"Park Service Begs Visitors: Please Stop Licking These Psychedelic Toads"
"The National Park Service dropped an unusual warning recently, urging visitors to stop licking toads."
Source: HuffPost, 11/08/2022
People & Population
"EV Mineral Bonanza on Alaska Tribal Land Turns on Disputed Road"
"Bornite Camp is beyond all the roads in North America, on the southern edge of the massive Brooks Range. It’s home to grizzly bears, and the caribou, moose, and salmon essential to the survival of Alaska Natives who live off the land."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/08/2022
Climate Change Threatening ‘Things Americans Value Most’ -- U.S. Report
"Climate change is unleashing “far-reaching and worsening” calamities in every region of the United States, and the economic and human toll will only increase unless humans move faster to slow the planet’s warming, according to a sprawling new federal report released Monday.
Source: Washington Post, 11/08/2022
Reporting on Storm Chasing’s ‘Human Side’ Hints at Climate’s Future
Writer Noah Gallagher Shannon followed scientists into the heart of the megastorms ravaging an agricultural region in Argentina, and in the process learned not just about their high-risk fieldwork and what these massive thunderstorms might tell us about the storms of the future in the United States, but also their impact on affected communities. Find out about his reporting experience in this Inside Story Q&A.
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"As Climate Change Worsens, U.S. Weighs Which Communities to Save"
"The Biden administration is considering proposals to relocate Native American communities threatened by global warming. It could become a template for the rest of the country."
Source: NYTimes, 11/02/2022
Documentary Tells of Human, Environmental Toll of Unexploded Ordnance
A film by reporting duo Jerry Redfern and Karen Coates — supported by a grant from the Society of Environmental Journalists — shows the ongoing human and environmental harm of the unexploded U.S. bombs and other ordnance dropped on Southeast Asian villages during the Vietnam War. “Eternal Harvest,” which builds on their earlier book on the topic, was made painstakingly over years, and in the latest FEJ StoryLog, the couple explains their process and storytelling approach.
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"Along A Withered Mississippi, A Mixture Of Frustration, Hope And Awe"
"Over several days this past week, Washington Post climate reporter Brady Dennis drove more than 400 miles in five states, from Memphis to Cairo, Ill., talking with people whose lives and livelihoods are inextricably linked to the Mississippi River and with people who had come to marvel at how drastically the ongoing drought has weakened it."
Source: Washington Post, 10/31/2022
"Climate Migration: Alaska Village Resists Despite Threats"
"Search online for the little town of Shishmaref and you’ll see homes perilously close to falling into the ocean, and headlines that warn that this Native community on a border island in western Alaska -- without access to main roads to the mainland or running water -- is on the verge of disappearing."
Source: AP, 10/31/2022
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