Sign Up for Our Amazing Newsletter!
A daily update by email. Science news, great photos, sky alerts.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Is cuteness dangerous for huggable, endangered animals?
Endangered species are popular pets, but some say that for exotic animals prized as pets, cuteness could be their downfall.
July 31, 2009
Lisa Epifani on trade-off between energy and water
"Some of our choices to move away from foreign oil mean using more domestic water," says the DOE's Lisa Epifani. Water is very complicated.
June 16, 2009
Marty Mlynczak: ‘Our atmosphere breathes sun’s energy’
Marty Mlynczak compares this in-and-out movement of Earth's atmosphere to breathing and says it corresponds to solar cycles.
June 3, 2009
Stephen Blake, on the memories of elephants
A student from Spain wonders if it's true that elephants have good memories. Elephant ecologist Stephen Blake answers the question, and talks about what makes elephants so special.
May 17, 2009
Camille Parmesan: ‘Some species need human help to survive’
Some species might need human help to survive, said Camille Parmesan. "We should help them move and help them shift along with the climate."
May 17, 2009
Vicky Meretsky on new endangered species rules
Listen to conservation biologist Vicky Meretsky talk about how endangered species could benefit from renewed protections from the Obama administration.
May 16, 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
Dust storms escalate in western U.S., affect ecosystems
Why so many dust storms now? Across vast areas, soil is being loosened by off-road vehicles, livestock grazing, road development for oil and gas production ...
April 24, 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
