Environment

Designed to quickly channel water out to sea, the concrete waterway protects lives and property but limits how much rain percolates into groundwater reservoirs.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier is one of the fastest deteriorating glaciers in the world. But some researchers say they may have figured out a way to save it.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

“The Big One” in California often refers to an earthquake. But seismologist Lucy Jones warns of another “Big One”: sustained rain storms that overwhelm flood control systems.

In California, are rainstorms deadlier than earthquakes?

“The Big One” in California often refers to an earthquake. But seismologist Lucy Jones warns of another “Big One”: sustained rain storms that overwhelm flood control systems.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Parts of LA County are getting half a year’s worth of rain in a single storm. Santa Monica Mountain communities like Topanga and Malibu are getting hit the hardest.

Heavy rainfall in LA turns Topanga Canyon into a river

Parts of LA County are getting half a year’s worth of rain in a single storm. Santa Monica Mountain communities like Topanga and Malibu are getting hit the hardest.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Trillions of dollars worth of lithium could be bubbling up from the ground in the Imperial Valley, which is one of the hottest and poorest areas of California.

Imperial Valley: Domestic source for lithium to power the nation?

Trillions of dollars worth of lithium could be bubbling up from the ground in the Imperial Valley, which is one of the hottest and poorest areas of California.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A row of tall trees separating a golf course from a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs is the subject of a new PBS documentary called “Racist Trees.”

In Palm Springs, were trees planted with racist intent?

A row of tall trees separating a golf course from a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs is the subject of a new PBS documentary called “Racist Trees.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

San Diego residents are still reeling from a heavy and rapid downpour that started on Monday morning. Is Southern California built to withstand storms like this?

‘Thousand-year storm’ floods part of San Diego, is SoCal prepared for more?

San Diego residents are still reeling from a heavy and rapid downpour that started on Monday morning. Is Southern California built to withstand storms like this?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A Malibu mansion and a humble home in Ventura have something in common: Their carbon emissions are net-zero. Is this the next trend in home building?

Zero-carbon homes exist. Can you really live in one?

A Malibu mansion and a humble home in Ventura have something in common: Their carbon emissions are net-zero. Is this the next trend in home building?

from KCRW Features

Today we’re sharing an episode from an environmental podcast you might like, Sea Change, from WWNO in New Orleans. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

Designing with Nature (from “Sea Change”)

Today we’re sharing an episode from an environmental podcast you might like, Sea Change, from WWNO in New Orleans. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Reporter Alexander Sammon visits Cherán, where armed militias guard the area to prevent rogue avocado farming.

The militant environmentalism of Mexico's anti-avocado activists

Reporter Alexander Sammon visits Cherán, where armed militias guard the area to prevent rogue avocado farming.

from Good Food

Journalist and author George Monbiot has a radical idea for fixing the environmental devastation caused by farming — but can a post-agriculture world feed the planet?

Can a post-agriculture world feed the planet?

Journalist and author George Monbiot has a radical idea for fixing the environmental devastation caused by farming — but can a post-agriculture world feed the planet?

from Good Food

Once a social scientist and now a farmer, Chris Smaje offers a defense of small-scale farming and a robust critique of industrialized food production.

Social-scientist-turned-farmer Chris Smaje makes the case for small-scale farming

Once a social scientist and now a farmer, Chris Smaje offers a defense of small-scale farming and a robust critique of industrialized food production.

from Good Food

The Ecology Center is a blue dot in a red sea. How did Evan Marks come to run this 28-acre regenerative farm in Orange County?

How San Juan Capistrano’s Ecology Center became an oasis of regenerative farming

The Ecology Center is a blue dot in a red sea. How did Evan Marks come to run this 28-acre regenerative farm in Orange County?

from Good Food

Today we’re sharing an episode from a science podcast you might like, Short Wave, from NPR. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

Don’t call it dirt: the science of soil (from “Short Wave”)

Today we’re sharing an episode from a science podcast you might like, Short Wave, from NPR. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Batteries are the key to a greener planet, but they cause environmental damage too.

What’s the downside of going electric?

Batteries are the key to a greener planet, but they cause environmental damage too.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

The average liter of bottled water has about 240,000 tiny particles known as "nanoplastics," new research shows. How concerned should we be?

Drinking out of plastic water bottles? You’re consuming nanoplastics

The average liter of bottled water has about 240,000 tiny particles known as "nanoplastics," new research shows. How concerned should we be?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Plastic waste keeps piling up. Is anyone working on a plan to stop using it?

What will fix our plastic problem?

Plastic waste keeps piling up. Is anyone working on a plan to stop using it?

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Last winter’s rains accelerated a slow landslide in Rancho Palos Verdes, leading to cracked homes and trail damage at a popular reserve. What will El Niño do?

El Niño storms bring worry about Palos Verdes landslide

Last winter’s rains accelerated a slow landslide in Rancho Palos Verdes, leading to cracked homes and trail damage at a popular reserve. What will El Niño do?

from Greater LA

What happens when you equip three podcast producers and a host with two tents, an egg spoon, and some marshmallows? We decided to find out.

Road trip! Good Food braves the Great Outdoors

What happens when you equip three podcast producers and a host with two tents, an egg spoon, and some marshmallows? We decided to find out.

from Good Food

Terrified of the ocean in her youth, Valentine Thomas is now a champion spearfisherwoman.

A champion spearfisherwoman ditches her desk job for the open water

Terrified of the ocean in her youth, Valentine Thomas is now a champion spearfisherwoman.

from Good Food