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  • This Week in Water for February 28, 2021
    Using Mayonnaise to Heal Sea Turtles. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    Nearly two weeks after a frigid, cold spell struck the U.S., much of Jackson, Mississippi, still doesn't have running water.
    The Atlantic Ocean usually runs “AMOC”—but it’s slowing and that portends serious trouble.
    A sandwich spread came to the rescue when endangered green sea turtles washed ashore covered in tar.
    A plague of locusts is being harvested as a sustainable solution.
    Researchers have found a surprising source of ocean plastic.
    If you like forensics, this story is for you.
    The European Space Agency wants astronauts to boldly go...fishing.
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for February 21, 2021
    A Power Crisis Turns into a Water Crisis. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    Millions are still scrambling for drinking water after the polar vortex hit the U.S.
    The cold weather caused a spike in pollution from fossil fuel infrastructure.
    Thousands of paralyzed turtles were rescued from freezing waters off Texas.
    According to a new study, frogs could lose their ability to hop.
    Watering restrictions have a surprising bonus.
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for February 14, 2021
    How Vulnerable Are Water Systems to Hackers? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    A recent hack might have exposed how vulnerable U.S. water systems are.
    Last week a glacier burst in India, sending a barrage of water and debris down a valley with terrifying speed and force.
    Many small mammals in the Rocky Mountains are making an ominous trek uphill because of climate change.
    There's a more natural way to survey the ocean floor than with air guns that disturb marine life.
    Research just out from the National Institutes of Health found another reason masks might keep you from getting sick.
    This horn hasn't been played in 18,000 years.
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for February 7, 2021
    What Happens in Korea Doesn’t Stay in Korea. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    Winter snowpack is vital for the health of the Colorado River system, but what happens in the summer matters a lot too.
    There's a new use for discarded face masks that might be going places.
    New research links devastating wildfires in the western U.S. to events far away across the Pacific.
    Tiny fish larvae in the vast oceans have a slick way of finding food and avoiding predators to make it to adulthood.
    You've got mail...from your spinach.
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for January 31, 2021
    How Are Fish Eyes Like Tree Rings? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    President Biden announced sweeping actions to reduce global warming, including declaring climate change a national security priority.
    You can learn a lot about a fish and its habitat by looking at its eyeballs.
    Abandoned coal mines are leaking much more methane than previously thought.
    There’s a better ending for food waste than taking up space in landfills and contributing to global warming.
    When it comes to polluted water, clams clam up—and utilities are taking notice.
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for January 24, 2021
    Trump Leaves a Surprising Gift to the Planet on His Way Out. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    On day one, Biden rolls back Trump's environmental rollbacks.
    A day before Trump left office, his administration made a surprising gift to renewable energy.
    Tens of thousands of dams across the world are reaching the end of their projected lifespans.
    Pablo Escobar’s Legacy—"Cocaine Hippos."
    The ban on gillnets served its porpoise.
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for January 17, 2021
    With Plenty of Bad News, Why Are Experts Optimistic About the Climate? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    Could these two trends tip the climate in a good direction?
    “Insects are suffering from death by a thousand cuts."
    The Navajo Nation has settled with mining companies regarding a 2015 spill that polluted rivers in three western states.
    These sea plants not only capture plastic but also punt it from the water.
    There may be a culinary silver lining in climate change.
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for January 10, 2021
    Unwinding Trump’s Environmental Legacy May Be Harder Than Expected. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    In its final weeks, the Trump administration continued its assault on environmental regulation.
    Biden faces a larger-than-anticipated task of rebuilding federal agencies gutted by the Trump administration.
    A company is capturing air pollution and using it to make building materials.
    Your morning brew is roasting the planet.
    Hold on a second! 2020 actually went by faster than you thought.
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for December 20, 2020
    Water Efficiency Rules Circle the Drain. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Headlines:
    The Trump administration is rolling back efficiency standards for showerheads, washers, and dryers.
    A new study says wildfires release toxins from plastic pipes into drinking water.
    There's a looming oil spill in the Red Sea, potentially four times larger than the 1989 Exxon Valdez catastrophe in Alaska.
    A deadly disease is affecting bottlenose dolphins, creating patchy, raised lesions—sometimes covering up to 70 percent of their skin.
    Fighting climate change would be a whiz with "peecyling."
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for December 13, 2020
    Dogs Doing Good by Detecting Doo Doo. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Water, deemed an essential human right by the UN, is as of last week going to be traded as a commodity like oil or gold.
    Honeybees have a dung good defense against hornets.
    How did ancient Puebloans, who lived in what is present-day Arizona and New Mexico get their water during droughts?
    Plants won't be able to absorb all the CO2 in a warming world.
    Pups on the prow, prowl for poop.
    7 min

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