View of the ‘rope’ or decay stage of tornado seen during ‘Sound Chase,’ a joint project of NSSL and … [+] Mississippi State University in Cordell, Oklahoma May 22, 1981. (Photo by NOAA Photo Library/Getty Images) Getty Images Kathleen Jamieson is a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor …
Chris Klimek Host, “There’s More to That” In this episode of the new Smithsonian magazine podcast, “There’s More to That,” writer and photographer Pete McBride—who once hiked the Grand Canyon from end to end and made an Emmy Award-nominated documentary film about the experience—walks us through the consequences of drought afflicting the Colorado River, one …
Waste water investigators in Las Vegas film any violations of water usage and either plant a warning flag on the lawn for first-time offenders or log a fine for repeat offenders. Despite being known as an oasis of overindulgence, the city of Las Vegas has become a model of water conservation due to severe drought …