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Beth Lebwohl
Ocean gyres explained by Emanuele Di Lorenzo
Think about stirring your morning coffee and the liquid spinning, then imagine that happening on an oceanic scale. Voila! An ocean gyre. Read about ocean gyres.
June 7, 2011
Stephen Carpenter and the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize
American scientist Stephen Carpenter won the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize for improving the state of the world's water resources. His focus - freshwater lakes.
May 30, 2011
Population numbers from the UN by Hania Zlotnik
According to population numbers released by the United Nations in May of 2011, Earth's human population will cross the seven billion mark on October 31 of 2011.
May 26, 2011
Why we love horror films and violent sports
Why are people so drawn to horror films and violent sports? Dr. Jeffrey Kottler has spent his career trying to figure out the answer.
May 22, 2011
Martian Summer by Andrew Kessler
Writer Andrew Kessler spent a summer embedded with the NASA team that oversaw the Phoenix Mars Lander. His book Martian Summer recounts the experience.
May 12, 2011
Formaldehyde might have helped start life on Earth
According to Dr. George Cody, a substance we usually think of as toxic - formaldehyde - might have helped set the stage for life on Earth.
April 25, 2011
Mandy Joye on the Gulf oil spill, one year later
EarthSky spoke to Mandy Joye, a marine expert at the University of Georgia, about the spill’s continuing effects on local waters.
April 20, 2011
Energy audit by Sanjay Sarma: the first citywide
An energy audit of a house typically takes hours. But Sarma's new method can conduct an energy audit of a building in only seconds.
April 12, 2011
Mireya Mayor, NFL cheerleader turned scientist
A new book by Mireya Mayor recounts how she went from NFL cheerleader a primatologist and a host of WILD and survived a plane crash.
April 6, 2011
Snow melt declining in western U.S.
Mote says that from the Rockies all the way to the Cascades, springtime snowpack and snow melt has declined by about 10 percent over the past 50 years.
March 24, 2011
