Fahrenheit 140

Update on Texas waterways

Moving Soon? Discover which cities are most climate resilient and which ones are leaving homeowners to fend for themselves. (02:03) 

Melting Glaciers: Swiss mountain glaciers are melting at twice the rate of the global average. (03:29) 

From Toilet to Tap: El Paso is leading Texas in creative water conservation efforts. (05:48) 

Can Volcanoes Chill? An eruption in the Polynesian Islands is stirring the climate science community. (08:10) 

Heat is the #1 Killer: While populations skyrocket, the urban heat island effect is hitting underserved communities hardest. (10:48) 

Beyond Throwing Shade: Dr. Myint explains how trees provide more than just a perfect picnic spot. (15:28) 

Trees vs. Water: Watering trees can actually support conservation efforts and improve water quality. Here’s how. (16:14) 

Are trees nature’s AC? What on earth is evapotranspiration, and how is it cooling your city? (16:41) 

Is Your Community at Risk? Dr. Myint breaks down the factors that put certain populations at greater risk of heat-related health events. (17:34) 

Run, Don’t Walk! Central Texas urgently needs climate resilience planning—yesterday! (24:10) 

Use Water to Save Water: Dr. Myint unpacks the science behind his catchphrase. (25:54) 

Texas > California: Texas is taking the lead on green energy in the U.S. (26:50) 

Baby Sharks Doo Doo: Galveston Bay becomes a shark nursery. (30:06) 

Dr. Soe Myint Published Research 

Our top-ranking cities for climate resiliency: 2024 study (USA Today) 

Why melting glaciers affect us all (Swiss Info) 

El Paso Reuses Every Drop of Water It Can. The Rest of Texas Could Heed the Lesson. (Texas Monthly) 

The Hunga Tonga Volcano Was Blamed for High Global Temperatures in Recent Years – Now Scientists Aren't So Sure 

Can Blue States Build? (The Atlantic) 

Galveston Bay sees 600% increase in baby bull sharks as climate change warms coastal waters (Houston Chronicle) 

Environmetal Protection Agency: Green Infrastructure Funding Opportunities 

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension: Texas Green Infrastructure Resources 

Texas Water Development Board: Green Project Reserve 

Houston, we’re thinking of you. Just how many people are at risk of health crises in the midst of the Beryl blackout? (01:33) 

Heat Kills: Heat health data might be shaky, but the record of 2023 is staggering. (06:04) 

Where do we draw the lines? FEMA adjusts their floodplain protocol in post-flood reconstruction. (07:24) 

Waves and Domes: The stark reality of climate change, heat indices, and human health. (11:03) 

Where are we with policy? Find out where policy is failing, and where we can go from here. (13:08) 

Blackouts in July, a Texan nightmare come true: Dr. Jones connects power outages to severe health risks, a poignant observation in light of recent events. (16:40) 

A Social Autopsy: What will it take to wake the state to climate realities? (20:23) 

How do we connect the dots? From training to education, dig into the wicked heart of the climate health crisis, and learn how you can contribute to solutions. (21:38) 

How do you stay hydrated? Dr. Mace shares tips from R.N. Patricia Cloyd-Santos on staying hydrated (Hint: It’s not beer…). (30:04) 

Hurri-cakes? Insensitive and poorly timed, or a helpful preparedness communication tool? (31:51) 

Slow Fashion Caucus: How is Congress fighting climate on the runway? (32:13) 

Applied Academics: How UT and City of Austin are putting research to the pavement. (34:04) 

Heat.gov 

Texas Department of Health and Human Services Hot Weather Precautions 

Locate Cooling Centers and Seasonal Shelters in Texas 

Race to restore power to 1.3M after Hurricane Beryl as dangerous heat wave continues (NBC) 

Hurricane Beryl SpotRep (Healthcare Ready) 

“I don’t wish this on anyone”: Two families mourn their losses after a record year for Texas heat deaths (Texas Tribune) 

FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods (MSN) 

Dangerous Texas Memorial Day heat made 5 times more likely by global warming (San Antonio Current) 

First Ever Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus Aims to Curb Fast Fashion Pollution (The Apparelist) 

Scorched: Climate Change Turns Up the Heat on Austin (Bridging Barriers) 

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet (2023). Jeff Goodell. New York: Little, Brown and Company.  

Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (2015). Eric Klinenberg. The University of Chicago Press, 2nd edition.        

Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action (2024). Dana Fisher. Columbia University Press.   

What in the climate change is medical anthropology? Learn how anthropology can be applied to examine issues in public health, and how this understanding can be applied to climate-related health crises. (15:15) 

What do the LA Strikes of 2023, Texas prisons, and the border crisis have in common? Dr. Jones draws a connection between the LA writers’ strikes that shut Hollywood down to the health crises along the Texas border and in Texas prisons. (19:40) 

Where is the balance between the health benefits of tree canopies and water conservation? Dig into the complexities of the climate crisis in relation to human needs and resource conservation. (24:45) 

How are we drawing connections between climate and public health? Between coding, tracking, education, and training, learn how the dots are connected or missed entirely. (30:41) 

Is it illegal to provide voters water when standing in line to cast their vote? (35:00) 

Is Texas in the top ten most polluted beaches in the nation? Learn about how the Blue Water Task Force is monitoring bacteria along the Texas Coast. (38:58) 

A new grant secured by House Representative Greg Casar was awarded to the Meadows Center to support water quality research on the Texas Coast (41:35) 

Solar energy is getting exponentially more powerful. Discover the innovations and how they could affect power use in the future. (43:26) 

Heat.gov 

Texas Department of Health and Human Services Hot Weather Precautions 

Locate Cooling Centers and Seasonal Shelters in Texas 

Climate Change and Early Childhood: A Science-Based Resource for Storytellers (Frameworks Institute) 

Climate change made heat wave even warmer and 35 times more likely, study finds (Ponca City Now) 

Cow poop might make cleaner hydrogen gas a reality (Popular Science) 

⁠Is it illegal to hand out water or food outside your polling place? (KXAN) 

VERIFY: No, it isn't illegal to give voters food or water in Texas (WFAA) 

EXPLAINER: Yes, the Georgia election law featured in Curb Your Enthusiasm is real (Atlanta Civic Circle) 

A Deep Dive Into Line-Warming Bans as Federal Court Overturns New York’s Law (Democracy Docket) 

Is Line Warming Legal? (American Bar Association) 

Polling places for urban voters of color would be cut under Texas Senate's version of voting bill being negotiated with House (Texas Tribune) 

Beat the Heat: Top 10 Ways to Stay Hydrated During the Summer (Access Health) 

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet (2023). Jeff Goodell. New York: Little, Brown and Company.  

Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (2015). Eric Klinenberg. The University of Chicago Press, 2nd edition.        

Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action (2024). Dana Fisher. Columbia University Press.   

Texas is warming at a higher rate than the rest of the world – learn how this may affect living conditions and what is meant by a “warming hole” – hint: it’s not quite as sweet as a donut hole... (05:16)  

Health risks related to climate change, warming temperatures, and prolonged heat stress, plus related recommendations for labor policy adjustments (08:33)  

Does San Antonio’s “super cool” pavement program really work? Where is the balance between irrigation and shade, and is the black exterior home trend a winner? (10:00)  

The latest research analysis on the relationship between neurology and climate effects. (13:40) 

What is mindfulness? The “origins of mindfulness,” a brief outline of its journey into Western culture, and how this practice can deepen our relationship to the environment (16:37) 

How can we bring mindfulness into our daily practice? What you can do to practice mindfulness and engage more deeply with the environment (23:39) 

Mindfulness - is engaged ecology the key to solving climate change? Find out how mindfulness is embedded in the climate solution playbook (32:26) 

Restoring the buffalo population to heal Texas’ environment and Indigenous peoples with the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project (39:40) 

While the Earth keeps warming, can we hold out hope of curbing the temperatures before the end of the century? (42:00) 

⁠Here's how hot and extreme Texas weather will be in 2036, according to a top state climate expert⁠ (Houston Chronicle) 

70% of world's workers at elevated health risks due to climate change, UN report finds (Salon) 

San Antonio moves forward with ‘cool pavement’ program (Community Impact) 

Climate change likely to aggravate brain conditions (Science Daily) 

How bringing buffalo back can combat climate change, heal Indigenous people in Texas (KSAT) 

https://climateactiontracker.org/ 

Warming temperatures mean a prolonged kitten season – giving you a purr-fect excuse to adopt another cat. (02:05) 

Insurance companies are pulling out of states due to unpredictable and more severe weather – learn how this could affect you in Texas (05:39) 

Learn how Border, a town in Texas, was saved from the recent historic Smokehouse Creek wildfire by fighting fire with fire – how controlled burns may be an important adaptation in the face of severe drought (08:27) 

Snake Farms: Could Burmese pythons be the climate-friendly alternative to cattle ranching? (10:43)

Our History (EarthDay.org) 

Carl B. Stokes and the 1969 River Fire (National Park Service)

Flower Song / Flor y Canto / In Xochitl In Cuicatl (poets.org) 

BlueTriton Brands 

Texas State University Office of Sustainability 

Snake Farm by Wylie Hubbard 

White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane