Stories of climate change impacts on the developing world are buzzing in the US media. But the climate is changing in America too, even if not as loudly proclaimed. Link TV's new weekly mini-series "Climate Change Hits Home" illustrates that the impact of climate change is not just somebody else's problem. http://www.linktv.org/programs/climate-change-hits-home en-us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:33:30 -0800 http://www.linktv.org/video/4748 b65f2ecd2900ba6ae49a14d9c4b16fb4 <p>Global warming. Climate change. It may seem remote -- something that only happens far away or something to worry about later. But climate change is happening here and now and impacts us all in ways you may not have realized. Here are ten examples of climate change hitting home in the U.S.</p> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Climate Change, Global Warming, Factoid, Cool It, Climate Change Hits Home, California, Wildfires, Southern California, Los Angeles, Environment, Weather, Georgia, Floods, Tsunami, Earthquake, Heat, Temperature, USA, United Nations, Copenhagen, December, Denmark, Negotiations Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/4740 0f304eddb4ad6007a3093fd6d963a1d2 Climate change is putting a damper on American tourism and recreation. Skiing, diving, hunting, and fishing are just some of the national pastimes that scientists say are at risk if rising temperatures go unchecked. But not only is American quality of life at stake, but so are millions in potential lost revenue. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Climate Change, Global Warming, Factoid, Cool It, Climate Change Hits Home, California, Wildfires, Southern California, Los Angeles, Environment, Weather, Georgia, Floods, Tsunami, Earthquake, Heat, Temperature, USA, United Nations, Copenhagen, December, Denmark, Negotiations, Recreation, Tourism, Fishing, Hunting, Skiing, Diving, North Carolina, Northeast, Resort Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/4723 53420bd6e6798761679772a7dd012674 <p>One-third of Americans live on coasts near "Dead Zones", the focus of this week's climate change story. It may sound like science fiction, but these "Dead Zones" are very real places. The northern Gulf of Mexico, the Chesapeake Bay and parts of the Oregon coast -- vast expanses of these waterways are dying from the lack of oxygen.</p><p><a href="http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/oceancolor/additional/science-focus/ocean-color/science_focus.shtml/dead_zones.shtml" target="_blank">Click here to learn more about Dead Zones.</a></p><p> </p> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Dead Zones, Climate Change, Global Warming, Factoid, Cool It, Climate Change Hits Home, California, Wildfires, Southern California, Los Angeles, Environment, Weather, Georgia, Floods, Tsunami, Earthquake, Heat, Temperature, USA, United Nations, Copenhagen, December, Denmark, Negotiations Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/4703 ac4395adcb3da3b2af3d3972d7a10221 <p>In this week's climate change story, a warming world leads to fewer healthy people. Climate change means higher temperatures where salmonella, water-born parasites, and the mosquitoes, ticks and rodents that carry West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease can thrive.</p><p><a href="http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/climate-change-impacts-by-sector/human-health" target="_blank">Click here for more information about the relationship between climate change and human health.</a></p><p> </p> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Human Health, Climate Change, Global Warming, Factoid, Cool It, Climate Change Hits Home, Environment, Weather, Heat, Temperature, USA, United Nations, Copenhagen, December, Denmark, Negotiations, Mosquitos, Ticks, Fleas, Rodents, West Nile, Health, Sick, Lyme Disease, Disease, Heat Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/4694 c80bcf42c220b8f5c41f85344242f1b0 <p>In this week's climate change story, we are reminded of the hurricanes that devastated parts of the U.S. in recent years: Katrina, Rita, Ivan. While Americans got lucky this year, Asia was not so fortunate, and scientists say we're seeing more intense storms in a warming world.</p><p><a href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091130_endhurricaneseason.html" target="_blank">Click here for more information about climate change and hurricanes.</a></p><p> </p> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Climate Change, Global Warming, Factoid, Cool It, Climate Change Hits Home, California, Wildfires, Southern California, Los Angeles, Environment, Weather, Georgia, Floods, Tsunami, Earthquake, Heat, Temperature, USA, United Nations, Copenhagen, December, Denmark, Negotiations, Hurricanes, Katrina, Ivan, Rita, Storms, Asia, Parma, Melor, Ketsana Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/4639 33b879e7ab79f56af1e88359f9314a10 <p>In this week's climate change story, the fishing industry is under threat. With increased temperatures come warmer and shallower waters, leading to dwindling catches and frustrated fishermen. Already in the Columbia River system alone, 90% of the salmon population has been lost as a result of our changing climate.</p><p><a href="http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/usimpacts-brochures" target="_blank">For more information about the effects of climate change on fish, click here.</a></p> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Fish, Fishing, Salmon, Trout, Lobster, Northeast, Maine, New Jersey, Climate Change Hits Home, Global Warming, Environment, Factoid, Cool It, Temperature, USA, United Nations, Copenhagen, December, Denmark, Negotiations Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/4638 f08b7ac8aa30a2a9ab34394e200e1a71 <p>In this week's climate change story, witness the devastating effects of climate change on agriculture and farming. In addition to heat waves, floods and droughts killing off cattle and crops, weeds and pests are actually thriving from the warming temperatures. A warmer world means harder times for farmers and higher prices for consumers.</p><p><a href="http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/usimpacts-brochures" target="_blank">For more information about the effects of climate change on fish, click here.</a></p><p> </p> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Agriculture, Agricultural Loss, Farming, Cattle, Heat Waves, Nebraska, Montana, Droughts, Weeds, Pests, Consumers, Crops, Climate Change Hits Home, Global Warming, Environment, Factoid, Cool It, Temperature, USA, United Nations, Copenhagen, December, Denmark, Negotiations Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/4704 ecb47fbb07a752413640f82a945530f8 <p>In this week's climate change story, scientific evidence of rising sea levels predicts the loss of the southern end of Florida by the close of the century. Other major U.S. cities like New York and Boston are also at risk of permanent flooding as a result of our planet's warming climate.</p><p><a href="http://sealevelreport.com/resources.html" target="_blank">Click here for more information on rising sea levels.</a></p> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Climate Change, Global Warming, Florida, Rising Sea Levels, Factoid, Cool It, Climate Change Hits Home, Environment, Weather, Wildfires, Floods, Tsunami, Earthquake, Heat, Temperature, USA, United Nations, Copenhagen, December, Denmark, Negotiations, Florida, Sea Levels, Florida's Rising Sea Levels, Storms Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/4688 e4acb4c86de9d2d9a41364f93951028d <p>In this week's climate change story Americans, especially in the Midwest, are feeling the heat as temperatures rise to record-breaking levels. Nine of the 10 hottest years on record have happened since 1997, and scientists say if heat-trapping pollution isn't stopped these unbearable temperatures could become the norm.</p><p><a href="http://www.globalchange.gov/component/content/article/67-themes/152-extreme-weather" target="_blank">Click here for more information about heat waves and climate change.</a></p> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Climate Change, Global Warming, Factoid, Cool It, Climate Change Hits Home, California, Wildfires, Southern California, Los Angeles, Environment, Weather, Georgia, Floods, Tsunami, Earthquake, Heat, Temperature, USA, United Nations, Copenhagen, December, Denmark, Negotiations Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/4487 14da92f2bdaec7f2218042a5b6124570 <p>Arctic sea ice acts as a natural air conditioner that keeps the planet from overheating. But this ice, covering the northernmost tip of our planet, is melting away more and more each summer, under the heat of global warming.</p><p><a href="http://nsidc.org/news/press/20091005_minimumpr.html" target="_blank">Click here for more information about Arctic sea ice and global warming.</a></p><p> </p> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Climate Change, Global Warming, Factoid, Cool It, Climate Change Hits Home, ice, Arctic ice, Environment, Weather, USA, United Nations, Copenhagen, December, Denmark Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/4436 a1f0cf94512f963e5ed4edd9af70e2cc <p>This week's climate change story portrays the intensifying power of weather in the Southern United States. Only weeks ago, Georgia was buried in water when hit by a fluke storm that killed almost a dozen people. Scientists say weather this extreme is becoming the norm, due to rising global temperatures.</p><p><a href="http://www.linktv.org/sitecontent/wycd/southeast flooding.pdf" target="_blank">Download a factsheet on the connection between flooding and climate change.</a></p> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Climate Change Hits Home, Factoids, Climate Change, Global Warming, Georgia, Floods, America, United States, Temperature, Heat, Weather, Environment, South, Rain, Hurricane, Storm Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/4425 a4d41b834ea903526373a9a1ae2ac66e <p>This week's climate change story illustrates the devastation of Southern California's wildfires, which have increased four-fold in the past decade due to rising temperatures, turning a typical fire season into a blazing inferno and costing the state millions of dollars.</p><p><a href="http://www.linktv.org/sitecontent/wycd/wildfire_factsheet_kc(2).pdf" target="_blank">Download a factsheet on the connection between wildfires and climate change.</a></p><p> </p> Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Climate Change Hits Home, Factoids, Climate Change, Global Warming, California, Wildfires, America, United States, Temperature, Heat, Weather, Environment Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/rss/linktv_rss.gif http://www.linktv.org/programs/climate-change-hits-home