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Tony Barnston predicts above-normal 2010 hurricane season
Tony Barnston explained why so many storms are predicted for 2010. Florida and the Caribbean islands, are at greater risk from hurricanes this year.
June 28, 2010
Amazon deforestation momentum in Brazil
Brazilian biologist Paulo Moutinho talks to EarthSky with strategies for ending Amazon deforestation in the Brazil forever. With forums for climate change.
June 28, 2010
Arsenic in drinking water with Lex van Geen
Tens of millions of people are drinking water from wells contaminated by arsenic, an element that causes cancers. But testing wells for arsenic could help end the health crisis.
June 28, 2010
Why did talks break down at the International Whaling Commission?
Days before the end of this year's International Whaling Commission meeting, the talks break down for a compromise between whaling and anti-whaling nations.
June 25, 2010
IceBridge season wrapping up for spring 2010
As the Arctic IceBridge season wraps up, we reflect on what was accomplished during this part of the largest airborne survey ever flown of Earth's polar ice.
June 21, 2010
Jeff Masters on what might happen when a hurricane meets the Gulf oil spill
Meteorologist Jeff Masters talks about what might happen if a major hurricane passes close to or directly through the Gulf oil spill.
June 21, 2010
Samantha Price on how blue whales grew big eating tiny creatures
Samantha Price discusses how the 160-metric ton blue whale evolved a huge mouth - allowing it to eat millions of krill each day.
June 21, 2010
Glenn Plumb: Oil spill is harming base of Gulf food chain
"If we anticipate that this is a short-lived event, with a short-lived disturbance, then we’re probably not anticipating the right scenario," Glenn Plumb said.
June 21, 2010
How did plants come to have seeds?
In many modern plants, seeds are contained within a fruit. Long ago, some plants developed spores, which ultimately evolved into seeds.
June 15, 2010
Sam Ohu Gon says native Hawaiian plants and animals becoming rare
Invasive species brought by visitors – plus impending climate change – are threatening native Hawaiian plants and animals, Sam Ohu Gon says.
June 14, 2010
