Lauren Sommer
Climate Correspondent at NPR
Climate correspondent for @NPR, West Coast-based. Wildfires, water, oceans, adaptation and accountability. @KQEDscience alum.
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2 weeks ago |
npr.org | Lauren Sommer
Climate change shapes where and how we live. That's why NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for building and living on a hotter planet. The roof on Ron Watson's house in Spanish Fort, Ala., looks about the same as the roofs you'd see across the state, but every year, it's saving him money on his insurance.
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2 weeks ago |
mprnews.org | Lauren Sommer
Ten of thousands of penguins, clustered together on the Antarctic Peninsula, can produce some potent stenches. Now, scientists have found that all that waste could be powerful enough to cool the climate. The gases from penguin poop help fuel cloud formation, scientists found, which can change the temperature in the Antarctic. Clouds act like giant reflectors, blocking sunlight that would otherwise be heating the planet.
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4 weeks ago |
wlrn.org | Lauren Sommer
Penguins in Antarctica could actually be helping cool the climate. New research shows they can influence how clouds form thanks to all their waste.
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4 weeks ago |
wfdd.org | Lauren Sommer |Frank Langfitt
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1 month ago |
npr.org | Hannah Chinn |Emily Kwong |Alejandra Borunda |Lauren Sommer
Trump is gutting environmental agencies. What does that mean for Americans? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1266983772/1269333915" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Cuts to NOAA may make it more difficult to predict flooding and other weather-related disasters; cuts to FEMA are curtailing communities' ability to respond to those disasters, as well.
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For 25 years, FEMA has helped develop building codes that help homes survive floods and hurricanes. Now, FEMA is pulling back on that work, taking its name off recommendations its experts have written. On NPR today https://t.co/T32mCUpQ23
Los Angeles has wildfire policies that are far tougher than many other states. But the recent fires show there’s still big gaps. https://t.co/nQHX6Ef7DG
The 1-year anniversary of Maui's fires is this week. Many of the destroyed properties were built right on the water. With sea levels rising, the community is debating whether they should be rebuilt at all - on @NPR today https://t.co/GqHFJXMLQQ