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There are around 200,000 glaciers in the world and virtually all of them are melting with the rate accelerating. More than half of the world’s population makes use of meltwater from glaciers and snow for drinking, agriculture, and energy. Nearly 2 billion depend on seasonal glacier melt that supplies rivers and aquifers. This is especially true in Asia and in the Andes.

Since the 1950s, Madagascar has lost over 27,000 square miles of forest – more than half of its natural forest cover. The decimation of the forests has been the result of small-scale agriculture, illegal logging for fuelwood and charcoal extraction, and from uncontrolled fires.

Driverless ride-hailing vehicles – popularly known as robotaxis – are showing up in a growing number of cities. Several of the largest technology companies in the world are leading the charge using their deep pockets both to put vehicles on the streets and influence how they and sometimes their competitors are portrayed in the media.

Over the past decade there have been an explosion of new laboratory tests for disease plus a steady movement to electronic health records. At least in the…

This Sunday, country star, Vince Gill, will perform with The Boston Pops in the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA.The country…

By Katie Brittonhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-786404.mp3Albany, NY – Author Joseph Foy speak with WAMC's Katie…

By Katie Brittonhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-858589.mp3Albany, NY – Lilly Goren discusses the book "You've Come A…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-910819.mp3Albany, NY – In today's Academic Minute, Dr. John O'Meara of Saint Michael's…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-916608.mp3Albany, NY – In today's Academic Minute, Skidmore College music professor…

The music world is mourning the death this week of the Queen of Soul. Aretha Franklin died Thursday at 76 from pancreatic cancer. She is being remembered…