As a newcomer to the blogosphere in recent months, I’ve stumbled on a few really innovative sites. One of the first was “Framing Science,” a blog at scienceblogs.com authored by Matthew Nisbet. Nisbet is a communications professor at American University, and he’s churning out some incredibly helpful ideas.
I love the blog — and Nisbet’s ideas [...]
Ever since I was exposed to information about human-caused environmental problems, in college, I’ve remained generally horrified — sometimes vaguely, and other times acutely — about the runaway train that is our collective effect on our planet. Moments of peace have shone through. One such moment was sparked when I read David Quammen’s book “Song [...]
Thankfully, some researchers are pulling away from the is-it-is-or-is-it-ain’t global warming debate, and moving ahead with solutions to our undeniably nasty habit of fouling our global nest.
But the reality is, such solutions are in their infancy — and it’s hard to tell, at this point, which ideas could help mitigate damage to Earth and which [...]
Sure, NASA lost a lot of money when its Orbiting Carbon Observatory took a nosedive into the ocean — around $250 million (because $30 million of ts $278 million budget hadn’t been spent yet).
But what about the science?
NASA is thinking about that too. The agency is going through a muddy era that mirrors, at least [...]
After a winter that’s seemed long and harsh in much of the country, there’s good reason to be excited about the earliest signs of spring.
Here’s one more: It can help scientists track climate change.
The popular National Public Radio program “Science Friday” apparently crashed the server at the National Phenology Network’s website this afternoon, by airing a [...]
