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Cities can plan ahead for global warming
According to expert Jack Fellows, thinks that if cities plan ahead, they might be able to sell their adaptive knowledge and technologies.
March 6, 2009
Nano sensors may help farmers manage crops
Strickland said, " The specific idea was to incorporate nano sensors into pesticide spray, so that you can monitor how well the crop field was sprayed for pests, or while adding nutrients to the crop field."
March 5, 2009
Rosalyn Berne urges caution for nano in agriculture
Rosalyn Berne studies the ethics of nanotechnology. She said we don't understand what happens to nano products used in agriculture, at the point when that product filled with nano particles washes into the soil.
March 4, 2009
EarthSky interview series explores role of nanotechnology
A new EarthSky series discusses the benefits and dangers of nanotechnology- the science of the very small- as it relates to agriculture.
March 2, 2009
Saving seeds from extinction from Cary Fowler
Cary Fowler, executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, talks about a large and ambitious saving seeds from extinction program that aims to safeguard the future of global agriculture.
March 2, 2009
Black holes in galaxy cores related to spiral arms
The distribution of mass in galaxy halos might affect how big central supermassive black holes are, and how tightly wound the spiral arms are.
February 27, 2009
EarthSky helps celebrate International Year of Planet Earth
The science and wonder of our planet Earth will capture the imaginations of EarthSky listeners in this special podcast series.
February 26, 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
Energy and water tradeoffs in oil extraction
Experts say usable oil can be extracted from a rocky substance, called oil shale, that's abundant in western North America. But geologist Craig Cooper speaks of trade-offs in the energy and water extraction process.
February 25, 2009
Satellite down: The night a satellite crashed
The OCO satellite splashed into the sea near Antarctica Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, leaving eight years of preparation to study Earth's carbon cycle from space unrealized.
February 24, 2009
