Environment

Colo. Gold King Mine Continues To Leak Waste As Winter Sets In

4:29am October 27, 2015

by Grace Hood

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.

The Pululahua Crater in Ecuador erupted about 2,500 years ago. The soils remaining in the collapsed mountain are mineral rich and good for cultivation.

Environment

Descending Into A Volcano — To Farm

1:57pm October 25, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

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.

The surf breaks in Acapulco, Mexico, on Friday as the record-beating Hurricane Patricia barrels toward its Pacific Coast.

Hurricane Patricia Makes Landfall In Mexico

11:44pm October 23, 2015

by Laura Wagner

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.

Residents of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, hauled sandbags on Friday as part of disaster preparations for Hurricane Patricia.

Hurricane Patricia Makes Landfall, Threatens Catastrophic Damage In Mexico

8:28pm October 23, 2015

by Russell Lewis

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.

Beachside Resort In Sayulita, Mexico, Prepares For Hurricane Patricia

4:30pm October 23, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish interviews Norma Adams, general manager of Villa Amor in Sayulita, Mexico. Adams, a native of Sayulita, talks about how she and other staff started in the middle of the night Thursday to evacuate an entire wedding party from the resort on the water.

Everyone knows beavers can swim, but at one point they also soared through the skies in Idaho thanks to a novel relocation method involving parachutes.

WATCH: Long-Lost Parachuting Beaver Footage From 1950

7:21pm October 22, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Circa 1950, Idaho Fish and Game tried a new way to handle beaver overpopulation: relocate some by dropping them from planes. A film was made to document the practice, but it was lost — until now.

Imagine a bar without the booze. Delegates wrangling in Bonn, Germany, this week have to figure out soon how to cover the world's climate bill.

How U.N. Climate Negotiations Are Like Splitting A Bar Tab

7:07pm October 21, 2015

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Nearly 200 countries have delegates in Bonn, Germany, this week, trying to figure out how to fight global warming. They're at a difficult point — what the nations have pledged so far isn't enough.

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Partially bleached coral in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Coral reefs worldwide are at risk of damage from the suncscreen ingredient oxybenzone.

Chemicals In Sunscreen Are Harming Coral Reefs, Says New Study

6:18pm October 20, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Researchers found that the oxybenzone in just a single drop of sunscreen can wreak havoc on fragile coral reef systems. Reefs all over the world are at risk.

Katrina Ceguera tends JetBlue's farm outside Terminal 5 at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

'Farm To Air'? Why JetBlue Is Farming At A New York Airport

6:03pm October 20, 2015

by Kylie Mohr

JetBlue is growing produce right outside its terminal at JFK International. It's the first airline to build an urban farm at a U.S. airport. But will passengers ever get to harvest or eat the food?

Marquette University scientist Michael Schläppi grows rice in paddies on his lab's rooftop.

Rice Finds A Welcome Home In Wisconsin Paddies

6:27am October 20, 2015

by Susan Bence

A Marquette University scientist slogged through more than 200 rice varieties to find the most promising few; he then subjected those to real Wisconsin weather on rooftop paddies outside his lab.

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