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Jorge Salazar
Can an oil spill really be cleaned up?
Can an oil spill really be cleaned up? "Well, not entirely." Biological oceanographer Nancy Rabalais explains her answer.
May 5, 2010
Thorsten Markus sees Earth’s sea ice thinning
Thorsten Markus uses the ICESat satellite in Earth orbit to track Arctic sea ice. He said that loss of sea ice contributes to global warming.
May 3, 2010
Mars Express spacecraft views of Phobos
Mars' tiny moon Phobos has created a big stir among astronomers with the fly-bys of the Mars Express Spacecraft of the European Space Agency in early 2010.
May 3, 2010
Geoengineering to prevent global warming as last resort
Philip Rasch talks geoengineering, the process by which humans deliberately alter the atmosphere, with an intent to cool it - and counter global warming.
May 3, 2010
On Earth Day, see human footprint from space
Earth Day is a good time to think about the human footprint revealed by NASA satellite images of cities at night.
April 22, 2010
20th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope
"The Hubble Space Telescope has literally changed our view of the universe," said NASA astrophysicist Ed Weiler. April 2010 marks its 20th anniversary.
April 19, 2010
Thomas Karl leads new federal office devoted to climate
In October, 2010, NOAA will form a new federal office devoted solely to climate, called the NOAA Climate Service. We spoke with interim director Thomas Karl.
April 12, 2010
Wind power has huge potential in U.S., world
Use of wind power is on the rise, Sawyer said, as governments all over the world consider how to generate more electricity and emit fewer of the greenhouse gases thought to be warming the planet.
April 12, 2010
Marvin Odum: An oil company’s perspective on climate
Marvin Odum, president of Shell Oil, gives Shell’s perspective on the most immediate solutions to climate change and the role the U.S. should take.
April 5, 2010
Climate change and protecting people’s water
"When we think of climate change impacts, we talk about are drought, floods, storms, sea level rise, and melting glaciers... all those things have to do with water."
April 5, 2010
