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With global warming an increasing threat, some are urging
a return to nuclear energy, but the industry’s own checkered
past reminds us that a nuclear renaissance will be neither easy nor
cheap
by Jonathan Thompson,
Sep 04, 2006
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Terms commonly used in endangered species discussions
– species, subspecies and distinct population segment –
are explained
by Jodi Peterson,
Jul 16, 2008
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Climate scientist Anthony Westerling is working to
illuminate the connection between rising global temperatures and
the increasing ferocity of the West’s forest fires
by Matt Jenkins,
Jul 16, 2008
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As scientists clash over the Preble’s meadow jumping
mouse's biological categorization, the complexity of endangered
species science steps into the light
by Christie Aschwanden,
Aug 07, 2006
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In Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in
the World’s Highest Mountain Ranges, mountain
climber and physicist Mark Bowen follows researchers who are
finding clues to climate change in high-altitude tropical
glaciers
by John Krist,
Jun 26, 2006
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Whatever the cause, the weather in the West this last year
has been wild and wacky
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn,
Jun 26, 2006
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In a special summer reading issue, HCN
dishes up a science fiction story that imagines life in the
Southwest in 2030 or so, when "Big Daddy Drought" is in full
stride, and California claims all water
by Greg Hanscom,
Jun 26, 2006
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In the desert Southwest of 2030 Big Daddy Drought runs the
show, California claims all the water, and a water tick named Lolo
ekes out a rugged living removing tamarisk.
by Paolo Bacigalupi,
Jun 26, 2006
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The creepy glamour of the scientific exhibit Body Worlds 2
– which showcases actual preserved sections of human bodies
– never answers the question of how – and where–
these people lived
by Michelle Nijhuis,
Jul 16, 2008
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Douglas Preston’s fast-moving thriller
Tyrannosaur Canyon is perfect summer escape
reading for anyone who loves adventure, intrigue and romance
– especially served up with dinosaur fossils
by Steve Rumsey,
May 29, 2006
