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This “007” Keeps the Ocean Safe from Plastic. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Atmospheric rivers have dumped record rain and snow in California—but they won't solve the drought. Why? Plastic waste meets its match in “007.” Europe is experiencing its most intense winter heatwave in history. When it comes to skipping stones, you've probably been doing it...

The True Reason for Attila the Hun’s Raids. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Last week, the largest water supplier in the country declared a drought emergency. Experts are calling this a game changer for knowing where water is on Earth. A rare wildflower that grows on just ten acres of land in Nevada has put a lithium mine on notice. Attila the Hun-gry?

Red to Grow, Blue to Flow. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: The Keystone pipeline that ruptured in northeast Kansas last week is among the largest onshore oil leaks in over ten years. If the UN biodiversity conference happening now in Canada fails, all of Earth’s ecology could begin to collapse. When it comes to solar panels, red light means more green....

Turning Ocean Plastic into Pharmaceuticals. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: For researchers, Mauna Loa's eruption last week was science interrupted. The National Park Service is making a change at the Grand Canyon to remove an offensive name on a popular trail. Short-haul flights in France are being banned to reduce carbon emissions. Ocean plastic is a...

A Railroad Strike Could Derail Water Systems. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: A strike by U.S. railroad workers next month could affect water systems across the country. Millions of e-cigarettes are tossed into landfills—along with their valuable lithium. This ocean buoy can desalinate water without using electricity, emitting greenhouses gases, or har...

Four Dams Are Coming Down. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: After all was said and done, COP27 still copped out on goals to limit greenhouse gas emissions. It will be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world and could begin in just a few months. According to a new study, the cleanest drinking water is...recycled wastewater. Mus...

One of the Winners in the Midterms? The Climate. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: The midterm red wave didn't materialize—but an emerging green wave did. COP27: “If you want to address malaria, you don't invite the mosquitoes.” Bumblebees sense a flower’s electric field to find pollen and nectar—but fertilizers can zap their efforts. No yoke! Egg whites...

A Drone You Can Eat? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: They've been nicknamed, the “OPEC of rainforests.” The electric vehicle market could be in trouble if we don’t get more of this mineral—and we’re not talking lithium. Soybeans are making roads greener. Stranded in the wilderness? Rice cakes to the rescue!

Skip This Chore to Help the Climate. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: A UN report warns that we need a large-scale, rapid shake-up in transportation and in how we produce food and electricity. Major cuts in Colorado River water allocations to California, Arizona, and Nevada could be coming. According to new research, the climate would be better served i...

A New Water Supply for Colorado? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: There's some encouraging news in the effort to combat climate change. Hello, again! Colorado’s residents may soon have an additional source of drinking water. This fishing trawler turned Nazi patrol boat is doing damage long after it sank in 1942. The UN calls this plant a food of the fut...

Blowhole Energy Could Be the Cheapest Renewable. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: The drying Colorado River is getting help from the Biden administration. Along the Mississippi, barges are getting stuck in the mud. It’s raining harder in the U.S. This renewable energy is both predictable and reliable because even when the wind stops blowing or the sun s...

How a Town Survived Hurricane Ian Without a Scratch. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: California has offered to cut back some of its allocation of Colorado River water. Bitcoin is damaging the climate more than the beef industry and almost as much as gasoline. “America's first solar-powered town” rode out Hurricane Ian without losing power or sustaining...

How Solar Panels Save Water. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: It's likely to be the single-biggest release of the potent greenhouse gas methane ever recorded. A preliminary analysis concluded that human-induced climate change increased Hurricane Ian's rainfall by ten percent. Some shark species evacuate when they sense hurricanes are brewing—others stic...

A Car That Captures Carbon As It Drives. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: “Instead of ‘going public,’ you could say we’re ‘going purpose.’” Using fish bones and shells as “fingerprints” to stop illegal and unsustainable fishing. Blue diets—those based on seafood—have more nutrients than beef, pork, or chicken and generate fewer greenhouse gases than liv...

A Sea Creature That Lives Forever. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Will the green prince be a green king? Every tenth of a degree counts, so there is still time to avoid climate tipping points. Immortality is fiction, of course—unless you’re Turritopsis dohrnii. California is turning to a creature once hunted nearly to extinction and maligned as a nuis...

Powering Your Car with a Lobster. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: “Today, it is Pakistan. Tomorrow, it could be your country.” The crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, where tens of thousands have been without clean water, shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Fifty years ago, ads said to “put a tiger in your tank," but now it might be a crab, shrimp, or lobst...

Turning Wind Turbines into Gummy Bears. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Diplomats from around the world have failed to reach an agreement (again) on protecting marine life on the high seas. If you had to guess, which do you think could produce more lettuce—a rural farm or an urban garden? Old wind turbines could one day be recycled into diapers, counte...

This “Lightning” Could Power the Grid. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: “We needed a deal yesterday.” The Colorado River crisis continues, as the feds talked tough but did little. So-called “forever” chemicals may not last forever after all. These artificial leaves can produce clean fuels from sunlight and water. Electrifying the grid...with a pickup tr...

Too Little Water in California? How About Too Much. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: A new study warns of megafloods in California—a disaster that seems implausible as the state confronts a historic megadrought. Composting is an easy way to keep landfills from being a climate disaster. “Old-growth grasslands” have been an overlooked climate solution. Bu...

Jamie Sudler of H2O Radio discusses water in the West and climate change on the news program Connections on KGNU in Boulder, Colorado.

To Make This Battery Work, Just Add Water. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: To avoid a calamitous “dead pool,” the Colorado River needs a plumber. Setting aside farmland for nature—or “rewilding”—can boost biodiversity and even increase crop yields. To make a battery that would be nontoxic and biodegradable, researchers made one out of paper. Earth is s...

One Solution to the Climate Crisis is a Pane in the Glass. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Floods in St. Louis and Kentucky came from storms that regenerated and linked together like train cars, each dumping over the same area. Democrats took aim at the climate crisis with a bill that was crafted with the help of Senator Joe Manchin, who agreed after s...

Going Outside…How Hot Is Too Hot? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Biden called climate change a clear and present danger but not an emergency...yet. Lake Mead on the Colorado River has lost 27 feet since last year and 45 feet since 2020—and predicting future water flows just got harder. People are not prepared for the risk excessive heat will pose to t...

How Aspirin Can Fight the Pain of Climate Change. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Sequoias in Yosemite National Park were saved from wildfire, but a new study says other California’s trees are dying and might not return. A dairy farmer in Washington state has shown that we can worm our way toward a climate solution. “Take two aspirin and call me in the...

One of latest trends in the beauty industry is to keep the large volume of waste that salons generate out of landfills. Looking good now means being sustainable. A handful of companies are collecting the hard-to-recycle beauty items, but once they leave salons they seem to disappear into a black hole—or rather a green hole—destination unknown. Should we care?