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Water Desalination: Barriers and Opportunities
Season 2 Episode 12
This month we take a closer look at desalination of brackish groundwater and/or seawater as a potential solution to augment water supply in the arid …
4 years, 7 months ago
Extreme Heat & Urban Planning
Season 2 Episode 11
In this episode we continue our conversation around the topic of extreme heat. We visit with three experts in urban planning to discuss how we can mi…
4 years, 9 months ago
Extreme Heat & Public Health
Season 2 Episode 10
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Extreme heat kills on average more than 600 people in the U.S. each year. Over the course…
4 years, 10 months ago
Drought Adaptation & Social Learning
Season 2 Episode 9
Taking action to manage drought and adapt to changing conditions can sometimes have unintended impacts on the adaptive capacity of others in the same…
4 years, 10 months ago
CoCoRaHS: Citizen Science in Weather Reporting
Season 2 Episode 8
CoCoRaHS is an acronym for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. CoCoRaHS is a unique, non-profit, community-based network of volu…
5 years ago
Drought, Snowpack, and Streamflow
Season 2 Episode 7
In this continuation of our special series on drought, we interview two water and climate scientists to learn what streamflow forecasts are predictin…
5 years ago
Grass-Cast: A Grassland Productivity Forecasting Tool
Season 2 Episode 6
In this mid-month bonus episode we interview Dr. Dannele Peck, Director of the USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub, about a rangeland/grassland forage p…
5 years, 1 month ago
Drought Impacts on Mental Health
Season 2 Episode 5
Drought impacts more than our physical world - the psychological impacts of drought are also very real. Crop damage or failure, running out of forage…
5 years, 1 month ago
Drought & Natural Resources Management
Season 2 Episode 4
As of March 1st 2020, 85% of Arizona and 82% of New Mexico were in extreme to exceptional drought--the most severe drought categories used by the U.S…
5 years, 3 months ago
Talking Wine, Weather, and Science: Part 2
Season 2 Episode 3
Is climate change already impacting viticulture (the cultivation of grapevines)? How might a changing climate affect wine production? Is today a bett…
5 years, 4 months ago