In this episode of The Great Simplification, host Nate Hagens is joined by earth scientist and thermodynamicist Tad Patzek for an exploration of the mechanics and mathematics of global heating itself.
Unsuspecting fans arriving in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area for the World Cup face a hidden health hazard on their walk to the futuristic home of the Dallas Cowboys in a concrete city built more for cars than pedestrians.
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to cities downstream, likely the growing towns around Phoenix.
Climate-exacerbated heat increases and unpredictable rainfall combined with unplanned urban growth have resulted in nearly half the lakes in the mountainous, India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir region disappearing or becoming highly polluted in the last six decades.
Companies are stepping up efforts to cut waste from flexible plastic packaging as new environmental rules target one of the world’s most polluting forms of plastic, writes Saabira Chaudhuri.
Despite years of opposition, a 900-mile crude oil pipeline through East Africa is about to be completed, and its environmental and social risks are coming into focus. Campaigners in Uganda and abroad are making a final push to halt the project before the oil starts to flow.
In the decade since the devastating 2016 floods that cost 23 people their lives, West Virginia has seen the number of flooding events in the state more than double compared to the 10 years before.
