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A Toilet That Pays People to Use It. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Excessive heat continued to grip the West, where over 30 million people were under either an excessive heat warning or advisory. Extreme high temperatures in Canada caused over one billion sea creatures to die. La Niña conditions could bring wet and cool weather to the Northwest but d...

Could There Be a Mask Mandate...for Cows? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Climate change and extreme drought led to the record-setting "heat dome" in the western U.S. and Canada last week. According to a new report, American cities lack "tree equity." As drought deepens in the West, for the first time ever, anglers are being asked to limit fishing on a...

Climate Change Is Driving Plant Die-Offs in the Desert. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: A new infrastructure bill could be the largest investment in clean drinking water and wastewater in American history. Drought in parts of Montana has led to a plague of grasshoppers. Vegetation is disappearing in desert ecosystems already on the edge of habitability...

Water-Guzzling Data Centers Are Being Built in the Arizona Desert. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Severe drought in the West is increasing the risk of electricity shortages, as water levels needed to generate hydropower fall. Mesa, Arizona, recently approved a massive new computer data center, which will require over one million gallons of water a day...

Starting in the late 1950s, nearly everything but the kitchen sink was put in the ocean off the Southern California coast to promote sportfishing and recreational diving. It may sound like dumping, but initially there was serious science behind it.

Yellow Is The New Green. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: This state is telling residents that when it comes to their landscapes, they need only "to survive not thrive." The Biden administration moves to expand protections for waterways. Biden officials won’t allow roads or development in the Tongass National Forest, one of the world’s largest intact te...

Many of the World’s Lakes Are in Trouble. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Drought in the West leads one governor to ask residents to pray for rain. The Biden administration suspends some drilling leases in Alaska but supports a fossil fuel project in a separate sensitive Arctic landscape. In an alarming trend, freshwater lakes are losing oxygen at a ra...

As Drought Worsens, The Feds Turn Off the Tap. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: It’s shaping up to be the worst water crisis in generations, as severe drought stretches from Canada to Mexico. Because of the drought, young Chinook salmon, which normally swim downstream to the Pacific Ocean, are making the journey by truck. A rule meant to curb air pollut...

Bees Stick Out Their Tongues to Detect COVID-19. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: The official "normal" temperature across the U.S. is now one degree hotter than it was 20 years ago. Two new reports say catastrophic sea level rise can be avoided—but only if we act quickly. Biden's "America the Beautiful" initiative could redefine U.S. conservation as we...

Wild Horses Survive in the Desert by Digging Wells. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Barrels found off the coast of California expose what has long been suspected—industries have treated the ocean as a cheap alternative to landfills. Herds of wild horses and donkeys roam deserts and dig wells to get water to benefit themselves and other species. Contain...

What Wildfire Smoke Could Do to Your Skin. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Wildfire smoke can damage the largest organ of the human body—skin. Of the thousands of miles of oil and gas pipelines running through the Gulf of Mexico, almost none of them are checked for leaks. Trump’s unfinished border wall is worrying communities along the Rio Grande. "Piz...

China Tells Japan, “If It's Safe, Drink It.” That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Japan announced it will gradually release wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, sparking criticism. A simple solution for sea level rise is being thrown away. There's white paint—and then there's "new ultra-white paint"—and it can cool build...

Corporations Join Environmentalists to Protect the Ocean. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Four major corporations that could profit from deep-sea mining now support a temporary ban. In the West, the length of time between rainstorms has become longer and annual rainfall has become less predictable. More snow is melting in the West before the traditiona...

Climate Change Is Taking a Bite Out of Agriculture. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: People think climate change is a distant problem, but it’s already eating away at the world’s food supply. There's a natural way to turn back the clock on ocean acidification. Scientists have detected a toxin called "Very Fast Death Factor" in the air near ponds with al...

How Some COVID-19 Deaths Could Have Been Avoided. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Update on Suez ship: Still stuck. An estimated 9,000 COVID-19 deaths might have been avoided if water utilities had not cut off service to delinquent accounts. Scientists are turning wood into bioplastic that completely degrades after three months. A recent MIT innovation...

A New Place to Generate Power and Conserve Water. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Researchers at UC, Santa Cruz, have a bright idea about how to conserve water and generate electricity at the same time. Climate change is coming for one of Arizona's most famous icons. Scientists find a way to make a more sustainable beef burger. Can melting glaciers cau...

The Connection Between Pollen and Viruses. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Summer could become six months long because of climate change. Pollen can make anyone—even those without hay fever—more susceptible to viruses. If this creature gets decapitated, it simply grows a new body. Shippers are making money off of shipping nothing. Got a great fish tale...

MC Hammer Thinks You Can’t Touch This Science. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Climate change is decimating butterflies in the U.S. West. Most of Northern California's kelp forest ecosystem is gone, replaced by widespread "urchin barrens." Humans are "low flow"—they evolved to run on less water than our closest primate relatives. Birds are declining wo...

In 1948, a World War II-era bomber crashed into Lake Mead, the massive reservoir formed by Hoover Dam that straddles the Arizona-Nevada border. After several failed attempts to locate the plane, it was finally discovered in the early 2000s—still remarkably intact. As lake levels fall, will the draw to see the plane finish it off?

Dave Conlin, chief of the Submerged Resources Center (SRC) of the National Park Service describes his first dive on the Lake Mead B-29, which crashed into the water in 1948 and was found in the early 2000s.

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 turtl...

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 los...

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...

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...

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....