Guatamala Flooded from Pacific Storm Agnes
Tropical Storm Agatha, the first Eastern Pacific named storm of 2010, was short lived but deadly. Agatha was a tropical …
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Beijing Coma: A Novel
Mainland China is an enormous country. With 9.6 million square kilometers it is the third largest country in the world …
Films to Watch For
For all you film fans who think this spring has been particularly dismal in the local movie houses, there are …
Martin Gardner: Gone
Martin Gardner, one of the world’s quintessential men of reason, passed away at age 95 on Saturday. … [he] teased …
Lake Tanganyika Warmest in 1,500 Years
“Geologists led by Brown University say Lake Tanganyika, the second oldest and the second-deepest lake in the world, has experienced …
Greenland Rising
Thought you’d like to know…. The ice is melting so fast in Greenland that the giant island is rising noticeably …
Blue Bottle Dolphins Under the Oil
Best Sites for Coverage: EPA; NOAA; NOLA [Times Picayune]; Sky Truth; GulfLive
We are deeply disturbed by the recent escalation of political assaults on scientists
In a lead letter in today’s issue of Science, 255 members of the National Academy of Sciences, including 11 Nobel …
Iceland Volcano Not Finished Yet
“Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano is at it again, erupting an ash cloud that is once again impacting air traffic. Ash and …
Ice Melt May Trigger More Volcanoes
Earthweek, the popular graphic feature in newspapers around the country pinpointing earthquakes, wildfires, animal incidents and more, featured one of …