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The recent floods have global warming on people’s minds again. And while there seems to be agreement that climate change is happening, there are differences over the extent of it and what, if anything, we should be doing about it. We’ll talk about that as New England’s premiere scientists get ready for a major global warming gathering next week. Laura's guest is Cameron Wake, Research Associate Professor at UNH's Climate Change Research Center. We'll also hear from Bob Scott, Director of the Air Resources Division at New Hampshire's Department of Environmental Services and Patrick Michaels, Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies at the Cato Institute and a Research Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia.

*NOTE: Cameron Wake will be one of over forty scientists and economists mostly from the Northeast region who will be coming together next week at a two day conference in Connecticut, hosted by the Union of Concerned Scientists, to share preliminary results with each other of new climate change research. The findings will be released to the public later this Fall.*

The image of storm drains being cleared across New Hampshire has be prevalent during the past week. We're going to look at what exactly is heading down into those drains and what the effects on water quality. We'll also look at a new field report that tracks stormwater runoff and explore state-of-the-art technologies used to improve coastal water systems.

Our guests are:
Robert Roseen, director of the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center
Richard Langan, director of the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (a partnership between UNH and NOAA) and of the Cooperative Institute for Open Ocean Aquaculture Project.

We'll also hear a short documentary by producer Sean Cole about four towns in Massachusetts that sacrificed themselves to create the Quabbin Resevoir 80 years ago. The piece comes to us by way of the Public Radio Exchange. Click here for a direct link to Sean's story.