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Melissa Schultz on link between pharmaceutical waste and fish health
Environmental chemist Melissa Schultz talks about how medications we excrete and flush down the toilet are winding up in rivers, possibly harming wildlife.
January 16, 2009
Jo Pierce: ‘Private forests mean income, and much more’
Listen to Jo Pierce talk about his family's 2,000-acre forest in Maine, and the importance of respecting the land and preserving wildlife habitat.
January 15, 2009
EarthSky podcasts win award for creative excellence
EarthSky Communications announced today that it has won another W3 Award, this time in the podcast category. The W3 Awards honor creative excellence on the web.
January 14, 2009
Nerds: You really do have a chance
Are we women more likely to date an attractive, smart, creative guy or an attractive-but-dumb guy who can't strum a guitar and has never even attempted to write bad poetry?
January 14, 2009
Lori Hunter describes impact of HIV/AIDS on South Africa’s environment
Population scientist Lori Hunter talks about some of the broad impacts of the HIV epidemic in South Africa, including a possibly unsustainable reliance on local resources.
January 14, 2009
Robert Waide: Humans and nature are coupled
Robert Waide said Planet Earth is "the ultimate coupled human-nature system."
January 12, 2009
Orsola de Marco studies the rainbow spectra of stars
Orsola De Marco, an astrophysicist, studies the light of stars split into a rainbow of colors - what astronomers commonly refer to as a 'spectrum.'
January 11, 2009
Robin Bell: Hidden Antarctic mountains and lakes
Robin Bell said at last we are able to mount flights out of our camp on the ice for scientific research in Antarctica.
January 10, 2009
Alex deSherbinin on human migrations from climate change
Alex deSherbinin of Columbia University talks about the potential impacts of climate change on humans. Scientists believe climate change may force people in environmentally stressed regions to migrate.
January 9, 2009
Janaki Alavalapati on forests’ renewable energy potential
Janaki Alavalapati says that forest biomass - small diameter trees and brush cleared from forests - can be used to create liquid fuel.
January 7, 2009
