Climate Rift Grows Between U.S., Poor Nations
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Environment
John Poole/NPRResearchers Get Dirty To Clean Up Chesapeake
()A team of scientists is studying mud, ooze and other material from the bay's bottom to help the EPA crack down on pollutants. The tubes of glop they've collected from throughout the Chesapeake Bay are like biopsies — they indicate where the bay is healthy and where it's dying.
Kilimanjaro Glaciers May Vanish In A Few Decades
A study shows that 85 percent of the ice cover that was on the Tanzanian peak in 1912 has vanished.
()Music Interviews & Profiles
Rocky Mountain Activist Carole King()
November 3, 2009 Carole King's Tapestry has become one of the biggest selling albums of all time. Now, the singer-songwriter is focused on environmental activism, and is working to push Congress to pass a bill to help the Northern Rockies.
The Perils Of Overfishing, Part 2()
November 3, 2009 This is the second segment of Fresh Air's two-part interview with Daniel Pauly, a professor at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia. Pauly warns that the global fishing industry has drastically depleted the number of fish in the oceans.
Author Interviews
For Foer, Meat Is Murder ... And Worse()
November 1, 2009 Author Jonathan Safran Foer grapples with the morality of meat and the brutality of the factory farm system in his new book, Eating Animals. The book is part memoir and part investigative report.
Krulwich On Science
Why Leaves Really Fall Off Trees()
October 30, 2009 You think you know why leaves fall off trees. Well, you're wrong. It's not the wind. It's not the cold. Because leaves aren't the brightest bulbs in the world, the tree has to make an executive decision come fall.
NPR Health Blog
BPA Safer Than Contraceptives In Rat Study()
October 30, 2009 Researchers found pregnant rats fed small amounts of BPA gave birth to female offspring without problems, unlike those born to mothers that ate low doses of oral contraceptives.
NASA Launches Mission To Track Polar Ice By Plane()
October 30, 2009 Climate scientists are about to lose a satellite that helped show how global warming affects the Earth's polar ice caps. A replacement won't be in orbit until at least 2015, so NASA will use a DC-8 aircraft instead to track whether the process of melting and subsequent sea-level rise is accelerating.
