Host: Jorge Salazar
Lead Producer: Mike Brennan
ES 22 Producers: Deborah Byrd, Ryan Britton, Emily Howard
Science news of the week:
Stormy U.S. Pacific Northwest, and mild winter elsewhere
The January 18 Internet “black out” in protest to SOPA and PIPA.

Via buybackworld.com
A newborn island in the Red Sea, 40 miles off the coast of Yemen.
What anxiety looks like
Song of the week:
Guns of Navarone’s “Put it to Rest” from the album Prize and Battlefield.
This week’s featured stories:
Monitoring Forests Jorge Salazar speaks with Dr. Alan Belward, Head of the Global Environment Monitoring Unit in Italy about human impact on global forests.

Image Credit: NPCA Photos
Global Night Sky Deborah Byrd on seeing the planet Mars, plus Venus and Jupiter with the moon this month.
Thanks for listening in. We’ll catch ya next week!
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