This Week: Holy horseradish! Ancient roots of pain
In the News: Mass killings explained?
Land use: When it changes, so does the climate! The plow and the thermometer: What relationship?
As New Orleans sinks and the seas rise, hurricanes are getting worse. Does it make sense to start restoring marshes and barrier islands that dampen the hurricanes? Could wetlands moderate the next Katrina?
Is global warming feeding hurricanes? Global warming has already raised sea levels. Is warming also making hurricanes like Katrina more intense? Some new evidence says yes.
Arctic environment is warming fast, causing harm to wildlife, environment and indigenous people; faster warming predicted in the future. Welcome to the warmer world…
Evidence from ice cores in Greenland and Antarctica show how fast the climate has changed in the past. In this era of global warming, you can’t count on a slow, gradual, predictable warming.
Tornadoes kill 60 Americans each year. How do we predict tornadoes? How do we make houses safer? Where do tornadoes get their energy?
If we put up a giant umbrella to shield the Earth from global warming, what will happen to plant productivity?
How do current conditions compare to past predictions of the effects of global warming? Are living on a warming planet?
How is lightning generated? How does it affect the body? How can you stay safe? And what does lightning look like from space?
African science produces cancer drug, dust, rain and desertification and linguist Joseph Greenberg.