Earth

Climate

Holdren to Head White House Science

It appears that another physicist with Nobel ties is set to become the primary Obama adviser on science.

Ecosystems

Thwarting Tree Poachers

A new federal rule makes it harder to destroy protected forests.

Earth

Surprise find taps into magma

In a scientific first, engineers drill into a subterranean pocket of molten rock.

Earth

Severe heat and cold top list of deadly natural hazards

Data compilation by region, type of hazards shows deaths from more frequent events accumulate into significant numbers. Lightning strikes also high on the list.

Earth

Solar wind pushes atmospheric breathing

New analyses of satellite data show that cycles of expansion and contraction are tied to changes in the solar wind.

Earth

Improved Cars: Chu on It

Hey Detroit: Lighten up, the incoming Energy Secretary recommends.

Tech

Holiday Gifts: Blog Sites

Sample other blogs and let us know of notables that we missed that are also worth sharing.

Earth

Reef record suggests impending Sumatra quakes

Evidence of seafloor rise and fall shows southern Sumatra is at start of new earthquake cycle.

Chemistry

ENV Tidbits: Corals, nano concerns, and more

News nuggets on climate-imperiled corals, nanotech worries, and soft drinks bearing pesticides.

Earth

Biological Cadre Turns Political

Conservation scientists lobby the presidential-transition team to select an Interior Secretary who respects and defends science.

Space

Meteorites could have thickened primordial soup

New experiments show that extraterrestrial impacts that occurred early in our planet's history could have created the raw materials for life.

Health & Medicine

Honeybee CSI: Why dead bodies can’t be found

Virus could explain one symptom of colony collapse.