How Climate Change Drives Deer Populations

WNYC— Toni Lyn Morelli, research ecologist at the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts, explains how milder winters in the Northeast are contributing to an explosion of deer populations, which can cause car accidents and increase Lyme disease.

WNYC—FAFSA Debacle; Call Your Senator: Sen. Gillibrand; George Takei on 'My Lost Freedom'; How Climate Change Drives Deer Populations. Coming up on today’s show: The Federal Education Department rolled out a new FAFSA form that was supposed to make things easier for students, but instead it has been plagued with problems. Erica Meltzer, national editor at Chalkbeat, talks about how the "bungled" rollout of the form has derailed some students' college plans. Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator (D NY), talks about her work in Washington and more. George Takei, actor, activist and writer, discusses his debut picture book, My Lost...

FrontPageAfricaonline.com—Liberia: National Survey Flags Potential Crises as Climate Change Drives Nine in Every Ten Farmers to Seek to Migrate. GARPUE TOWN, River Cess — A major national FrontPageAfrica/New Narratives survey has found nine in every ten Liberian subsistence farmers want to migrate because climate change is making farming unviable. With as many as 80 percent of Liberians making their living from farming, experts say the findings have major implications for Liberia’s food security and []

WLNS—‘MI Healthy Climate Corps’ helping community with combating climate change. The ‘MI Healthy Climate Corps’ started in March and members of a new state program are focused on helping communities with initiatives to help tackle climate change.