The World from PRX

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Two men stand on rocky land as mountains and snow stretch out behind them. One holds a drill of some kind and is drilling into the rock.
If the Greenland ice sheet melts, what happens to New York City? This reporter went to find out.
Growing high tides have turned this photo — taken from Pompano Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 — into a regular occurrence along the U.S. coastlines.
Climate Change
New report forecasts a troubling picture of rising tides, frequent flooding on coasts
Books
New book sheds light on overlooked women pioneers who paved the way for today’s internet
DHS bus
Conflict
The complicated reasons why some people overstay their US visas
minke whale
Science
In New York, a whale of a comeback story
Imam Khalid Latif
Jobs
This NYPD chaplain is young, male and Muslim. He’s been told ‘those things don’t go together so well right now.’
People in crowd hold up cellphones
Global Politics
How Donald Trump ended up at a Bollywood-themed Hindu rally in New Jersey
The Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, pictured here, has been a boon for forest science.
Science
One of the largest ‘test tubes’ in science is an 8,000-acre forest in New Hampshire
Mackenzie Scott, aka Torres
Music
TORRES gets personal in her new album, Sprinter
2013 was a banner year for apples in New England and even the old, long-neglected trees at the Thomson farm in Western Massachusetts got caught up in the frenzy.
Lifestyle & Belief
A banner year for New England apples brought back a family’s cider-making tradition
Hurricane Sandy is seen moving towards the east coast of the United States on October 29, 2012.
Environment
In the year since Sandy, scientists grow more certain on reality of climate change
Business, Economics and Jobs
Some Filipino call center workers turn schedules upside down, embrace U.S. time
Environment
Maine legislators agree to reopen path for international fish spawning
Environment
Climate scientist links Arctic melting to U.S. weather fluctuations
Environment
Bike sharing programs taking off with cities, cyclists
Environment
Insurance industry looking at revising rates to reflect changing climate
Global Politics
Racial slur hurled at Boston Red Sox player brings to light disguised racism
Business, Economics and Jobs
Australia’s growing economy causing the government to look abroad for skilled labor
Environment
New research survey suggests urban trees are on the decline
Environment
As temperatures rise, humans and nature will both have to adapt
Global Politics
FEMA aid to victims of Hurricane Irene could be limited
Business, Economics and Jobs
World Bicycle Relief
Global Politics
The congressional races to watch
Environment
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits East Coast
Environment
In Sandy’s wake, Scientists Explore Links Between Warming Arctic and Extreme Weather
Checking in After Hurricane Sandy
Bracing for the Nor’easter, Just Days After Sandy
BirdNote® Oystercatcher
West Virginia Braces for Post-Sandy Blizzards
Hospital in the Path of Sandy
Governor Jack Markell on Delaware’s Hurricane Preparations
Hurricane Sandy Approaches Delaware Coast
Protecting Pacific Salmon
Top of the Hour: 40,000 Still Without Power After Irene, Morning Headlines
Rep. Bill Pascrell on the Aftermath of Irene
FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate on Responding to Irene
After Irene, FEMA’s Funding Dilemma
Why Hurricane Irene Did (or Did Not) Prove Forecasters Wrong
Top of the Hour: Irene Clean-Up Begins, Morning Headlines
Top of the Hour: East Coast Cleans Up, Morning Headlines
This Week’s Agenda: Irene Aftermath, Unemployment, Greece’s Bailout
Top of the Hour: Irene Barrels Toward East Coast, Morning Headlines
Top of the Hour: Earthquake Rattles East Coast, Morning Headlines
Earthquake Rattles East Coast, As Hurricane Heads for U.S.
Can Rebels Boost Oil Production?
Top of the Hour: Heat Wave Devastates Nation, Morning Headlines
Top of the Hour: Heat Wave Devastates US, Morning Headlines
Your Take: How Do You Beat the Heat?
Palin to Embark on ‘One Nation’ Bus Tour
Another Casualty of the Global Economy – Apples???
Swordfish Restaurant Boycott
Swordfish Restaurant Boycott
Seeing the Forest for its Bugs
Downeast Conservation
Drought and Climate Change