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Killing rats to save birds as glaciers recede
Glacier melt means rats can reach bird nests on South Georgia, an island north of Antarctica and east of the Falklands. What to do? Send in helicopters!
December 8, 2014
Dawn Journal: Update on trek from Vesta to Ceres
Dawn spacecraft's chief engineer and mission director at JPL shares insights. Dawn due to reach Ceres in March, 2015. First spacecraft ever to orbit two planetary bodies!
December 6, 2014
Burning questions about winter cold
As the rest of Earth warms, debate continues on what’s causing the mid-latitude chill.
November 21, 2014
Curious about dark matter? Three scientists answer your questions
Why do you bet on axions or WIMPs?
If you find dark matter, what are the next steps?
Will we need a whole new "Dark Standard Model"?
What's it like searching for something you may never find?
November 9, 2014
Bhutan’s glaciers and yak herds are shrinking
Anthropologist Ben Orlove reports from Bhutan. “Of the things that my colleagues and I hoped to see on our trek, only one was missing … ice.”
November 5, 2014
Collect call from E.T. Do you accept the charges?
Odds are there’s intelligent life out there somewhere among the stars. Why haven’t we heard from an alien civilization? One viewpoint, in this article. What do YOU think?
November 4, 2014
Hundreds of millions of South Asians at risk from glacier melt
Hundreds of millions of people in countries like India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh depend on the Hindu Kush Himalayan glaciers for food, energy and water.
October 20, 2014
A push for climbing reform after Sherpa deaths on Everest
In the wake of the deaths of 16 Nepalese guides on Mount Everest in April 2014, many groups push for reform of climbing expedition practices.
September 16, 2014
Craters have appeared on two glaciers in Iceland
The recent volcano eruptions in Iceland have created enormous circular depressions in two of the country’s glaciers.
September 9, 2014
Testing a space rover under Alaskan ice
Scientists test a device on an Alaska glacier that could be used to explore an icy moon of Jupiter.
August 26, 2014
