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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....

Trump Leaves a Surprising Gift to the Planet on His Way Out. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: On day one, Biden rolls back Trump's environmental rollbacks. A day before Trump left office, his administration made a surprising gift to renewable energy. Tens of thousands of dams across the world are reaching the end of their projected lifespans. Pablo Esco...

With Plenty of Bad News, Why Are Experts Optimistic About the Climate? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Could these two trends tip the climate in a good direction? “Insects are suffering from death by a thousand cuts." The Navajo Nation has settled with mining companies regarding a 2015 spill that polluted rivers in three western states. These sea plant...

Unwinding Trump’s Environmental Legacy May Be Harder Than Expected. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: In its final weeks, the Trump administration continued its assault on environmental regulation. Biden faces a larger-than-anticipated task of rebuilding federal agencies gutted by the Trump administration. A company is capturing air pollution and using i...

Water Efficiency Rules Circle the Drain. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: The Trump administration is rolling back efficiency standards for showerheads, washers, and dryers. A new study says wildfires release toxins from plastic pipes into drinking water. There's a looming oil spill in the Red Sea, potentially four times larger than the 1989 Exxon Valde...

Dogs Doing Good by Detecting Doo Doo. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Water, deemed an essential human right by the UN, is as of last week going to be traded as a commodity like oil or gold. Honeybees have a dung good defense against hornets. How did ancient Puebloans, who lived in what is present-day Arizona and New Mexico get their water during droughts? Plants...

What You Don’t Know About Roly Polies. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: There’s a new source of pollution from PFAS compounds—the so-called “forever chemicals”—that could be contaminating water supplies. These bottles send messages about how they drift in the ocean. Steelhead trout are getting mercury poisoning from roly polies. This preservative is kil...

The Trump Administration Scurries to Lock in Its Environmental Agenda. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Before the Trump administration leaves, it's rushing to pass rules that may be harmful to the environment or benefit corporations. Why dolphins don't get the bends. Using one problem to solve another is the philosophy of a company that aims to house m...

How Milk Can Help Capture Carbon. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Could California's Salton Sea become “Lithium Valley?” It won't be easy for President-elect Biden to delete Trump's water rules. Meet the shrimp who leave the water and walk on land. Because of this new research there's no need to cry over spilled milk. When it comes to mushrooms, one pe...

How Fast Can Biden Reverse Trump’s Environmental Policies? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Hurricanes that make landfall are lasting longer and staying stronger. What will a Biden administration mean for the environment and climate change? How camels keep their cool has inspired a new material. Wolves change habitats in an ecological chain reaction by...

Why “Plyscrapers” Are on the Rise. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Meeting Paris climate targets will take more than electric cars and renewable energy. It will mean looking at our grocery carts. There aren’t any mountains in Denmark, but you can ski in its capital, Copenhagen. “Plyscrapers” are skyscrapers made from wood—and they're catching on as a w...

Climate Change Is Coming for Rock and Roll. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Sticks and logs gathered from the forest floor can indicate how likely it is that a wildfire will ignite. As many as half a million barrels containing DDT might be deep in the ocean off the Southern California coast. Waste from crustaceans like prawn and crabs could be used to...

How Jellyfish Take Some of the Sting Out of Global Warming. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: A potential crisis between the U.S. and Mexico may have been averted. Babies could be getting more than formula when they drink from plastic bottles. Remember this the next time you get stung—jellyfish sequester a whole lot of carbon. A recent discovery at an an...

Holiday Glitter Could Be River Litter. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Greeting cards and wrapping paper could be a threat to rivers and lakes. Cruise ship graveyards have become a booming business. A new Harvard study says there's another harmful effect from fracking. Old Faithful might not be so dependable as the planet warms. According to a new stud...

Laughing Gas Is No Laughing Matter. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: There could be a better way to capture carbon than planting trees. No, your dentist is not responsible for this powerful greenhouse gas escaping into the atmosphere—but what you bite into may be. Although the world is eagerly anticipating a COVID-19 vaccine, one group that might not be...