The World from PRX

Peter Thomson

A child plays in the flooded streets of Norfolk, Virginia, during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Norfolk is one of many coastal cities around the world experiencing more frequent flooding as sea levels rise in response to warmer global temperatures.
Environment
Meet our new Livable Planet desk. It’s about what we need to have a future.
A "Water Pickup" sign points to a bottled water distribution center in Flint, Michigan in January. In an effort to save money, state officials running Flint's affairs implemented changes to the city's water system that resulted in widespread lead contamin
Environment
This is your brain on lead, and lots of other nasty pollutants
Superstorm Sandy
Environment
A new report from the US government shows how the impacts of climate change are already harming the US
US President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington January 28, 2014.
Global Politics
The State of the Union with The World’s newsroom
The European Space Agency’s Earth Explorer CryoSat makes precise measurements of changes in the thickness of marine ice floating in the polar oceans, as well as variations in the thickness of the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica.
Environment
On a long downward slide, scientists say 2013 was an up year for Arctic Ice
Environment editor Peter Thomson's changing lunch: Rotary Club veggie dogs on whole wheat buns. (Photo: Peter Thomson)
Environment
Launching ‘What’s for Lunch’: Environment editor Peter Thomson on climate change and food
Health & Medicine
The next pandemic – Are we ready?
Boat
Environment
The protectors of the world’s largest fresh water lake may be put out of business by a Russian court
Violence at the Marathon and Beyond: A Psychiatrist Talks About How to Talk with Kids
Environment
Report: Soot #2 Contributor to Global Warming
Global Politics
Doha Climate Talks: More Hot Air?
Environment
Sandy and Climate Change: An Arctic Connection?
Global Politics
Debates 2012: Foreign Policy Issues That Were Not Addressed
Environment
The Sound of Earth’s Security Blanket
Environment
Research Expedition Captures Stunning Images of Plankton
The Keystone Oil Pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota.
Global Politics
Pipeline Troubles
Global Politics
Rio+20: Empty Words from Environmental Summit?
Environment
From Inside Fukushima Reactor, New Data Raises New Worries
Environment
The Climate in 2012
Environment
Global Forecast: Stormy Weather
Arts, Culture & Media
Scientists Claim To Have Found Earliest Fossils
Development & Education
Japan Looks to Big Increase in Renewables
Development & Education
Japan tightens evacuation zone
Development & Education
Update on Japan’s situation
Health & Medicine
Contamination fears at Fukushima nuclear plant
Conflict & Justice
Update on Japan’s nuclear crisis
Development & Education
Japan battles nuclear nightmare
The Thirst for Safe Water: Positive Developments
Brown’s Town
Estuary Series Part 4: Where the Tijuana River and the Pacific Ocean Meet
Enviros Claim Victory In Mid-Term Elections
San Francisco Bay Bridge Blues
Election Season: Mean, Green, and Dirty
Alaskan Reserve Opening for Oil Exploration
Gentler Farming in Wine Country
Life in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge
Fish Camp
The Thirst for Safe Water: Part 6 – Positive Developments
Presidio Houses: Lanadmarks of Controversy
Presidio National Park
At ANWR: In Search of Caribou
Oil’s Future in Alaska
EYEWITNESS TO THE U.S. PETROLEUM RESERVE
GENTLER FARMING IN WINE COUNTRY
Presidio Houses: LANDMARKS OF CONTROVERSY
Judi Bari Obituary: An Earth First! Activist Remembered
Presidio
New Hampshire No-Shows
Slow and Steady in the Senate
Clinton Lays Out Environmental Program
Recycling Sewage in Brazil
Pioneers of Energy Efficiency
After the Earth Summit, the Real Rio Remains
The Global Forum
Rio Summit Scene Setter
Climate Treaty – More than Meets the Eye?
End to Sludge Dumping In Boston
Sun rises on National Solar Lab
Mexico Backs Off on Tuna
Nuclear Technology Today