
Ellie Nasr, a Ph.D. candidate in the geography department at Penn State.
Ellie Nasr, a Ph.D. candidate in the geography department at Penn State.
YouTube screenshot / StateImpact Pennsylvania
Ellie Nasr, a Ph.D. candidate in the geography department at Penn State.
YouTube screenshot / StateImpact Pennsylvania
Ellie Nasr, a Ph.D. candidate in the geography department at Penn State.
Power plants, fossil fuels, emissions and renewables get most of the attention when you start talking about climate change.
This week, with a series of three audio stories as part of StateImpact Pennsylvania’s participation in the Covering Climate Now initiative, we’re taking time to talk about dinosaurs, fish and wetlands.
Donna McDermott, an American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Fellow, spent part of the summer with StateImpact Pennsylvania. Among other work, she produced stories about:
“Wetlands are really important specifically for you know, moderating the effects and consequences of climate change,” Nasr says. “They can slow water flow and capture runoff, which will reduce the risk of intense precipitation and flooding that are associated with climate change.”
Listen to Nasr’s story:Â
Watch videos of these scientists as part of WITF’s Summer STEM Adventure curriculum.
StateImpact Pennsylvania is participating in Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.
StateImpact Pennsylvania is a collaboration among WITF, WHYY, and the Allegheny Front. Reporters Reid Frazier, Rachel McDevitt and Susan Phillips cover the commonwealth’s energy economy. Read their reports on this site, and hear them on public radio stations across Pennsylvania.
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StateImpact Pennsylvania is a collaboration among WITF, WHYY, and the Allegheny Front. Reporters Reid Frazier, Rachel McDevitt and Susan Phillips cover the commonwealth’s energy economy. Read their reports on this site, and hear them on public radio stations across Pennsylvania.
Climate Solutions, a collaboration of news organizations, educational institutions and a theater company, uses engagement, education and storytelling to help central Pennsylvanians toward climate change literacy, resilience and adaptation. Our work will amplify how people are finding solutions to the challenges presented by a warming world.