Environment : NPR

Where did the idea come from that individuals, rather than corporations, should keep the world litter-free? What history is hidden in the trash? Find out here.

https://npr.org/2024/04/19/1245362222/who-created-the-idea-of-litter-and-why-play-this-months-throughline-history-quiz

The recent deadly heat in West Africa is driven by human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, particularly in the wealthy Northern Hemisphere, according to an international report.

https://npr.org/2024/04/18/1245524216/west-africa-heatwave-climate-change

Two new studies show the unseen toll smoke is taking on people across the country. Climate change is likely to make the problem even bigger.

https://npr.org/2024/04/18/1245068810/wildfire-smoke-contributes-to-thousands-of-deaths-each-year-in-the-u-s

Newly discovered damage to part of the dam holding back America's second-largest reservoir has people who rely on the Colorado River worried about their ability to get the water they need.

https://npr.org/2024/04/17/1245300155/damage-at-glen-canyon-dam

Climate change is heating oceans faster than the world's coral reefs can handle. So scientists are breeding corals that can withstand hotter temperatures – but only to a point.

https://npr.org/2024/04/17/1245085914/coral-reefs-bleaching-climate-change-algae

People who fish in Florida and in federal waters are required to have special gear on board to help ensure groupers, snappers and other reef fish survive when they're returned to the water.

https://npr.org/2024/04/17/1242927954/florida-anglers-catch-and-release-saltwater-reef-fish

The Panama Canal has been dubbed the greatest engineering feat in human history. It's also (perhaps less favorably) been called the greatest liberty mankind has ever taken with Mother Nature. But...

https://npr.org/2024/04/17/1197956297/the-great-divide

The National Park Service is seeking the public's help in identifying the two men, caught on video pushing rocks off a cliff near the Redstone Dunes Trail earlier this month.

https://npr.org/2024/04/16/1245062311/lake-mead-rock-formations-destroyed

We visit an orchard where researchers are breeding Chestnut trees they hope will one day fight off a fungus that's been killing the iconic American tree for more than a century.

https://npr.org/2024/04/15/1244900609/researchers-have-been-trying-to-breed-fungus-resistant-chestnut-trees-for-100-ye

Half of the Great Salt Lake in Utah has now dried up but scientists say there's still some time left to reverse its decline.

https://npr.org/2024/04/13/1244169234/scientists-worry-about-ecological-collapse-at-great-salt-lake