Sea Change

Rockets and Wetlands: SpaceX Offers Big Money, Big Promises–Can it Help Save the Coast?

SpaceX wants to build one of the biggest spaceports in the world on the Louisiana coast—a sprawling $100 billion complex near tiny Pecan Island, where marshes, birds, and

The Future of the Beach

We love our beaches. We build homes beside them, vacation on them, and spend billions of dollars trying to keep them from disappearing. But beaches are supposed to move—a

From Puffins to Pelicans: How to Save a Seabird

What does it take to bring a seabird back from the brink—and can we keep it there? We travel from a rocky island of Maine to a tiny restored island in coastal Louisiana t

The Fight Over Culatra Island: When Nature Wins, Must People Lose?

Throughout the Western history of conservation, protecting nature has often meant removing people. It's what happened during the creation of many of America's national pa

Surfing in a Plastic Sea

Neil McQueen learned to surf as a Texas teenager, and it changed his life – eventually pulling him away from a career as a plastics engineer and into the fight to save th

From Foe to Friend: The Dutch Rethink Their War Against the Sea

In the Netherlands, water has always been both a threat and a triumph. A quarter of the country lies below sea level, and for centuries the Dutch have engineered their wa

It's All Elementary: Part 3 – Carbon

This is part 3 of our three-part series about elements. And today is a biggie: carbon. When we hear about carbon, it's usually about its role in heating up the planet. An

It's All Elementary: Part 2 – Phosphorus

This is part 2 of our 3-part series about elements.  Last time we met nitrogen, today, it’s partner in crime and in life – phosphorus.   WLRN Environment Editor Jenny St

It's All Elementary: Part 1 – Nitrogen

In this three-part series, we’re giving some of the most misunderstood characters on the periodic table a fuller story. We dive into the fascinating double lives of these

Climate Wayfinding: A Compass for the Climate Crisis

Want to feel better? Get unstuck? Be inspired? Remake the world? Then this episode is for you. We talk with Katherine Wilkinson,  author of the book Climate Wayfinding, a

Losing Paradise

Why are fishermen being arrested in Louisiana? An epic battle over "Sportsman's Paradise" is being waged on Louisiana's water. This is a story about public rights and pri

Catching the Codfather

Carlos Rafael immigrated to the US from Portugal as a teenager, and over the years, built one of the country’s largest commercial fishing operations from scratch. Carlos

Returning to the Carbon Coast

Two years ago, we investigated the Liquified Natural Gas export build out on the Gulf Coast. We followed those exports around the world from Louisiana to Germany to Japan

Can We Save Millions of Migrating Birds?

We’re in the beginning of spring bird migration here on the Gulf Coast, which means warblers, vireos, orioles, and thrushes coming through as they make their way up North

Sea Change Live: The Future of Seafood

Sea Change travels to the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, for a lively live panel discussion about the future of seafood.  For more than a c

One Man's Trash: Artificial Reefs Creating Underwater Treasures

Artificial reefs have been credited with supporting fisheries, protecting rare species, and attracting tourists that boost the economy. But, of course, like any story abo

Wetlands Radio: Part 4

For the fourth and final episode of our collaboration with Wetlands Radio, a series about coastal restoration: ways we can all help repair our coast. So...what does a bot

Wetlands Radio: Part 3

Oil and gas canals. You’ve likely heard about the canals—tens of thousands of them, ever-widening, shredding the wetlands. The canals are what some scientists say is Loui

Wetlands Radio: Part 2

The media is full of stories about the coastal land loss crisis in Louisiana, dire predictions of climate change and sea level rise, and polarizing accounts of controvers

Wetlands Radio: Part 1

Louisiana is a world leader in coastal restoration. Many would even say number one. The media is full of stories about the coastal land loss crisis in Louisiana, the dire