Jane Goodall Wants To Save Us (And Her Beloved Chimps) From Ourselves
She's learned a lot about chimpanzees. But what has she learned from them has given her a new mission: improve the health of the planet.
Environment
International Leaders To Discuss Substances That Cause Global Warming
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy about next week's international conference on substances in air conditioners and refrigerators that heat up the atmosphere.
#NPRreads: White Privilege, FBI Director's Remarks On Policing, And Oyster Farming
Also this week: a story from an NPR Music reporter about the "lost art of listening."
Why Is It So Hard To Save Gulf Of Maine Cod? They're In Hot Water
In the past decade, the Gulf of Maine warmed faster than 99.9 percent of the global ocean. The rapid warming explains why recent fishing policies failed to rebuild the cod population, a study finds.
Why Fighting Climate Change Requires Changing The Narrative
NPR blogger Adam Frank says Americans need to stop carrying the guilt of climate change, so that we can move on and fix it.
That Salmon On The Menu Might Be A Fraud — Especially In Winter
Diners were likely to get duped 67 percent of the time when ordering salmon in restaurants out of season, a survey says. Much of the deception involved farmed salmon passed off as more expensive wild.
Colo. Gold King Mine Continues To Leak Waste As Winter Sets In
The EPA is racing to secure the site of the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado. This summer, the agency accidentally released 3 million gallons of orange wastewater into the Animas River.
Descending Into A Volcano — To Farm
Ecuador's Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve, nestled in a crater that last erupted 2,500 years ago, is billed as the world's only inhabited, cultivated volcano.
Hurricane Patricia Makes Landfall In Mexico
The Category 5 storm, which at one point had wind speeds of 200 miles per hour, hit Mexico's coast with 165 mph winds Friday night.
Hurricane Patricia Makes Landfall, Threatens Catastrophic Damage In Mexico
What was the most powerful storm ever recorded in the eastern Pacific or Atlantic basin has slammed into Mexico's central Pacific coast. The storm is now a bit weaker but still a powerful Category 5.