http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.10/surveying-the-oft-snubbed-and-very-cool-spider-with-citizen-scientists Volunteers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Colorado Spider Survey help scientists gather important data by roaming nooks and crannies across the state, finding and cataloguing Colorado's myriad spiders. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst Paula Cushing arachnology spider populations entomology Colorado Spider Survey arachnids citizen science scientists Denver Museum of Nature and Science spider species 2012-06-15T14:55:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/what-should-we-do-with-our-blink-of-time Natural history teaches us how rapidly and irrevocably the world can change -- a fact we should bear in mind as we enter the new, human-dominated era some scientists call the Anthropocene. No publisher Stephen Trimble mass extinctions evolution death Anthropocene Mesozoic climate change Pleistocene industrial revolution global warming species extinction pollution geology, paleontology, biodiversity loss, drought, natural resources scientists Natural history Natural History Museum of Utah tectonic cycles Eocene Holocene 2012-05-31T15:19:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.17/washingtons-hanford-reservation-and-nuclear-plant-may-lie-on-faults Brian Sherrod, a government paleoseismologist, believes cities and infrastructure in eastern Washington may be far more earthquake-prone than previously realized. No publisher Bill Lascher eastern Washington geology geology paleoseismology Brian Sherrod scientists Hanford Nuclear Reservation earthquake science USGS 2011-11-07T17:03:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.7/bridging-american-indian-students-scientific-achievement-gap Educator Michael Ceballos breaks down the barriers keeping young Native Americans from careers in science. No publisher Erica Gies University of Montana-Missoula Michael Ceballos American Indian youth biochemistry Indian education Native American Research Lab scientists 2011-05-11T13:59:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/between-the-grims-and-the-grins-1 We will need humility as well as technology to triumph over climate change. No publisher Allen Best Amory Lovins climate change energy Global warming technological innovation James Howard Kunstler scientists 2010-03-30T17:47:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.4/good-night-sweet-trees A scientist sees a Shakespearean tragedy unfold in the West’s dying aspen forests, victims of climate change. No publisher William R.L. Anderegg Sudden Aspen Decline pinon pine die-off science Hot Times environmental news Hamlet environment scientists climate change William R.L. Anderegg pine beetles 2010-10-06T17:31:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/a-scientists-view-of-change In Of Rock and Rivers, Ellen Wohl, a geomorphologist, reads the story behind the Western landscape. No publisher Valerie Rapp Of Rock and Rivers science writing geology Ellen Wohl nonfiction scientists geomorphology Western landscape 2010-02-05T08:55:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.11/renewables-the-final-frontier Vaclav Smil is a historian who exemplifies Vulcan-style logic and skepticism when it comes to easy solutions to energy problems. No publisher Randy Udall climate change Vulcans Star Trek Vaclav Smil renewable energy scientists 2010-02-05T09:19:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.9/science-under-glass Researchers are using Arizona’s Biosphere 2 to study how plant communities affect the movement of water. No publisher Tim Hull water cycles climate change scientists Biosphere 2 ecosystems biomes 2010-02-05T09:19:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.7/the-collected-sierra-nevada Meteorologist Hal Klieforth has collected a lifetime of knowledge – and a museum’s worth of artifacts – from years spent exploring the Sierra Nevada. No publisher Terray Sylvester Hal Klieforth meteorologists Sierra Nevada scientists 2010-02-05T08:32:15Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.5/innovate Westerners have a knack for new and innovative thinking, as this special issue of HCN shows. No publisher Ray Ring, Tom Beal, Emily Underwood, Terray Sylvester, Sarah Gilman think tanks Utah artists Peter Samuelson innovative thinking DAISY Consortium DAISY readers Grant Stumbaugh audio books George Goertz astronomers sunlight-concentrating solar generators Windustry Eric Lindeman Adam Price physicists scientists Wyoming wind farms inventors Intellectual Ventures 337 Project Roger Angel George Kerscher global warming the Art Truck blindness Jason Zasa housing problem art galleries solar energy Records for the Blind & Dyslexic brainstorming sessions cooperatives Nathan Myhrvold Slater Wind Energy Association portable shelters public art wind power EDAR homelessness e-books 2010-02-05T08:38:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/327/16446 Is it really true that the U.S. has no choice but to employ a harsh form of triage in deciding which endangered species should live, and which must die? No publisher Greg Hanscom Threatened and Endangered Endangered Species Act Rob Roy Ramey II ambulances EMTs medics triage accidents scientists wildlife biology ecology Preble’s meadow jumping mouse subspecies U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service federal government environmental issues environment 2010-02-05T09:34:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/316/16131 The hurricanes in the Gulf and New Mexico’s endless drought lead the author to wonder why it is human beings refuse to take nature seriously No publisher Laura Paskus Albuquerque New Mexico drought climate change global warming water shortages Drought Summit Dave Gutzler meteorology climatology Kathy Jacobs Gregg Garfin scientists nature arid climates hurricanes Hurricane Wilma Hurricane Katrina 2010-02-05T08:57:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15434 Recently released e-mails show that federal employees falsified information about the safety of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev. No publisher J.M. McCord Waste Yucca Mountain Nevada Department of Energy nuclear safety nuclear waste spent fuel rods George W. Bush hazardous waste nuclear repository scientists federal employees Kenny Guinn Jon Porter Ted Garrish criminal investigation e-mail U.S. Ge 2010-02-05T09:24:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15439 A high-tech climate model will give farmers in Washington’s Yakima Valley a kind of crystal ball for predicting weather, choosing which crops to plant, and dealing with drought and global warming No publisher Hilary Watts Science Climate Change Crops Yakima Valley farming agriculture drought crop yields global warming climate models climate change Michael J. Scott Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Roza Irrigation District scientists 2010-02-05T09:24:21Z News Article