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Jorge Salazar
Space molecules and the search for life’s origins
Astronomer Anthony Remijan has found evidence that the precursors to life on Earth, large organic space molecules, form in deep space.
April 27, 2009
Climate action: Who will pay for it?
"The important and very difficult issue to deal with climate action is who is going to take action, where is this action going to take place, and who is going to pay for it," said Lorents Lorentsen.
April 26, 2009
James Hansen: ‘We’re in a CO2 danger zone’
Carbon dioxide levels today are unacceptably high, says NASA scientist James Hansen. Hansen talked to EarthSky about the dangers of atmospheric CO2 - and what can be done to bring the levels down in the future.
April 21, 2009
Climate impacts by Jerry Melillo in the U.S.
Listen to Jerry Melillo, an ecologist at the Marine Biological Laboratory. He and his colleagues are documenting climate impacts already occurring.
April 20, 2009
Climate scientists: Avoidable and unavoidable impacts
Climate scientists - and Stephen Schneider of Stanford - spoke about avoidable and unavoidable climate impacts. Schneider said we have to get on with the job.
April 16, 2009
Help climate by: ‘Live well and transform energy’
"We have the incredible challenge of living well, while we transform our energy system," said Socolow at the March 2009 climate summit in Washington DC.
April 14, 2009
Climate help by limiting carbon emissions
Limiting carbon emissions might lead to economic opportunities, said Carnesale of U.S. National Academy of Sciences committee on America's Climate Choices.
April 8, 2009
Climate study to help determine U.S. policy
National Academy of Sciences president Ralph Cicerone talks about America's choices in response to climate change and how it will impact everyone.
April 6, 2009
Chimps beat undergrads in memory test
Random numbers appeared on a touchscreen. After a fraction of a second, the numbers were masked by white squares. The chimps remembered them and in numerical order.
April 3, 2009
Nanotechnology will teach us plants’ secrets
This Harvard chemist said that, to understand a plant, you have to look inside its cells. And nanotechnology can help.
April 1, 2009
