire from the military—whether voluntarily or from injury—it can be a difficult transition. Gone is the camaraderie that gave their lives structure and often lost is a sense of purpose. A partnership with the National Park Service is helping wounded warriors to heal and restore connections by giving them a mission underwater.
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CLIMATE CHANGEFading Fast? Colorado's Iconic Aspen Trees Will Likely Decline with Climate Change
Tourists in Colorado's high country might want to snap a lot pictures while they can. Researchers predict that climate change will reduce the number of aspens that make fall color in the Rocky Mountains so captivating. Listen now >
ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTUREThe Dam Nobody Wants Just Won’t Go Away
The construction of dams on rivers worldwide has stopped the natural flow of sand and silt to the sea—resulting in coastal wetland loss and disappearing beaches—as well as preventing fish from reaching vital spawning grounds. But when the decision is made to remove a dam it can be remarkably challenging. Just ask the people of Ventura, California, who’ve been trying for 20 years—and are not much closer to ditching a dam that supplies no water but packs a lot of downsides—and risk. Listen now >
Newscast for
May 9, 2021
The official "normal" temperature across the U.S. is now one degree hotter than it was 20 years ago.
Two new reports say catastrophic sea level rise can be avoided—but only if we act quickly.
Biden's "America the Beautiful" initiative could redefine U.S. conservation as we know it.
Researchers in the Netherlands have taught bees to sniff out COVID-19.
New shape-shifting pasta saves on packaging and cooking time.
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