Talking Higher Ground

The award-winning podcast Higher Ground from WSHU Public Radio has been selected for its third, one-hour broadcast special program.

A new generation of architecture students is facing a reality that climate change will radically alter how buildings are conceived, and they’re the ones who will have to find solutions. But first, they have to learn how. And this unique building in New Bedford offers a perfect test case.

A major $44 million coastal resiliency project to restore the Montauk Point Lighthouse and prevent the monument from falling into the Atlantic Ocean is now complete, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. Take a tour with the WSHU podcast Higher Ground.

For its dense population, Connecticut is among the most forested states in the country, but some of its cities have significant loss in tree canopy. Now, Bridgeport has been selected as one of six smaller cities in the U.S. and Canada, to participate in a national tree planting initiative.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced on Tuesday the Carmans River Fish Ladder Project at Lily Lake Dam is now complete. The WSHU podcast Higher Ground explored the impact of climate change in the Carmans River back in 2021.

Connecticut and New York have gotten most of their water pollution issues under control due to wastewater management of the Long Island Sound.

Ten years ago this Saturday, Fire Island was evacuated because of the destruction brought by Superstorm Sandy. WSHU's Higher Ground host J.D. Allen took a tour of the reconstruction still underway a decade later.

Freeport, Long Island was hit hard by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Ten years later, the village is more prepared for future storms — but still wary.

Since Superstorm Sandy in 2012, the Long Island Power Authority has upgraded the electric grid to prevent widespread outages in future storms. WSHU's climate podcast Higher Ground explored how that happened in its first season.

WSHU Public Radio is thrilled to announce that Season 1 of the Higher Ground podcast has been recognized by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The podcast has been awarded an inaugural Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communication.