January 5, 2012
Danger in the Deep: Chemical weapons lie off our coasts
Flash back to 1944: It’s a misty Hawaiian morning and a military vessel carries a nervous crew and deadly cargo from Pearl Harbor into the …
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January 5, 2012
Danger and wonder in Nat Geo's "Giant Crystal Cave"
Razor-sharp rocks. Deadly crevasses. Unbearable heat. Scalding water. One false step...and you’re history. “Giant Crystal Cave,” the National …
January 5, 2012
Crystal Ball EARTH: Policy: A tale of two years
In U.S. policy, the past year was dominated by discussions of energy and climate change issues, at least in the earth sciences realm. In the …
January 5, 2012
Criminals steal London dino's dung
Blogging on EARTH A series of robberies over the past five years at London’s Natural History Museum has curators frustrated — and puzzled. From …
January 5, 2012
Court rules against Army Corps in New Orleans flooding case
A district court judge ruled Wednesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is liable for much of the flooding in New Orleans following …
January 5, 2012
Congress lets bans on outer continental shelf drilling expire
In July, President Bush lifted the executive ban on outer continental shelf (OCS) drilling, putting pressure on Congress to follow suit. In the …
January 5, 2012
Chile quake/tsunami news coverage: The bad and the good
Blogging on EARTH As you would expect, there's been tons of coverage of the earthquake off the coast of Chile and the resulting tsunami in the …
January 5, 2012
Californians prepare for the Big One
At 10 a.m. local time Thursday, a massive magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Los Angeles. But don’t worry — it was only a drill. During the Great …
January 5, 2012
Breaking the Energy Barrier
Can the Department of Defense solve the world’s energy crisis one jet at a time? The United States has all the tools it needs to solve the …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: Webb Space Telescope ensnared in political drama
Perhaps you have heard of the psychological principle of entrapment. In college, a friend of mine once described it to me while we stood in a …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: The lighter side of geo-jargon
Sometimes in this world, we just need a little levity. I was recently inspired by the great haboob that swept through Phoenix in July. Haboob. …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: Climate change threatens Virginia's vacation spots
Each year, millions of visitors flock to Virginia’s natural wonders, such as Shenandoah National Park, and to historical landmarks, like …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: A proposed twist on carbon trades at AGU
SAN FRANCISCO: In the ongoing climate negotiations, one issue that keeps coming up is that developing countries should be held to the same …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: "Climategate" scientist tells his side
SAN FRANCISCO: In November, hackers broke into the e-mail server of the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit and stole thousands of …
January 5, 2012
Biofuels and food: Mutually exclusive?
Global energy demand is forecast to double by 2025. Fossil fuel supplies are finite and increasingly politicized and insecure. Yet viable …
January 5, 2012
Benchmarks: The first Earth Day
On April 22, 1970, 20 million people across the United States celebrated the first Earth Day. “It was a time when cities were buried under their …
January 5, 2012
Benchmarks: November 22, 1859: "On the Origin of Species" published
About a decade ago, I was fortunate enough to hold in my hands a first edition of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species.” The green cover …
January 5, 2012
Benchmarks: March 1, 1872: "Bone Wars" heat up
Edward Drinker Cope stood before a smoke-filled audience at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, Pa., on March 1, 1872. One of the …
January 5, 2012
Benchmarks: February 12, 1809: Charles Robert Darwin is born - and so began modern biology
As celebrations in honor of Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday are in full swing this month, a revolution is rumbling through evolutionary biology. …
January 5, 2012
AGU: How scientists should talk climate change
Blogging on EARTH SAN FRANCISCO — The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fourth Assessment report last year showed a strong consensus …
January 5, 2012
A memoir: A decade-plus of tracking lunar larceny
In the back alleys of the world’s capitals and in the ballrooms of presidential palaces exists a black market that preys on the imagination of …
January 5, 2012
A day without Glory
On a warm afternoon in early March, the Taurus XL rocket that was prepped for launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California looked …
January 5, 2012
2012 budget requests a mixed bag for science
The Obama administration emphasized scientific innovation and education in its fiscal year 2012 budget requests. On Monday, the president’s …