In 2004, I contributed to Feeling the Heat, a book in which nine journalists traveled the world to report on the impacts of climate change. My chapters covered Australia, Florida, Fiji, and Antarctica. Today, you no longer have to travel to cover climate catastrophes because they’re regularly coming to a neighborhood near you. Despite a few outspoken […]
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Rising Tide #93 – Mikki’s Shark World
On this episode of Rising Tide we talk with Mikki McComb-Kobza of the Ocean First Institute. A long time diver and conservation biologist Mikki has studied sharks all around the world. She’ll talk about her discovery on how Hammerhead sharks see, how sharks are the wolves of the sea, why that’s a good thing and […]
Rising Tide #92 – Terry Tamminen’s AltaSea
On this episode of Rising Tide we talk with Terry Tamminen, President and CEO of AltaSea in the Port of Los Angeles. The former Waterkeeper, head of California EPA and longtime Climate advisor tells us about this unique ‘Blue Economy Hub.’ Hear what AltaSea is doing to scale up Ocean Climate Solutions through innovation, education and sustainable […]
Will Biden’s new American Climate Corps match the success of the California Conservation Corps?
On Wednesday, President Biden used his executive power to establish the American Climate Corps, which will employ and train 20,000 young people in the work of climate resilience. Similar to but more modest than the famed CCC — the Civilian Conservation Corps established by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 during the Great Depression — the ACC […]
Rising Tide #91 – Susan Casey goes Deep into the Sea
Today we’re having an in-depth conversation with best-selling author and ocean advocate Susan Casey about her latest book, ‘The Underworld, Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean.’ She talks about the role of the deep oceans in sustaining life on earth, the ‘Star Wars Bar Scene’ population of strange and incredible animals living miles below […]