Deanna Conners

Deanna Conners is an Environmental Scientist who holds a Ph.D. in Toxicology and an M.S. in Environmental Studies. Her interest in toxicology stems from having grown up near the Love Canal Superfund Site in New York. Her current work is to provide high-quality scientific information to the public and decision-makers and to help build cross-disciplinary partnerships that help solve environmental problems. She writes about Earth science and nature conservation for EarthSky.

Christmas Bird Count starts December 14

By Deanna Conners in Earth | Human World | 1 month ago

By Deanna Conners

Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count is one of the longest-running citizen science projects in existence. How to participate.

How rare are November hurricanes?

By Deanna Conners in Earth | 2 months ago

By Deanna Conners

The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season is nearing an end, but November hurricanes do occur and they can be deadly.

Tricks that animals play

By Deanna Conners in Earth | Human World | 3 months ago

By Deanna Conners

Trick or treat! Here are 3 animals that excel at playing tricks on others – and not just on Halloween!

New species of giant dinosaur identified

By Deanna Conners in Earth | 3 months ago

By Deanna Conners

The fossils of Ledumahadi mafube suggest that it was the largest land animal alive 200 million years ago.

How to spot ISS in your sky

By Deanna Conners in Human World | Space | 3 months ago

By Deanna Conners

Learn to watch ISS moving silently and steadily across your night sky, and think of the 3 astronauts currently on board.

Welcome to the Meghalayan age

By Deanna Conners in Earth | 4 months ago

By Deanna Conners

Scientists have assigned a new name to the era we’re living in. They’re calling it the Meghalayan – because key data for the timing of the new age were derived from a stalagmite growing in a cave in the Indian state of Meghalaya.