KUOW Newsroom Novel virus could spread rapidly among orcas Some Northwest residents don’t do social distancing well, which leaves them especially vulnerable to an outbreak of a highly contagious respiratory virus. These residents are orcas.
TED Radio Hour Xiye Bastida: How Are Young People Making The Choice To Fight Climate Change? For some youth, being part of the solution means focusing their entire lives on the climate crisis. For Xiye Bastida, a 17-year-old climate justice activist, there is no hope without action.
TED Radio Hour Oliver Jeffers: An Ode To Living On Earth If you had to explain to a newborn what it means to live on Earth, at this time of crisis — what would you say? Writer, illustrator, and artist Oliver Jeffers gives his answer in a letter to his son.
TED Radio Hour Christiana Figueres: How Can We Choose Optimism — Even In The Darkest Times? In 2015, Christiana Figueres helped pave the path to the historic Paris Agreement. She says more than ever we need stubborn optimism — a gritty, determined choice to make change because we have to.
TED Radio Hour Tom Rivett-Carnac: How Can We Shift Our Mindset To Fight Climate Change Together? It's easy to feel powerless against looming challenges we cannot control — like climate change. So what should we do? Political strategist Tom Rivett-Carnac says the power is in our mindset.
As States Locked Down In March, Motor Vehicle Fatality Rate Spiked By 14% In March, likely because of coronavirus restrictions, the number of miles driven decreased by over 18% from the March 2019 level.
The Wild with Chris Morgan How to bring back a forest, and a Scotland of the past, one tree at a time Listen to the latest episode of THE WILD with Chris Morgan!
KUOW Newsroom In Seattle’s polluted valley, pandemic and particulates are twin threats From a boat on the Duwamish River, it’s easy to see giant yellow excavators plucking crushed cars off the ground and swinging them toward an open-air shredder. At Seattle Iron and Metal, mounds of shredded steel as big as apartment buildings loom above the river.
Morning Edition Flights Into The Stratosphere Study Changes To Atmospheric Rivers Scientists are racing to better understand atmospheric rivers, bands of moisture that start in the tropics and can bring torrential rain to the U.S. They're projected to intensify with climate change.
All Things Considered A Lawsuit Seeks The Removal Of The Directors For Park Service And BLM In a new lawsuit, watchdog groups allege the Trump administration's unprecedented use of non-confirmed acting directors of the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management violates federal law.
