Environment
Recent Environment Coverage from ideastream
Take a Hike
The Sound of Ideas
Posted May 2, 2013
When it comes to exercise and adventure, it's better to take the road less traveled. We'll show you how to find it.
Report Says Lake Erie Algae Blooms May Worsen With Climate Change
Regional News Stories
Posted April 30, 2013
Researchers with the National Wildlife Federation say it’s likely algae blooms will return to Lake Erie this year, depending on rainfall.
Sustainability Consortium To Hold Public Workshops on Suburban Sprawl
Regional News Stories
Posted April 30, 2013
A local consortium is using a $4 million dollar federal grant to study the effects of sprawl, and what planners can do to manage it.
Ted Radio Hour
90.3 WCPN Special Broadcast
Airs April 26, 2013
TED (technology, entertainment, design) lectures grouped and expanded for an hour of thoughtful new ideas.
New iPhone App for Tracking Invasive Species near the Great Lakes
Regional News Stories
Posted April 25, 2013
People can snap photos of invadors and send in reports from their phones.
Environment Headlines
Could African Crops Be Improved With Private Biotech Data? A scientist asked the world's biggest life sciences companies to share information on 100 crops.
How Genomics Solved The Mystery Of Ireland's Great Famine Scientists have discovered the pathogen that triggered Ireland's Great Famine in the 1840s.
African Cities Test The Limits Of Living With Livestock People and their animals are living closely together in African megacities like never before.
Vertical 'Pinkhouses:' The Future Of Urban Farming? Horticulturists think vertical farming's future may lie in indoor warehouses lit up magenta by LEDs.- Storm Chasers Seek Thrills, But Also Chance To Warn Others "There was debris raining out of the air on top of us," Oklahoma storm chaser Chris McBee says.
Series
- Climate Connections NPR and the National Geographic Society embark on a new, long-term, multi-platform initiative focusing on how the environment changes people and vice versa.
- Great Lakes NowGreat Lakes Now encompasses significant conferences hosted by the leading organizations that deal with Great Lakes issues.
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LSI: Life Science Investigation According to some experts, the threat of an Asian carp invasion of the Great Lakes is very real.
ideastream Environment Funding
Funding for the coverage of environment topics comes from The Dominion Foundation; The Fairmount Minerals Foundation; and The Stanley I. and Hope S. Adelstein Environmental Fund.
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