Peter Thomson
Breakthrough Antarctic Finding: Life in Subglacial Lake
In the culmination of a years-long effort, American scientists say they’ve found signs of life in isolated lakes deep beneath Antarctica.
Report: Soot 2nd Biggest Contributor to Global Warming
Soot from diesel engines and coal smoke was a main culprit in the recent Beijing smog crisis. Now a new report says soot is also a much bigger contributor to global warming than had been thought. Host Marco Werman gets the latest on soot from The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson.
The Environment in 2012 & 2013: A Look Back and Ahead
From record Arctic ice melt to freak storms, droughts and heat waves, 2012 was the year when climate change became almost daily news. The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson joins host Marco Werman for a look back at the year just ended and ahead at what to watch for in 2013.
Caribou, Oil and a Changing Arctic
Marco Werman’s Christmas week conversation with Jonathan Mazower of Survival International about the importance of real-life reindeer for many northern people brought a flashback to my own trip to the far north 15 years ago to report on reindeer (also known as caribou), oil, native people and a rapidly changing Arctic for the public radio program Living on Earth.
Unusual Typhoon Leaves Southern Philippines Reeling
Typhoon Bopha seemed to come almost out of nowhere. It came outside of the usual typhoon season and hit a part of the country that’s off the usual storm track, leaving more than 400 dead, nearly as many missing, and more than 300,000 homeless.
Doha Climate Talks: More Hot Air?
Slow-paced international climate negotiations have resumed this week in Qatar amid a rising wave of bad news on carbon emissions, temperatures and extreme weather events.
Environment Roundup: BP Agrees to $4.5 Billion Gulf Oil Spill Settlement; Obama Talks Climate
Four and a half billion dollars. That’s what the British oil giant BP has agreed to pay today to settle federal criminal charges stemming from its massive 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The World’s Environment Editor Peter Thomson has been following this developing story as well as the rest of the week’s environmental news.
A Journalist’s Call to Arms on Climate Change
A former member of the mainstream media argues that having finally come to terms with the reality of climate change, the mainstream media is still failing to come to terms with its seriousness.
With Climate Change Suddenly on the Agenda, a Look Back at the Candidates’ Positions
“Superstorm” Sandy has suddenly thrust climate change into the middle of the presidential election campaign. Neither major party candidate has wanted to say much about the issue up to now, but there are real differences in their policies on climate change.
Sandy and Climate Change – An Arctic Connection?
“Superstorm” Sandy is just the latest in a wave of extremely unusual weather events to hit the US and the rest of the world in recent years, leading many to wonder about the possible link to climate change. Host Lisa Mullins raises the question with The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson.
Memo to the Moderator: Find That Lost Question on Climate Change
Don’t let the men who would be president ride out the rest of the campaign without telling the world how they’ll address the huge global threat of climate change [...]
NASA’s ‘Chorus’ Recording, ‘Natural Radio’ and the Magnetosphere
When I heard the new NASA recordings of the “Chorus” of charged particles in the earth’s magnetosphere, I was immediately reminded of similar recordings made here on earth a few years back and transformed into the most wonderful piece of music [...]
The Sound of Earth’s Security Blanket
An audio recording from a new NASA satellite got The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson thinking about what humans can wreck, and what we can’t.
Research Expedition Captures Stunning Images of Plankton
The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson talks with host Aaron Schachter about new pictures of plankton, the tiny organisms that float around in the world’s oceans.
Arctic Ice Cover Headed for a Record Low
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson about what’s going on up there and what it might mean for the rest of the world.
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