Environment

Our stories cover science, technology, engineering, mathematics, the natural world and the environment

Lake Mead

March 18, 2008

Climatologist Tim Barnett talks about the troubles facing the nation's largest reservoir, Lake Mead, which is low on water due to reduced snowfall in the Rockies and the effects of climate change.

Environment

For today's Geo Quiz we are asking for the name of a city in Canada that's been nicknamed "the capital of Google Earth." The answer is Nanaimo, British Columbia. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with the city's chief technology officer, Per Kristensen.

Arts, Culture & Media

Big Eyes

Studio 360

March 14, 2008

Big eyes are appealing on anything -- babies, cartoon characters, Jake Gyllenhaal. But our fondness for big eyes is the work of nature, not Disney. Studio 360's Eric Molinsky found out how evolutionary psychology muscled its way into pop culture.

Environment

Robert Bryce

March 14, 2008

Author Robert Bryce talks to Faith about why it may be near impossible for America to achieve energy independence, as told in his new book, "Gusher of Lies."

Arts, Culture & Media

More champagne?

PRI's The World

March 14, 2008

Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Jerald O'Kennard director of the Beverage Tasting Institute in Chicago, about a plan to officially expand the region of France where "champagne" with a capital "C" can be produced

Environment

Al Qaeda phone spam

PRI's The World

March 13, 2008

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with political scientist Louise Richardson about a new strategy used by the terrorist group al Qaeda

Environment

EU warns of climate refugees

PRI's The World

March 13, 2008

The World's Gerry Hadden reports that the European Union today warned that rising global temperatures could create waves of what it calls "climate refugees."

Environment

Geo answer

PRI's The World

March 13, 2008

Today's answer is Carancas, the Peruvian town that's located near the spot where a mysterious meteorite fell from the sky a few months ago. The World's David Leveille explains why scientists are puzzled by the meteorite and the crater it left behind.

Environment

Documentary follows blind mountaineers

PRI's The World

March 13, 2008

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Sabriye Tenberken, a teacher at a school for the blind in Tibet; Tenberken, who is also blind, led six of her students on a mountain climbing expedition in the Himalayas

Environment

Geo answer

PRI's The World

March 12, 2008

The answer to today's geo quiz is New Zealand's North Island, where conservationists struggled to save two pygmy sperm whales stranded on the island's eastern coast. The World's David Leveille has the story.

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