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Florence, expected to approach arrive at the U.S. East Coast late this week, has just been named a hurricane. (Courtesy of the National Hurricane Center)
NPR
Science

Florence, now a hurricane, is one of many threats to the Atlantic and Pacific

A slew of dangerous storms – hurricanes, tropical storms and a typhoon — are currently traveling over both the Atlantic and Pacific.

7 years ago

Nuisance tidal flooding in Seaside Park, N.J. (Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Community

Coastal flood warning in effect for the Shore

The Jersey Shore should prepare for at least a few rounds of tidal inundation through Monday evening.

7 years ago

You Bet Your Garden

September is THE Time for Lawn Care and Repair

In fall, a young man’s fancy turns to…killing greasy grubs! On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath lays out your or ...

Air Date: September 7, 2018

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RNG Energy's Heartland biofuel/anaerobic digester in Colorado, similar to the plant proposed for a PES refinery site. (Photo courtesy of RNG Energy)
PlanPhilly
Science
PlanPhilly

Mixed reviews for a proposed $120M renewable-energy plant at South Philly refinery

Making energy out of trash has great environmental appeal.

7 years ago

Image: Irina Zhorov
The Pulse
Health

Hurricane Maria: Puerto Rico One Year Later

It’s been a year since Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, destroying lives and reducing many communities to rubble. The storm a ...

Air Date: September 7, 2018

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The women farmers of the Circuito Agroecológico Aiboniteño work together to build a swale on a guava orchard. (Paige Pfleger/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

After Maria, farmers build resilience through sustainability

In Puerto Rico, a group of farmers help each other rebuild and prepare for the coming hurricane season.

7 years ago

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Rosa Elena Mastache Dominguez looks out at the beach through a door that once led to the back of her family home. Hurricane Maria shrunk the beach behind her home, then another storm brought waves that destroyed the structure. (Irina Zhorov/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Eroding beaches weaken Puerto Rico’s storm defenses

More than half of the island's beaches are losing sand. That's a problem when most of the population lives along the coast.

7 years ago

Listen 7:28
In the days after the hurricane, Mariana Ortiz-Blanes documented the devastation around her family home. She took photos and short videos — then sent them to her daughter in Philadelphia — as Hurricane Maria swept across Puerto Rico. Photo Credit: Mariana Ortiz-Blanes
The Pulse
Science

Surviving Maria — from 1,500 miles away

As hurricane winds swept across Puerto Rico, journalist Syra Ortiz-Blanes watched from Philadelphia, unsure if her family back home was safe.

7 years ago

Listen 5:53
Workers from the power company, PREPA, work on a downed line in Utuado. Branches from a tree fell on the line, breaking it and causing a transformer to explode. (Irina Zhorov/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Enemy No. 1 for Puerto Rico’s utility: trees

One of the most complicated pieces of technology — the power grid — is no match for the forest.

7 years ago

Listen 7:28
In this Thursday evening NOAA infrared satellite image, Hurricane Florence is in the lower right portion of the frame.
Down the Shore
Community

NHC: “Very large uncertainty” in Hurricane Florence’s forecast track

Forecasters are monitoring the potential for an East Coast impact by Hurricane Florence, a weak cyclone situated about 1,000 miles southe ...

7 years ago

Derron Farmer sees plastic bags  as a necessary evil. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
Lifestyle

Many consumers support New Jersey proposal to ban plastic bags

Outlawing the plastic bags would mean some inconvenience, shoppers say. But most see the environmental advantage of the proposal.

7 years ago

Public domain image.
Down the Shore
Community

Small, gelatinous blobs along beaches are harmless salps, not sea lice

The little gelatinous, translucent blobs now making their annual appearance at ocean beaches are known as salps, and they’re harmless, an expert says.

7 years ago

A new report suggests that when consumers buy sustainably-certified coffee, they have little way of knowing whether or how their purchase helps growers. (MediaforMedical/Michel Cardoso/UIG via Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Do sustainable certifications for coffee really help coffee growers?

"Really, any kind of commodity – not just coffee – in sustainability certifications is a black box of effects and outcomes."

7 years ago

Shifts in temperature are leading to shifts in the wedding industry as bakers, photographers, florists and the couples they serve think about how to beat the heat on this all-important day. (JGI/Daniel Grill/Getty Images/Blend Images)
NPR
Lifestyle

Say ‘I do’ without the sweat: Wedding pros share how they beat the heat

Melting cakes and melting guests. Wilting flowers and wilting brides. A hot day can spell disaster for a wedding unless there's detailed preparation beforehand.

7 years ago

Homes damaged along the New Jersey Shore after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. (b0jangles via Flickr Creative Commons: https://bit.ly/1mhaR6e)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Money

Study: Sea level rise already hurting coastal real estate prices

Homes exposed to rising seas are selling for about seven percent less than similar properties.

7 years ago

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