KQED's Climate Watch

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A special series from KQED's "The California Report" providing in-depth coverage of climate-related science and policy issues from a California perspective.

Episodes

  1. 17/08/2012

    Expanding the Pool For Renewable Energy

    Despite the state's push toward renewable energy, most Californians can't choose solar power at home. But a bill moving through the state legislature may soon provide a way for more people to jump on board the clean energy bandwagon.

    3 min

  2. 30/07/2012

    Climate Change Speeds Up Loss of Historic Artifacts

    Rising seas from warming oceans are generally seen as a threat to the future. But archaeologists are realizing that they're also a threat to the past. Coastal erosion is destroying Native American sites, including graves and places where people once cooked and camped.

    6 min

  3. 19/06/2012

    Bringing California's Dams Up to Date

    There are more than 1,400 dams in California. When the earliest of them was built, the goals were clear: store water, control floods and generate electricity. Since then, new priorities have been added, such as protecting endangered species, which makes relicensing the dams a very pricey and lengthy process.

    6 min

  4. 18/06/2012

    Shrinking Snowpack Puts Hydroelectric Power at Risk

    While much is uncertain about California's warming climate, there's little doubt that it's already changing the fundamentals of how most of us get our water. And that has some far-reaching implications that could even show up on your electric bill.

    6 min

  5. 12/06/2012

    Power Needs Water

    The state's water managers rolled out a plan this week to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by moving water around the state. If that sounds odd, it turns out that moving and treating water takes a lot of electricity. But the reverse is also true -- generating power uses a lot of water.

    6 min

  6. 11/06/2012

    Water Needs Power

    Here in California we're constantly prodded to save energy, and to save water, too. But what if we told you that by saving one, you can save both? That's because water and power are inextricably bound together, a fact that is starting to get the attention of policymakers.

    6 min

  7. 23/05/2012

    Cleaning Up the Cloud

    We imagine all our music, apps and photos stored somewhere "out there" - in the sky, perhaps. In truth, data lives in data centers that run on electricity. There's a fight going on between Greenpeace and Apple over the energy source behind Apple's iCloud.

    5 min

  8. 04/05/2012

    Climate Change May Mean More Mosquitoes -- And Diseases

    Scientists are concerned that as the climate warms, West Nile Virus and other mosquito-borne illnesses will gain a stronger foothold in North America.

    5 min
  • 8 Episodes

About

A special series from KQED's "The California Report" providing in-depth coverage of climate-related science and policy issues from a California perspective.

Information

  • Creator
    KQED
  • Years Active
    2009 - 2012
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © copyright 2009- 2010 NCPB, Inc
  • Show Website
    KQED's Climate Watch

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