In the final episode of Short Wave's Summer Road Trip series exploring the science happening in national parks and public lands, Aaron talks to National Park Service Director Charles Sams, who... Read Original Story
DENVER (AP) — To guide fishing trips for a year or two, that’s what brought Terry Gunn to the red canyons of northern Arizona. The chance to hike, raft and fly fish drew Wendy Hanvold, a retired ski... Read Original Story
When the Nasa climatologist James Hansen testified before Congress in June 1988 about a warming planet, the temperature in Washington DC hit a record 100F. It was a summer of unprecedented heatwaves... Read Original Story
Grand Canyon National Park visitors can expect to feel the effects of increased water restrictions after a series of breaks along a pipeline that delivers water to the park from 3,500 feet below the... Read Original Story
Sounds and vibration give life and disrupt it.
Take a walk in any city park, and you’ll notice many wearing headphones to cancel out the noise that interjects modern urban existence. A walk in the... Read Original Story
The Colorado River is young by geologic standards — only five or six million years. But the channel it cuts through the Colorado Plateau exposes rocks that are much older. At the bottom of the Grand... Read Original Story
A few times a year, fed by snowmelt and monsoon storms, the normally dry Grand Falls swells into a raging wall of muddy water. The 180-foot seasonal waterfall has become something of a destination... Read Original Story
Crowds have been streaming into Zion National Park again this summer, and officials are expecting this Labor Day weekend to provide perhaps the biggest test yet of just how many people the park can... Read Original Story
