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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
Hey cutie! Hey cutie!
The Chickadee as harbinger of the growing season was a welcome sound, if not sight, today. So hearing "Hey cutie" wasn't directed at me.
March 19, 2009
Dolphins: Not so tiny bubbles
You can find several versions on YouTube of this extraordinarily beautiful phenomenon of dolphins, plus a short segment of an awesome underwater bubble ring.
March 18, 2009
A flower adapts in the grand scheme of biological evolution
Paleobotanist Sir Peter Crane talks about the connections between fossilized and living plants, and about how human activity can impact how a flower adapts.
March 15, 2009
First contact with inner Earth
Earth scientist Bruce Marsh talks about the first contact discovery of molten magma inside Earth. The dynamic movement of magma has helped shape the world on which we stand.
March 12, 2009
Arctic ice sheet tracking for lost ice
Scientist Terry Wilson talks about using seismic sensors to record the movement of arctic ice sheet and bedrock in Antarctica to track lost ice.
March 7, 2009
