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Bioengineered brick wins 2010 Next Generation design contest
Bricks are responsible for 13 billion pounds of carbon dioxide every year. An American architect invented a bioengineered brick. It's grown rather than baked.
May 17, 2010
Andrew Revkin on new U.S. climate bill
Andrew Revkin spoke on the new U.S. climate bill that aims to lower planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
May 17, 2010
Stuart Butchart on world governments’ failure to slow biodiversity loss
Stuart Butchart said that, since 2002, the risk of species extinction has actually increased, not decreased, and the need to increase the scale of our efforts.
May 17, 2010
Gary Yohe on risk of climate change, rising seas
Economist Gary Yohe says that climate change means new risks for coasts, like rising sea level and higher storm surges.
May 17, 2010
Seismometers help understand and predict natural hazards
He's is working on more sensitive seismometers using fiber optics. The information that scientists gather helps them create pictures of what's inside the Earth.
May 17, 2010
Andrew Revkin: Scientists and skeptics oversold climate claims
Climate scientists and climate skeptics have one thing in common, says Andrew Revkin of the New York Times: They’re both guilty of overstating their claims
May 17, 2010
IceBridge Mission: new aircraft and locations
To add an element of challenge to this IceBridge Mission, we must navigate around the volcanic ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano as we fly.
May 11, 2010
Supermassive black hole ejected from distant galaxy
A supermassive black hole - with a mass of perhaps a billion suns - could be ejected from its galaxy under special conditions when two black holes merge.
May 11, 2010
Cold: how much can we tolerate?
A polar explorer and a student push their bodies to the limit in bitter cold. Their willingness to perform has intriguing scientific ramifications.
May 11, 2010
Nancy Rabalais on impact of Gulf oil spill
Nancy Rabalais said the Gulf of Mexico oil spill of April 2010 will impact sea turtles, fish, crabs, and other wildlife for many years to come.
May 10, 2010
