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Many of us are anxious about climate change, and that's understandable. While no one person can solve this global issue, there are some things that we, as individuals, can play a role in.

Are you noticing higher prices or emptier shelves? Going all-out on decor? Skipping physical gifts? It's a weird year in a weird economy, and we want to hear your story.

Lloyd Schwartz reviews Rhymes with Silver by Lou Harrison.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports on the opening of the nation's first Transgender Center. The facility will support people dealing with transsexual issues.

We learn about caves from journalist and caver Michael Ray Taylor. His new book is called Caves: Exploring Hidden Realms (National Geographic Society). He is also the author of the creative nonfiction works DARK LIFE (Scribner 1999) and CAVE PASSAGES (Scribner 1996). He has written for the Discovery Channel Online, Audubon, Sports Illustrated, Reader's Digest, and many other magazines. He'll talk about the geology of underwater caves and ice caves, and the secret microbial life flourishing in caves.

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "The Gardens of Kyoto" (Scribner) the debut novel by Kate Walbert.

This plan comes at a time when the Four Corners region is seeing a surge of COVID-19. Colorado, Utah and New Mexico are in the top 10 states in the nation with high case rates.

Writer RICHARD BERNSTEIN. He has served as TIME Magazines Beijing Bureau Chief as well as the New York Times National Cultural Correspondent and now, book critic. Hes published several books including –From the Center of the Earth,— a book on modern China and –Dictatorship of Virtue,— which examines multiculturalism. His newest book is –Ultimate Journey: Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment.— In it, Bernstein traces the monk Hsuan Tsangs legendary journey through seventh century China and India.

The U.S. welcomes the visit with crew members and says this incident will have a diplomatic solution, not a military one. However the U.S. is not prepared to apologize, or stop reconnaissance flights as China has demanded. NPR's Tom Gjelten has the story from the Pentagon.

What international laws might apply to the U.S. reconnaissance flights and the plane's emergency landing on a Chinese island? Robert Siegel turns to Barry Carter, professor of international law at Georgetown University. Carter says for answers, one might look to the Law of the Sea.