Earth

  1. Earth

    Corals, turfgrass and sediments offer stories of climate past and future

    Science News reports from San Francisco at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union

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  2. Health & Medicine

    EPA should test demasculinizing pollutants collectively, NRC says

    Cumulative effects of phthalates and related compounds likely larger than effects measured one chemical at a time, reports a National Research Council panel.

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  3. 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.

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  4. Ecosystems

    Thwarting Tree Poachers

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

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  5. Earth

    Surprise find taps into magma

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

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  6. 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.

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  7. 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.

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  8. Earth

    Improved Cars: Chu on It

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

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  9. Tech

    Holiday Gifts: Blog Sites

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

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  10. Earth

    Reef record suggests impending Sumatra quakes

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

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  11. Chemistry

    ENV Tidbits: Corals, nano concerns, and more

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

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  12. Earth

    Biological Cadre Turns Political

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

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