Environment

Houstonian Who Lived Through Hurricane Harvey Offers Advice For Those In Florence's Path

4:35pm September 11, 2018

Poet Sara Cress lived through Hurricane Harvey in Houston last year. She speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the advice she would give to those in Hurricane Florence's path.

Queue Listen Now

Meteorologist Outlines Why Hurricane Florence Is Such A Potentially Dangerous Storm

4:35pm September 11, 2018

Meteorologist Bob Henson outlines the confluence of ominous factors that make Hurricane Florence a very worrisome storm.

Queue Listen Now

A satellite image from Monday shows Hurricane Florence as it travels west and gains strength in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricanes Isaac and Helene have also formed off the coast of West Africa.

Climate Change Drives Bigger, Wetter Storms — Storms Like Florence

12:31pm September 11, 2018

by Rebecca Hersher

Hurricane Florence — large, slow and full of moisture — is threatening to inundate the Southeast. It's a type of storm that's getting more likely to form.

Queue Listen Now

California Will Move To Collect All Electricity From Clean Sources Under New Law

5:39pm September 10, 2018

by Ezra Romero

A new law in California sets a goal of phasing out all fossil fuels from the state's electricity system by the year 2045.

Queue Listen Now

As Hurricane Florence Approaches, Some In Georgia Are Struggling To Recover From Irma

4:25pm September 10, 2018

by Molly Samuel

On Tybee Island, Ga., flooding is getting worse, and can even cut off residents from the mainland. The island is doing lots of things to control it, but some believe the island will one day disappear to the rising sea.

Queue Listen Now

The Sahara desert creeps up on a palm field.

A Scientist Dreams Up A Plan To Stop The Sahara From Expanding

7:00am September 09, 2018

by Dan Charles

It involves a super solar farm the size of the United States.

Caitlin Doughty: What's Wrong With The Way We Bury The Dead?

11:05am September 07, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Mortician Caitlin Doughty is trying to find a more natural and sustainable way to bury our loved ones. But to get there, she says: we need to rethink how we view death altogether.

Queue Listen Now

Emily Levine: How Do We Make Peace With Death When It's Imminent?

11:04am September 07, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Writer Emily Levine has stage IV lung cancer. But instead of fearing the inevitable, she decided to embrace her new reality, and face death with humor and gratitude for a life well-lived.

Queue Listen Now

Firefighters work on the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire on Aug. 7. On Thursday Cal Fire asked state lawmakers for an additional $234 million in funding to continue battling wildfires through the end of the year.

California Firefighting Agency Requests Another $234 Million For 2018

9:39pm September 06, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

As fall — usually California's busiest fire season — approaches, officials say the agency that oversees emergency fire responses is running out of money.

Migration corridors depend on maintaining both habitat connectivity and animals' knowledge of the landscape, demonstrated by these migrating bighorn sheep in Park County, Wyo.

Migration 101: It Doesn't Come Naturally For Moose And Sheep

4:41pm September 06, 2018

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

A study suggests large mammals must learn to migrate — and they aren't exactly quick studies. It takes decades before populations can effectively move across land to find the best food.

Queue Listen Now