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Posts by
Beth Lebwohl
Demolished World Trade Center pieces aboard Mars Rovers
Scraps from the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center were incorporated into two Mars Rovers as a quiet tribute to the tragedy.
September 10, 2011
Texas wildfires seen from space
Wildfires have been burning in Texas throughout September 2011. This NASA video shows them from space. Texas wildfires are still burning in parts of Texas.
September 9, 2011
Richard Feynman in graphic novel by Jim Ottaviani
Jim Ottaviani spoke with EarthSky about his new book on world-famous Nobel physicist Richard Feynman, released in hardcover in late August 2011.
September 6, 2011
E-nose sniffs out heart failure
An electronic nose might be an effective, speedy and non-invasive way of sorting heart failure patients.
September 5, 2011
Scientists collect climate change data from Irene flooding
Scientists were in the thick of the storm collecting data to help them better understand the role of big storms in climate change.
August 30, 2011
Earthquake hazard zone: How do you know if you live by one?
Yesterday's earthquakes in Colorado and Washington took place in areas of low earthquake hazard. But there is no area on Earth completely immune from seismic activity.
August 24, 2011
Need to clean an oil spill? Microbes are key, study says
Scientists studying the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and 1989 Exxon Valdez spill show that microorganisms play a major role in the cleanup.
August 24, 2011
Colorado and East Coast earthquakes not related, says Rafael Abreu
EarthSky interviews a geophysicist about the August 22 and 23, 2011 earthquakes in Colorado and the U.S. eastern seaboard.
August 23, 2011
Ben Horton: Sea level rise faster now than in 2,000 years
A team has direct physical evidence - microscopic fossils from a North Carolina salt marsh - that sea level rise is faster now than in the past 2,000 years.
August 15, 2011
Fog rolling into San Francisco in video of the day
Cool view of fog rolling in from a San Francisco rooftop.
August 12, 2011
