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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
Afghanistan recovery could be spurred by natural resources
Geologist James Devine talks about how scientists could help Afghanistan manage the country's petroleum and copper reserves to revitalize the nation's troubled economy.
February 26, 2009
Ice-free summers in Arctic by next decade?
Some scientists say that Arctic summers might be ice-free within the next decade. Oceanographer Wieslaw Maslowski spoke to EarthSky about an accelerating melting of 'multi-year ice.'
February 24, 2009
Mysterious dead zones in the Pacific
She describes these dead zones, off the northwestern coast of the United States, as "virtual wastelands of dead crabs, dead worms, dead anemones, just littering the sea floor."
February 18, 2009
Climate in the southwest may suffer sustained drought
Edward Cook reconstructed the Southwest's past climate using tree ring records. The region has a history of drought, and he said global warming might increase this trend.
February 16, 2009
