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Carolyn Beeler is co-host of The World.CB

Carolyn Beeler

Co-HostThe World
Carolyn Beeler is the co-host of The World.She joined the show in 2015 to cover the environment, and for eight years reported and edited stories about climate change across the globe.Beeler has reported from all seven continents and been recognized with some of journalism’s top awards.Before working at The World, Beeler reported for WHYY in Philadelphia, helping pilot the weekly health and science show, "The Pulse." She also reported from Berlin for a year as a Robert Bosch Foundation fellow.Beeler studied journalism at Northwestern University and learned how to make radio as a Kroc fellow at NPR.
Why airplane wastewater is key in detecting emerging health threats
6:17
Toll of extreme heat on mental health
7:41
Physical activity globally hasn’t increased in 20 years
7:40
After 17 years in exile, he’s now the prime minister of Bangladesh
4:39
In a historic election, Bangladesh chooses someone from a political dynasty
6:14
Where do youth in Bangladesh stand on election day?
10:39
TEPCO plant reopens in Japan
0:46
The view from Greenland
3:30
Covering the environment in the age of climate change
8:10
Abandoned village in Greenland sees a revival
7:19
Tourism out-pacing capacity in Greenland
3:48
Greenland’s independence movement
7:49
Studying melting ice in Greenland for clues to key Atlantic ocean current
7:21
Meet the global climate activists who grew up in the movement
9:50
Evacuated Icelandic town in strange limbo
5:32
A small, remote settlement with a blue house and a red building on a rocky shoreline, surrounded by icy waters and mountains in the background, with icebergs floating in the sea.
Community
‘Abandoned’ settlement in Greenland still hums with life
7:25
Abandoned village in Greenland sees revival
7:25
The spooky sounds near the sun
1:36
Climate change fuels adaptation in remote East Greenland
7:59
Studying melting ice in Greenland for clues to key Atlantic Ocean current
13:08
UN asks Taliban to restore internet to Afghanistan
0:56
Global Politics
Greenlanders largely want independence, but think it’ll be a long road to get there
8:20
Greenland’s independence movement: slow and steady, or fast and furious?
8:20
Business, Economics and Jobs
Amid influx of tourists, Greenland’s capital sees strained infrastructure
6:41
Greenland wants new international airport to trigger tourism boom
6:41
Searching for — and finding — love amid war
7:38
Mandatory retirement complicates Japan’s effort to keep people working longer
5:44
More than a third of Tuvalu applying for climate visa
0:34
Flooding from Ukraine’s ‘Hero River’ may be a silver lining of war
5:09
Hurricane Erick makes landfall in Mexico
2:05
Global coral bleaching spells trouble for ocean and shoreline ecosystems
5:02
As planet warms, demand for energy goes up
1:37
Why airplane wastewater is a key in detecting emerging health threats
7:13
Robots as avatars, not replacements, for human workers
3:56
Spending time abroad later in life is a ‘gift’
4:47
Year in review: climate and weather
17:32
Mandatory retirement ages complicate Japan’s effort to keep people working longer
5:55
Philly cheesesteak is big in Japan
5:37
Women in Japan largely unconvinced by policies aimed at boosting the birth rate
5:42
Breathing new life into Japan’s abandoned homes
6:02
American student’s love for Japan
5:54
Study abroad and beyond
One American student’s love for Japan
5:54
Post-Fukushima, Japanese public divided over government plan to reinvigorate nuclear reactors
7:10
Brazil’s wildfires release record greenhouse gas emissions
1:21
Scientists call for global solutions to microplastics
8:09
Climate science and solutions
Firefighters test out new tool as Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands burn
6:08
Climate science and solutions
Wildfires in Brazil’s Pantanal becoming more likely because of climate change 
8:41
Wildlife decimated by fires in Brazil’s Pantanal
4:59
Firefighters test out new tool as Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands burn
6:08
Wildfires blazing in Brazil’s Pantanal becoming more likely because of climate change
8:41
Japan in Focus
Japan’s oldest village tries to attract new, younger residents
8:03
Visiting Japan’s oldest village
8:03