Plan B: Adapting to a Warmer World
What if the investments, lifestyle changes and technologies the world is looking toward to stave off climate change don't work? Marketplace reports on the efforts of engineers, scientists and governments to prepare for living with the consequences.
Under dry sky, Aussies turn to the sea
With climate change reducing reliable rainfall in Australia, many cities are tapping the ocean as a water source. And they're trying to do it without making a bad problem worse. Nate Dimeo reports. First in a series. (01/28/2008)
Seeing opportunity in rising oceans
Conservative projections say rising seas from climate change would displace hundreds of millions of people and cost hundreds of billions of dollars over the next century. Sam Eaton found a scientist with a plan to capitalize on melting icecaps for the sake of everyone. (01/28/2008)
Another view of Plan B
Dennis M. Bushnell, chief scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center, talks with Marketplace's Sam Eaton about Plan B visions of living with climate change. (01/28/2008)
Dutch homes will float with the climate
Global warming's rising oceans seriously threaten the Netherlands, where 60% of its population lives below sea level. But some Dutch are floating new options for going with the flow. Rico Gagliano explores their climate-proof homes. (01/29/2008)
Dutch plan for flooding: Higher ground
In the Netherlands, 60% of the population lives below sea level, thanks to dikes and pumps. But global warming is making it harder to keep up. Rico Gagliano reports how a new kind of water defense is changing the Dutch landscape and the way some farmers do business. (01/29/2008)
Man-made attempts at saving wildlife
With warming polar regions endangering habitats for polar bears and penguins, scientists and others are experimenting with ways to protect the animals from extinction. Janet Babin reports. (01/30/2008)
Engineering solutions to climate change
If we can't stop global warming, can we adapt to it? Some ideas seem far out -- like generating a giant cloud or launching a huge umbrella to block the rays of the sun. Nate DiMeo reports the proposals are risky to try, but not trying may be risky as well. (01/30/2008)
This series was produced by Liza Tucker and Margaret Koval. It was edited by Tucker and Karen Lowe.
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