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Is geoengineering a scary or sensible solution?
Geoengineering is intentionally altering Earth's climate. But creating a means to cool down the climate - even temporarily - is fraught with potential for unintended consequences.
April 13, 2009
Tsunamis No one can precisely predict the next one
Oceanographer Eddie Bernard said progress has been made in understanding tsunamis since the one that struck southeast Asia in 2004. But, he said, the science of predicting earthquakes is still unreliable.
April 13, 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
Earthquake vigilance is very important
Kathleen Tierney of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado talks about what you can do to be prepared if you live in an earthquake-prone area.
April 2, 2009
Amazon smoke slows formation of clouds, rainfall
Listen to atmospheric scientist Ilan Koren talk about the effects of man-made forest fires on weather in the Amazon basin and Amazon smoke.
March 29, 2009
Clearing up climate change misconceptions
Kudos to a journalist who debunked climate change myths and explained climate change facts.
March 27, 2009
Oceans keep Europe warm by Paul Baker
Baker said a slowdown of ocean circulation, caused by global warming, could mean less heat brought by the oceans to Earth's high latitudes. And that means, in a warming world, Europe could get cold.
March 25, 2009
Ancient fanged boar-croc discovered
Two horns coming out the back of the skull, a stub nose in the front, and three sets of fangs. This ancient fanged boar-croc is a relative of the modern crocodile and lived in the African Sahara 90 million years ago.
March 22, 2009
Birds: Citizen scientists help counting birds
Citizen scientists, ordinary folks like you and me, contributed in counting birds through bird surveys.
March 19, 2009
