Climate Change

"Wildland Fire Camps Need Dramatic Change Amid COVID-19 Pandemic"

"When a wildfire explodes out of control and threatens property and lives, thousands of firefighters and support crews rush to the scene from around the country and even the world. Almost overnight a small city sprouts up, with firefighters camped in dense rows of tents in fields and eating in crowded mess halls."

Source: NPR, 05/08/2020
May 13, 2020

Rising Waters: Stories from America’s Frontline

The University of Rhode Island's Metcalf Institute and the Rhode Island Center for the Book's Reading Across Rhode Island program present an online conversation with Elizabeth Rush, author of "Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore." Free registration required. 2:00 p.m. ET.

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