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Kellogg Schwab on human challenges of clean water
Kellogg Schwab told EarthSky that providing clean water and sanitation in the developing world is more than engineering water filters or purification systems.
July 19, 2010
Debby Crouse on evacuating sea turtle eggs from Gulf region
Debby Crouse said an estimated 70,000 sea turtle eggs are being evacuated from beaches bordering the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic coast of Florida.
July 19, 2010
Signs of the seasons as hottest months are upon us
July is the hottest month in many places. From a temperature standpoint, midsummer has begun. These are signs of the seasons.
July 13, 2010
Daniel Sigman on ocean algae and global cooling
"Since CO2, a greenhouse gas, warms the Earth, ocean life effectively works to cool the Earth by helping remove CO2 from the atmosphere", says Daniel Sigman.
July 12, 2010
Richard Prum reconstructs full feathered plumage of dinosaur
Richard Prum became the first scientist to reconstruct the full feathered plumage of a small, flightless dinosaur, in color.
July 12, 2010
Chimps kill other chimps to expand territory
Sylvia Amsler and team observed groups of male chimps patrolling the edges of their territory and targeting rivals for brutal killings.
July 5, 2010
Algae invasion of Hawaii’s coral reefs
Invasive algae blooms are damaging Hawaii's famous coral reefs. It is estimated it would take 30 years of work to improve the reefs.
July 5, 2010
Gulf oil spill impacting sea turtles
Since the oil spill began in April until mid-June, five times as many dead sea turtles have been found in the Gulf as last year for the same period.
July 5, 2010
Hurricane Alex and 2010 hurricane season
Hurricane Alex ushered in what some scientists say might be a busy 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. EarthSky spoke with research climatologist Bill Patzert.
July 2, 2010
Danger of methane gas in Gulf oil plumes
She explains why the high methane gas concentration in the spilled oil could lead to oxygen depletion in Gulf waters.
June 28, 2010
