WVIZ/PBS ideastream®: Environment

Recent Coverage

Shark Researchers Catch, Tag and Release Sharks to Learn about Behaviors
NewsDepth: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Scientists are studying the migration of great white sharks. This past summer, a larger number than usual of these creatures were spotted near several beaches off the eastern United States. Rob Marciano headed out to sea with shark researchers who are looking for the reasons why.

Maldives Ministers Meet Under the Sea to Highlight Climate Change
NewsDepth: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Many people around the world are concerned about climate change. On Saturday, ministers of the Maldives government held a cabinet meeting under the sea to highlight the threat of climate change. People in Maldives, an island republic in southern Asia, have a lot at stake. Maldives is made up of a chain of low-lying coral islands. Experts fear that rising oceans could swamp the islands within one hundred years.

Team Germany Takes First Place in Solar Decathlon
NewsDepth: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
A team of university students from Germany has won the U.S. Energy Department's Solar Decathlon for the second competition in a row. Second place went to Team Illinois, and third place went to Team California. They all starting building solar-powered homes October first on the National Mall in Washington. Judges say Team Germany's strongest advantage was the amount of energy their house put back into the power grid.

Akron Reaches Settlement With EPA On Sewer Renovations
Regional News Stories: Friday, October 16, 2009
The city of Akron has reached a tentative deal with the U.S Environmental Protection Agency ...establishing a timeline for stopping raw sewage from getting into the Cuyahoga River, and other waterways. The agreement would settle a lawsuit brought by the EPA against the city earlier this year. Ideastream's Bill Rice reports.

National Mall Hosts Twenty Student-Built Homes in Solar Decathlon
NewsDepth: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The National Mall in Washington DC is the site of another U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. Students from twenty universities around the world have designed and built high-efficiency solar-powered homes. Now the teams are competing in ten contests on the mall that simulate real world use of their houses. They do laundry, cook, and watch TV - just like in any other family home - but all of the electricity and hot water is generated by the sun. The event runs through October 18th.

Science Cafe: Hurricanes, Climate Change, and Columbus
The Sound of Ideas: Monday, October 12, 2009
A lake bottom is more than rock and muck. Lakes change water temperature and chemistry seasonally. Organisms like snails and crustaceans and the sediment they die in record changing conditions and reveal a lot about the hypothetical connections between hurricanes and climate change. Monday morning at 9:00, join ideastream® host Dan Moulthrop to find out how geologists and paleontologists can predict the weather around the world from reading a lake bottom in paradise.

Ashtabula Covered Bridges, The Bridge Project, Filmmaker Alexander Boxerbaum and Don Prusha
Applause: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Bridges conjure up many things: romance, troubled waters, fear of heights, transportation, and even waste - with a bridge to nowhere. Coming up on the next Applause we’ll take a toll of some of the beautiful bridges in our area, visit the covered bridge capital of Ohio, plus we’ll meet a man who got the bridge of his dreams by building it himself…all this and more on the next round of Applause.

AG Joins Environmentalists in Dispute Over Lake Erie Shore Property
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Ohio's attorney general is siding with environmentalists in their long-running fight with landowners along Lake Erie. And he's going to the Ohio Supreme Court to make his case. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.

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Resources

The Return of the Cuyahoga On-Line Curriculum
The Return of the Cuyahoga On-Line Curriculum answers questions about how a river could burn and why it happened here. Included is an entire unit plan containing several cross-curricular lessons correlated to State of Ohio Science Standards in the areas of environmental history, environmental investigation, and eliciting social action. Interactive features include animated maps, streaming video, and a glossary which is linked to new words throughout the site. A database allows teachers to enter and compare water testing data gathered from local tributaries.

The Life Depends on Water web site was created in cooperation with Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District to inform and inspire students and the general public into environmental conservation action. In addition to a wealth of information, links to supplementary resources, a glossary, and an animated map, you will find: Lessons, correlated to State of Ohio Science Standards, Web quests, and Service learning projects that will encourage your students to take action and get involved in real world solutions.

Making Connections to the Natural World
You've recently moved to Northeast Ohio or else you're a longtime resident. Either way, you're someone who wants to know more about the world around you and how we interact with it. Here are some quick links to help you get involved in making the region a better place to live, work and raise a family.

Webliography: Wind Power

Funding

Funding for the coverage of environment topics comes from The Cleveland Foundation and The George Gund Foundation.