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Stuart Butchart on world governments’ failure to slow biodiversity loss
Stuart Butchart said that, since 2002, the risk of species extinction has actually increased, not decreased, and the need to increase the scale of our efforts.
May 17, 2010
Seismometers help understand and predict natural hazards
He's is working on more sensitive seismometers using fiber optics. The information that scientists gather helps them create pictures of what's inside the Earth.
May 17, 2010
IceBridge Mission: new aircraft and locations
To add an element of challenge to this IceBridge Mission, we must navigate around the volcanic ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano as we fly.
May 11, 2010
Nancy Rabalais on impact of Gulf oil spill
Nancy Rabalais said the Gulf of Mexico oil spill of April 2010 will impact sea turtles, fish, crabs, and other wildlife for many years to come.
May 10, 2010
Vicky Pope responds to computer models for climate
If forecasts of weather just days away are often wrong, how can scientists claim to know what climate will be like 50 years out? Vicky Pope responds to critics of computer modeling.
May 10, 2010
Stefan Maus on measuring magnetic north
Stefan Maus and the magnetic north. Does a magnetic compass point to the North Pole? The answer is not exactly. The direction to magnetic north always changes.
May 10, 2010
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
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
2010 earthquake took toll on Haiti’s water
Lane Wood of charity:water talked about the lack of access to clean water after the Haiti earthquake of 2010. Read more about the 2010 earthquake.
April 26, 2010
