Originally Published by NY Times – The Environmental Protection Agency wants cleaner air at national parks across the country.
E.P.A. Weighs Texas Plan to Cut Haze in National Parks
Why was the Sumatra quake so large?
Originally Published by New Scientist – The most puzzling question about Wednesday’s 8.6 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia is how it got to be so big.
Global Forest Heights: Take Two
– A high-resolution map offers a global view of forest canopy heights.
Shake It Off: Earth's Wobble May Have Ended Ice Age
Originally Published by NPR – The last big ice age ended about 11,000 years ago, and not a moment too soon — it made a lot more of the world livable, at least for humans.
Fertilizer Use Responsible for Increase in Nitrous Oxide in Atmosphere
– Chemists have found a smoking gun proving that increased fertilizer use over the past 50 years is responsible for a dramatic rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide – a major greenhouse gas.
When is the next major meteor shower?
– The next meteor shower in 2012 is the Lyrid shower in April. The best night will probably be from late night April 21 until dawn April 22, 2012.
New report on the state of polar regions
Originally Published by ScienceDaily – A new synthesis of reports from thousands of scientists in 60 countries who took part in the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08, is the first in over 50 years to offer a benchmark for environmental conditions and new discoveries in the polar regions.
Grey seals consume as much fish as the fishing industry catches
– The grey seals in the Baltic Sea compete for fish with the fishing industry. The seals locally eat about the same quantities of cod, common whitefish, salmon, sea trout and eel as those taken by fishermen.
Earth's Crust Exposed in Oman
Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory – The mountains of northeastern Oman are high and dry, but millions of years ago, they were underneath an ocean.
Bee research details harm from insecticides
Originally Published by Washington Post – Some of the pesticides most commonly used by farmers appear to be changing bee behavior in small but fatal ways.