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Posts by
Jorge Salazar
Managing hazards with process safety
A Shell safety engineer talks about managing hazards when a potentially harmful event in oil and natural gas production takes place - a fire or an explosion.
November 15, 2010
Tracking oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from space
NASA satellites monitored the progression of the oil spill, from the initial blowout on April 20, throughout the summer months.
November 8, 2010
Safety of work crews on major industrial projects
Sipke Mennes talks about what it’s like to be responsible for the safety of large crews of workers on a Shell industrial construction project.
November 8, 2010
Oil and gas industry workplace safety
Steve Beckett spoke with EarthSky about some of his company's methods for keeping people safe in their oil and gas production.
November 1, 2010
Monitoring Earth’s forests from space with Curtis Woodcock
Images from the Landsat series of satellites tell a story of how Earth's forests have changed. Learn more about monitoring Earth's forests from space.
October 25, 2010
Brian Malow: What’s so funny about science?
EarthSky talks with Brian Malow - the 'science comedian.'
October 19, 2010
Natural gas for energy with Gerald Schotman
Schotman said modern gas plants emit up to 60 to 70 percent less CO2 than traditional coal plants. He said natural gas can be chilled and compressed into what’s called liquefied natural gas, or LNG.
October 11, 2010
First-ever map of height of all the world’s trees
Dr. Lefsky said that taller the trees in a forest, the more carbon is stored in that forest. This map will help scientists figure out what places in the world are holding onto a lot of carbon.
September 13, 2010
USA Science and Engineering Festival
USA Science and Engineering Festival is expected to draw over a million people to the national mall in Washington D.C on October 23 and 24, 2010.
September 13, 2010
Geoengineering to combat climate change
Climate scientists are 98% in agreement on human-caused global warming. Now some scientists are discussing geoengineering to deliberately cool Earth.
September 13, 2010
