Huge Amazon Wildfires Endanger Our History As Well As Our Air, Archaeologists Say Cristiana Barreto says deforestation threatens to erase evidence of huge, dispersed civilizations, including rock art, ceremonial earthworks and waterways. Scott Simon
An Alaskan Camp Brings Higher Education Into The Wild In remote Southeast Alaska, an experiment is bringing together radically diverse groups of college students to learn from the land, physical labor and each other. Anya Kamenetz
This Florida Keys Neighborhood Has Been Flooded For Nearly 3 Months Exceptionally high "king tides," combined with rising seas, have left some Key Largo residents surrounded by water. Getting out of the house for work and daily chores can be a challenge. Greg Allen
Tribe looks to bring back oyster farming to Dungeness Spit The Dungeness Spit, a few miles northwest of Sequim, could soon get some controversial neighbors: 80,000 bags of oysters. Eilís O'Neill
Choosing Not To Fly Home For The Holidays, For The Climate's Sake Carbon emissions from global air travel are rising fast, and U.S. passengers make up largest share. But some people are vowing not to fly at all, motivated by guilt and concern for the environment. Megan Manata
Atlantic salmon farms in Puget Sound taken to court Atlantic salmon farms go on trial today [MONDAY, DEC. 2] in Seattle. Environmentalists have taken the owners of a salmon farm that collapsed two years ago to court for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. KUOW’s John Ryan reports. John Ryan
Santa Barbara County Fire Burns 4,200 Acres, Threatens Thousands Of Homes Dry vegetation and high winds combine again in a potentially dangerous Southern California fire. But firefighters could get help from an approaching rainstorm. Richard Gonzales
U.N. Report Says World Is 'Not Doing Enough' When It Comes To Climate Change NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kelly Levin, senior associate with WRI's global climate program, about the U.N. Emissions Gap report and what impact repeated warnings about climate change are having.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Show No Signs Of Peaking, U.N. Report Says The U.N. Environment Program has released its annual Emissions Gap Report. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to international climate policy expert Elliot Diringer about the findings.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Still Rising, U.N. Report Says A United Nations report warns that greenhouse gas emissions from the world's largest economies must drop dramatically in the next decade to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Rebecca Hersher
