Climate Connections
Weekdays at 8:42 a.m.
How is global warming shaping our lives? And what can we do about it? We connect the dots from fossil fuels to extreme weather, clean energy to public health, and more.
In 90-second segments broadcast five times a week, listeners join Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz of Yale University to learn about climate change, understand the scientific reality, and hear inspiring stories of everyday people taking action.
Recent Cimate Connections posts:
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Physician Cynthia Mahoney says voting is a powerful prescription for health.
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Many U.S. seniors live in single-family homes, far from friends and neighbors.
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Damage from Josephine has closed the only highway to North Carolina's Outer Banks; king tide flooding is predicted to bring some of the highest water levels of the past 10 years to portions of the Southeast U.S. early next week.
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Hay unas 200,000 personas sordas viviendo en el archipiélago
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As extreme heat intensifies in the Pacific Northwest, the state has expanded protections for renters who want to air-condition their homes.
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Darren Riley learned that pollution from an oil refinery, industrial facilities, and heavy truck traffic could be affecting his community’s health.
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The Nature Conservancy is flooding portions of a delta island to slow land subsidence and create habitat for wildlife.
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Flooding, wildfires, extreme heat, and rising seas can damage water infrastructure and disrupt treatment and supply.
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The Golden State has a long history of cataclysmic floods.
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The Indigenous Earth Fund recently awarded $1 million to Native-led projects that aim to restore the planet.