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The Feds Plan to Rip Out Trees in a National Monument. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Crude oil may be leaking into aquifers and coastal ecosystems, adding to the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian. The BLM will remove trees in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by using bulldozers to drag a chain that upends everything in its path. There's a ne...

Algae Are Changing the Weather. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas as the strongest storm to hit the island region in modern records. This Asian capital is sinking—so the country's president decided to move it. Cloud seeding bacteria from the ocean have implications for the climate. Beavers build biodiversity. When you’r...

Harvard Helps a Tree to Tweet. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Brazil's space research agency rejected claims by president Jair Bolsonaro that dry conditions were responsible for the Amazon fires. Russia launched a floating nuclear power station. What could go wrong? Climate change could make waves go wacky. As sea levels rise, the question is no longer whether s...

Elephants Are Helping to Fight the Climate Crisis. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. The EPA ordered Newark, New Jersey, to begin distributing bottled water to residents facing high levels of lead in their tap water. Dogs are dying across the U.S. from these warm weather toxins. Tidal wetlands along the coast of Washington, Oregon, and Northern California are disap...

Solar Panels Throw Shade...in a Good Way. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Further degradation of the earth's land must be stopped to prevent catastrophic global warming. According to a new report, 17 countries face extremely high water stress such as taps running dry. A ubiquitous shrub in British Columbia may be declining because of the recent drought along the...

Cigarette Butts Are a Bigger Problem Than Just Litter. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. There's a disturbing weather pattern playing out across the nation—and it's likely to continue. If you want to see the iconic Joshua trees in southern California, time is running out. Cigarettes are damaging more than hearts and lungs. Snowmaking might be helpful beyond the ski...

A study in 2016 showed that lawns are the largest irrigated crop in America. There are over 40 million grassy acres in the continental U.S., and they take a lot of water to thrive. But in the West, where rainfall is less plentiful, many water providers have been offering rebates to residents willing to tear out turf and replace it with drought tolerant plants. The programs are working and thousand...

How Did a Mule Save a Fish? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. The heavy rains brought by Hurricane Barry can be directly connected to manmade climate change. Several countries are making travel plans to go to the moon—and one reason is water. A new cruise ship is heading to the Arctic—and is akin to a Prius. Prospectors are digging up ancient woolly mammoths for th...

Could Deep-Sea Mining Lead to Deep Trouble? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. A new study says that covering an area with trees equivalent to the size of the U.S. might be a solution to global warming. If plans move forward for deep-sea mining, they would not only destroy habitats and pollute areas that have been undisturbed for millennia—it could also exacerbate t...

Should We Worry About Contrails After All? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Contrails form when water vapor condenses around soot from an airplane’s exhaust and freezes to form cirrus clouds. Researchers have discovered a new form of plastic pollution—"plasticrust." A new study shows that atmospheric rivers have become much warmer during the past 36 years, and tha...

Are Nitrates in Water Causing Cancer? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. An enormous aquifer has been discovered off the U.S. East Coast roughly between Massachusetts and New Jersey. The drinking water standard for nitrates was set in 1962. It needs to be revisited. Boaty McBoatface goes into the abyss and makes an amazing discovery. Eight U.S. senators from both pa...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said a changing climate is predicted to affect drinking water treatment and distribution systems in a negative way. Disturbances like wildfires, hurricanes, and floods are being exacerbated by global warming, and those who operate treatment facilities to ensure safe water comes out of our faucets are going to need to meet the challenge. Moni...

How the Zebra Got Its Stripes. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Nearly 60 years ago, Rachel Carson warned about the dangers of DDT, and although the pesticide was banned, the effects may still be with us. As climate change brings more droughts, there are increased efforts to conserve water. But conservation has some surprising consequences. In Greenland, highly un...

”Ghost Forests" Are the New Face of the Climate Crisis and They’re as Frightening as They Sound.” That story and more on H2O Radio’s news report about water. A new study reveals that heat waves in the South are strongly associated with declining sea ice in the Arctic. Which aspect of climate change will be more threatening to U.S. agriculture—heat or drought? "Day Zero" has hit India. There's a li...

Eco-Friendly Containers? Not So Friendly. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. The Midwest continues to be plagued by severe weather with numerous tornadoes and major flooding. Momentum is building across the country for something once considered a fringe movement. A new study describes how insecticides are not only failing to control mosquitoes, they're killing off t...

It’s Raining...Plastics. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. A researcher was looking for what was causing nitrogen pollution in Rocky Mountain NP—and instead found plastic. Have you ever wondered about date labels on food that say "Use Before..." or "Sell By..." They could be changing. Nearly 300 scientists disagree with the U.S. Forest Service about how to manage f...

A massive oil shale project is being planned on the border between Colorado and Utah that would take a lot of water out of the Colorado River Basin. The proposal by a European company, was authorized to proceed by the federal government; however, it may now find itself between a rock and a hard place because of a lawsuit recently filed by eight environmental organizations.

A Radioactive Coffin May Be Leaking in the Pacific. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. The spring flooding of 2019—already the most damaging in 25 years—is not like your grandfather's floods—or even your father's. What happened to all the material that made up the city of Hiroshima, after the atomic bomb was dropped? The Marshall Islands has a kind of coffin built i...

The Key to Stopping Climate Denial? Middle Schoolers. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. More rain has fallen in the lower 48 states over the last 12 months than during any similar period in over 120 years of record keeping. About one in eight animal and plant species on Earth is threatened with extinction, many within decades. The search for lithium in the U.S. may...

How Air Conditioners Could Save the Planet. That Story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Forest fires in the West are causing snow to melt earlier—and that could affect water supplies and trigger even more fires. As global warming melts sea ice in the Arctic, it's also heating up geopolitics. Hippos act like conveyor belts and their poop plays a vital role. The FDA is failing...

Migrating Trees and Beneficial Fleas on H2O Radio’s Weekly News Report About Water. It's been a rough time recently for those who look to the federal government to protect the country's water quality. There is much interest in building wind farms off the coast of California, but it's technically challenging. Some kids in the U.S. are not drinking enough water. Warmer winters and drier summers are...

Good News this Earth Day—Sustainability Is Within Reach. The details on H2O Radio’s weekly news report. A new study concludes that it's highly realistic for the entire world to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy by 2050. A recent poll of Americans revealed top priorities for the president and Congress. A new device can create electricity from...snow. This change is the biggest in sh...

In Defiance of Congress, Trump Defunds a Conservation Program. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. The Trump administration has withdrawn funding for a large and successful conservation program. Trump signed two executive orders that will make it easier for oil and gas pipelines to avoid regulatory hurdles. Want to know if there will be a heat wave in California's Ce...

This Country is Warming Twice as Fast as the Rest of the World. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. 20 million people in Venezuela have experienced widespread water shortages. Runoff in the upper Missouri River Basin during March far exceeded the previous record set in 1952, and the consequences could be felt for a long time. Dead Christmas trees bring life to a wild...

A Car Powered by Seawater? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Flooding last week in the Midwest caused permanent loss of topsoil and could cost billions of dollars in lost homes, crops, and livestock. A judge blocked oil and gas drilling in Wyoming, which could affect the Trump administration's plans for other public lands. This threat could affect California’s econ...