Host: Jorge Salazar
Lead Producer: Mike Brennan
ES 22 Producers: Deborah Byrd, Ryan Britton, Emily Howard
Science news of the week:
Over 15,000 U.S. warm temperature records were broken in March 2012.
Anchorage, Alaska set snowfall records in the winter of 2011-2012.

Too much snow across Alaska. Image Credit: Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management,
Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere might have ended the last Ice Age.
Scientists at Colorado State predict a below-average North Atlantic hurricane season.
Song of the week:
The Heartlanders’ song “Rumble Under My Feet” from their upcoming album “Gentleman Cowboy”.

Jacqueline Barton via the LA Times
This week’s featured stories:
DNA Wired for Life Jorge Salazar speaks with Dr. Jacqueline Barton of CalTech on her award-winning research on DNA.
Global Night Sky: Saturn Deborah Byrd on Saturn at opposition on April 15th, and how to see the ringed planet in your night sky.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Thanks for listening in. We’ll catch ya next week!
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