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Honoring a lunar orbiter, two fantastic new NASA videos
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been orbiting the moon for 1,000 days. Celebrate by watching two new eye-popping videos from this lunar orbiter.
March 17, 2012
Land use changes contribute to climate extremes
Climate extremes: The researchers found that land use changes in some cases amplified climate warming, while in other cases masked warming effects.
March 17, 2012
View from space: 2012 snow cover compared to 2011 snow cover
Two snow cover maps show the difference between snow extent in North America on March 3, 2011 and on March 5, 2012. The 2012 cover is spottier than the 2011.
March 17, 2012
Record breaking warmth across the United States in 2012
It is technically winter, but the U.S. is experiencing record breaking warmth usually seen in early summer. Meanwhile, it's been cold in Europe and Asia.
March 17, 2012
Lyme disease surge predicted for the Northeastern U.S.
Boom-and-bust acorn crops and a decline in mice leave humans vulnerable to infected ticks. Ticks carry Lyme disease, a debilitating disorder in humans.
March 16, 2012
Chemistry makes up the world we live in: George Whitesides:
"The world we live in is chemistry," George Whitesides told EarthSky, and described what it means to be a chemist today.
March 16, 2012
Bilingual immigrants are healthier, in Rice University study
Bilingual immigrants are healthier than immigrants who speak only one language, according to new research from sociologists at Rice University.
March 15, 2012
Climate change communication, by Gavin Schmidt
EarthSky's Science Communicator of the Year says that telling people about how scientists work is a key to communicating the science of climate change.
March 15, 2012
EarthSky’s Jorge Salazar named among top 100 scientists on Twitter
EarthSky's Jorge Salazar joins Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye the Science Guy and other science communicators chosen for their great work on Twitter.
March 14, 2012
Gorillas more closely related to us than thought
Researchers have completed the genome sequence for the gorilla. It turns out that about 15% of our genome more closely resembles gorillas' than chimpanzees'.
March 14, 2012
