The Ogallala Aquifer is the biggest aquifer in North America, and it accounts for more than 30 percent of all agriculture in the United States. And … it’s running out of water. Climate change is making the naturally hot and dry climate of the Texas Panhandle even worse. Farmers are working desperately to keep their crops alive, and the secret to survival is adaptability.
In 2011, the largest wildfire in state history burned for 36 days in Bastrop, Texas — our host Aurora Berry’s hometown. Texas’ record...
In a two-year period, two separate hundred-year floods hit the Onion Creek and Dove Springs neighborhoods in Austin. The floods displaced...
In January 2021, Texas was hit with a historic winter storm that overloaded the Texas power grid and left thousands without electricity...
Hurricane Harvey devastated towns along the Gulf Coast in August 2017. And Texas’ biggest city, Houston, is especially vulnerable to...
Everything’s bigger in Texas … including the natural disasters. Texans face fires, floods, hurricanes, droughts, freezes, tornadoes and...
