scientific research
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The atrazine emails: Science with an attitude is still science
UC Berkeley professor Tyrone Hayes sent obscene emails to pesticide maker Syngenta's staff. But that doesn't invalidate his research on atrazine.
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Does anyone take science seriously?
Politicians ignore them. Journalists distort what they say. No wonder scientists complain about getting no respect.
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Coral doctor sounds the alarm about more acidic seas
CO2 has acidified the oceans, and marine biologist John Guinotte says that spells trouble for coral reefs and for the marine ecosystem as a whole.
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Dust Bowl 2: Drought detective predicts drier future for American Southwest
If you’re one of the tens of millions of people who live in the southwestern United States, get ready for drier weather. That’s the message from Richard Seager, a climate scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observa
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The spill is gone, but uncertainty haunts the Gulf
Will sea life be permanently damaged by the huge dose of crude? Will consumers ever eat anything that's been swimming around in that toxic soup?
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How will you celebrate global warming's 35th birthday?
Global warming will get a whopping 35 candles on its birthday cake on Aug. 8. It was in 1975 that the phrase first appeared in scientific literature.
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Math whiz tackles the big carbon sink puzzle
Inez Fung is on a mission to find and account for every gram of heat-trapping carbon dioxide on the planet. And she knows where most of it is hiding.
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CSI: Climate scene investigator
How do we know that human activities are responsible for warming the planet? Because just like criminals, climate change culprits, such as smokestack or tailpipe emissions, leave behind distinctive signatures or patterns. All climate investigators have to do is look closely enough, and hardly anyone has been looking longer or more carefully than Benjamin Santer.
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BP launches effort to control scientific research of oil disaster
If BP has its way, important scientific research and data could be closed off to the public.Photo courtesy Greenpeace USA 2010 via FlickrCross-posted from Think Progress. Foreign oil giant BP is on a spending spree, buying Gulf Coast scientists for its private contractor army. Scientists from Louisiana State University, Mississippi State University, and Texas A&M […]