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Yesterday the "big news" in global warming was that some hackers broke into the private emails of climate scientists, cherry-picked a few comments, then published them completely out of context to make it appear like the scientists were lying to ... Read more
Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 01:27 PM ET | 0
The Scoop: No matter what planet you're on, lighting is about storms, and about ice and rain -- even if it's not necessarily water rain.If you could see Jupiter's magnetic field, it would be the size of the full moon in the sky---the biggest object... Read more
Posted Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:36 PM ET | 0
A new guest post from shark advocate and shark attack victim Debbie Salamone of the Pew Campaign to End Overfishing in the Southeast: My fellow shark attack victims and I are celebrating today because the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted ... Read more
Posted Tue Nov 17, 2009 08:01 AM ET | 0
Why are warm tropical waters so clear? Because they lack nutrients. But then how do those amazing coral reefs manage to thrive in such places? Well, sponges, of all things, may be the secret according to this article in Conservation ... Read more
Posted Mon Nov 16, 2009 08:00 AM ET | 0
A guest post from veterinarian & veteran science writer Cynthia Mills: Sexual commerce is much like regular commerce in that there is a tendency towards short term thinking—that is, many CEO’s aim for quarterly profits at the cost of long ... Read more
Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 09:51 PM ET | 0
The glacier-shrouded mountains of the Tibetan Plateau are sometimes called the Earth's Third Pole. This is because, as reported today by NASA's Earth Observatory, it ranks 3rd -- right after the Antarctic and the Arctic -- for ice content. It's ... Read more
Posted Wed Nov 11, 2009 01:08 PM ET | 0
Take a desktop journey to a very different place: An icy Russian coal mining town on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen. David Rothenberg does a great job bringing this remote outpost home in his OnEarth blog post. I'm still shivering. ... Read more
Posted Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:19 AM ET | 0
The world's rarest wolf is probably also the one that's had the longest relationship with humans -- the Ethiopian wolf. These canines are hemmed in on a few mountain "islands" of high altitude flanking Africa's Great Rift Valley. Global warming ... Read more
Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:26 PM ET | 0
Yet another guest post from our friend Debbie Salamone of the Pew Environment Group's Campaign to End Overfishing in the Southeast: President Barack Obama will meet the new Japanese prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, on November 12-13 -- about the same... Read more
Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:07 PM ET | 0
... And you can't just stab it with a fork to make the slippery beast stay put. This is one of the many other ways climate change is making itself unmistakable: Fish are emigrating as their waters warm. Fishermen are ... Read more
Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:51 AM ET | 0
In many parts of this world nobody has the luxury of denying climate science. That's because climate change is already causing loads of trouble. Take an island nation like the Maldives. The waves of the Indian Ocean are not only ... Read more
Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:31 AM ET | 0
There is a dangerous PIG on the loose in West Antarctica. Yeah, I said PIG. This one could dump a whole lot of ice into the sea, raising sea levels worldwide. That's why scientists, including those in this fall's Operation ... Read more
Posted Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:08 AM ET | 0
As you may be aware, this blog is part of a larger entity called Discovery News. I've been a science writer for Discovery News since 1998. Over the years it's been redesigned many times. Today, however, we are launching the ... Read more
Posted Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:00 PM ET | 0
I made a mistake. I thought that as sea level rose, coastal wetlands would just shift inland a tad, and all would be well with that sort of habitat. Wrong. A new study just out regarding 131 jurisdictions along the ... Read more
Posted Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:41 PM ET | 0
Another guest post from Debbie Salamone of the Pew Environment Group's Campaign to End Overfishing in the Southeast ... Krill. It’s what’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner on the Antarctic menu, particularly for whales, penguins and seals. Krill are... Read more
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