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With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is

one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering

population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change,

is driving the oasis-based society close to the brin...

The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior―hold 20

percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide

sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they

are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreadin...

One of the biggest challenges to protecting, restoring and managing

significant urban natural areas and critical fish and wildlife habitat is the

notion that cities are bereft of significant wildlife or the habitats that

support them----that urban biodiversity is an oxymoro...

The Trump administration has declared a war on science. The first thing they

did upon taking office was erase all references and data about climate change

from government websites, and impose gag orders on scientists working for the

EPA and Department of Energy. Then Trump ...

For millennia, cats have been celebrated as secretive, mysterious companions,

content to live alongside, yet apart from humans. But science is beginning to

reveal that their cool exterior actually conceals hidden depths of emotion

and affection—for us, and for each other.

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This program originally aired on February 13, 2017

It's hard not to be disheartened by the news everyday coming from the

Trump-occupied White House. But one way to stay energized is to resist at the

local level.

As the Trump Administration's federal policies look to favor ...

There are few things in life you can count on more than the regularity of the

tides. However, as you start to learn more about this basic natural

phenomenon you begin to realize just how complex tides are - that there is a

lot more to tides than high tide and low tide.

On ...

In 2012 a massive fire ripped through the Chevron Richmond Refinery, sending

a towering plume of toxic smoke into the air over Richmond, California.  For

over a hundred years, Richmond was a classic company town, whose politics,

economy and environment were defined by Chevr...

The Trump administration has launched an all-out war on independent science,

environmental safeguards, and facts. Leading this attack on science are

industry insiders who now occupy positions of power at the EPA, Department

of Energy, and other critical federal agencies. In...