A New York Times slideshow gives us glimpses of the magnificent Mouse Lemur and various satellite photos of natural disasters.
Sea Changes Could Warn Of "Day After Tomorrow" Scenario
Scientists have found a way to predict slowdowns in the oceanic conveyor belts ten years in advance – not enough time to stop the change but enough to allow humans to possibly adapt.
Water looms as “The Next Oil,” warns MIT Sloan professor
As consumers fret about $4 gas, one MIT Professor warns that we should be more worried about the impending water crisis.
Potent Greenhouse Gas Levels Rising
After a decade of stability, the greenhouse gas methane – 25 times more effective than CO2 as a greenhouse gas – is making an atmospheric increase as scientists scramble to determine why
DDT Levels In Antarctic Penguins Present A Complex Mystery
Decades after it was banned in most countries DDT is still showing up in Antarctica’s Adelie Penguins, a mystery leading scientists to suspect meltwater as the continued source of the persistent organic pollutant.
Climate Modelers See Modern Echo In '30s Dust Bowl
Finding that man-made dust in the U.S. Plains during the 1930’s helped turn a natural phenomenon into a disaster – the Dust Bowl – climate scientists worry about the threat of similar events in today’s America.
NASA Satellites Aid In Chesapeake Bay Recovery
By studying the landscape around the Chesapeake, NASA spacecraft are helping out in the battle against harmful pollutants that have added to the destruction of the bay’s once legendary productivity.
NASA Web Tool Enhances Airborne Earth Science Mission
The Real Time Mission Monitor, developed by NASA researchers, assembles the data from all the research satellites, aircraft and surface sensors and displays the “big picture.”
Insects Use Plants Like A Telephone
A Dutch ecologist and her team have found that subterranean and aboveground insects use chemical signs like a telephone to communicate their presence.
The Cost of Cutting Pollution
According to the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. manufacturers spent $5.9 billion in 2006 on pollution prevention totaling less than 1% of total revenue for that year.