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The World War II Bomber at the Bottom of Lake Mead
From H2O Radio | Part of the Journalism About Water series | 06:44
The extraordinary story of how a B-29 crashed into Lake Mead over 70 years ago but was only found in the early 2000s—remarkably intact.
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. The National Park Service is trying to preserve the aircraft for the public to appreciate while climate change and invasive mussels present challenges to its future.
Little Ditch. Big Deal. A Couple Living off the Grid Challenged Colorado Water Law—and Won
From H2O Radio | Part of the The Confluence series | 06:18
Living off the grid in Colorado's vast San Luis Valley, Chuck and Barbara Tidd needed to find a source of energy to supplement their solar panels. Their solution, to use a creek on their property to generate power, led to a legal battle that went all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court—where they won. That decision worries some who say their new right could upend water law that goes back 150 years.
Living off the grid in Colorado's vast San Luis Valley, Chuck and Barbara Tidd needed to find a source of energy to supplement their solar panels. Their solution, to use a creek on their property to generate power, led to a legal battle that went all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court—where they won. That decision worries some who say their new right could upend water law that goes back 150 years.
Vanishing Act: NASA Scientist Jay Famiglietti on Our Changing Water Future
From H2O Radio | Part of the Sounds From a Warming Planet series | 27:41
NASA research looks at the West and the world’s dwindling water resources—and what they're finding is concerning.
Sitting in a place they call the "mall" in the center of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory campus in Pasadena, California, it's shady and relaxing. Scientists confab at tables with umbrellas, sipping coffee, laptops open to graphs and charts. That's where H2O Radio's Frani Halperin met Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist, to talk about NASA's latest missions. The space agency isn't just sending rockets to explore our galaxy—they're launching satellites to look back at Earth. Missions with names like "GRACE" are "amazing"—not just for their bird's-eye view of our home planet but for what that perspective is telling us about our challenging water future.
Forgotten. Did the State of Colorado Leave Residents with Bad Water? (Part One)
From H2O Radio | 09:27
Gas drilling came to southern Colorado's Raton Basin in the late 1990s, and along with it heavy traffic, noise—and what many locals believe—contaminated water. Did the state do enough to help?
This is part one of a two-part investigative piece by H2O Radio.
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Gas drilling came to southern Colorado's Raton Basin in the late 1990s, and along with it heavy traffic, noise—and what many locals believe—contaminated water caused by industry. Specifically numerous residents discovered they had a chemical in their water called “tert-Butyl alcohol” or "TBA." The state investigated the matter and published a report suggesting TBA was naturally occurring among other explanations. Now the case is closed and the report not only leaves more questions than it answers—it resigns residents to living with water they feel they dare not drink.
This is part one of a two-part investigative piece by H2O Radio.
What Do Latinos Really Care About? Mi Tierra
From H2O Radio | Part of the Sounds From a Warming Planet series | 07:41
It’s election season and the news is full of headlines about the issues most on the minds of voters. And for candidates trying to woo Latino voters, there’s nothing more important than immigration, right? Wrong.
Poll after poll shows Latinos are more concerned about the effects of climate change than voters overall and that reducing smog and air pollution, conserving water, and protecting waterways and clean drinking water scored higher than immigration reform. Politicians would do well to pay attention—or pay the consequences.
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It’s election season and the news is full of headlines about the issues most on the minds of voters. And for candidates trying to woo Latino voters, there’s nothing more important than immigration, right? Wrong.
Poll after poll shows Latinos are more concerned about the effects of climate change than voters overall and that reducing smog and air pollution, conserving water, and protecting waterways and clean drinking water scored higher than immigration reform. Politicians would do well to pay attention—or pay the consequences.
And Now for a Different Kind of Climate Change Story...
From H2O Radio | Part of the Sounds From a Warming Planet series | 10:58
A true account of climate scientists who didn't know about global warming, but told its story. The Vaux family thought they were just out for a fun train ride. Ultimately their discovery would come to demonstrate how our world is changing—in stark black and white terms.
A true account of climate scientists who didn't know about global warming, but told its story. The Vaux family thought they were just out for a fun train ride. Ultimately their discovery would come to demonstrate how our world is changing—in stark black and white terms.
Want to Avert an Alien Invasion? Call on Man’s Best Friend
From H2O Radio | Part of the Journalism About Water series | 07:41
They're only about the size of your fingernail, but they're a scourge of mammoth proportions. Zebra and quagga mussels are tiny mollusks that have spread from their accidental introduction into the Great Lakes in the 1980s to plague water bodies from coast to coast. The invasive mussels are disrupting ecosystems, depleting food sources for aquatic life and damaging infrastructure. At present, there is NO solution. Can they be stopped before they attack every lake and river in North America? If two black labs and a German Shepherd have anything to say about it—YES.
They're only about the size of your fingernail, but they're a scourge of mammoth proportions. Zebra and quagga mussels are tiny mollusks that have spread from their accidental introduction into the Great Lakes in the 1980s to plague water bodies from coast to coast. The invasive mussels are disrupting ecosystems, depleting food sources for aquatic life and damaging infrastructure. At present, there is NO solution. Can they be stopped before they attack every lake and river in North America? If two black labs and a German Shepherd have anything to say about it—YES.