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Ecotourism: Is it Working? - Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

20 years ago, ecotourism was promoted as a way to save natural systems, and the people who lived in them. We ask: Is ecotourism a force for good, or just another form of “greenwashing”?

NASA to Earth Science: Take the Back Seat! - Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

To understand and protect the home planet: it’s no longer a key NASA mission. What will we lose as NASA turns its eyes toward the moon and Mars?

Sad Earth Day: Warming Changes the Globe - Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Global warming is changing the planet: Antarctica is melting, sea level is rising, oceans are turning sour. Killing Amazon forests spreads malaria, reduces rainfall. How sick is our Earth?

National Parks: Space for Snowmobiles and Science? - Thursday, December 30th, 2004

As the administration allows more snowmobiles to buzz through Yellowstone, scientists cry foul. Are the parks more than playgrounds?m Scientists call for more money for basic research, but the Bush administration favors recreation.

Salmon au Flame Retardant - Thursday, August 19th, 2004

Feeling burned? Farmed salmon have higher levels of a brominated flame retardant than wild salmon.

Mercury Pollution: How to Respond - Thursday, May 6th, 2004

How should we deal with mercury air pollution in air, fish and water? Why do the studies of mercury consumption not agree? What to do when the studies conflict…

Salvage Logging: Helpful or Harmful? - Thursday, March 4th, 2004

Salvage logging of forests after natural disturbances is a bad idea, ecologists warn. Evidence from a forest whacked by a 1938 hurricane show how salvage logging changes the landscape.

Zoonotic Disease — Bugs Jump to People - Thursday, July 3rd, 2003

Monkeypox, AIDS, SARS: Are more diseases jumping from animals to people, or is it just our imagination?

Snails Declining in New York - Thursday, May 1st, 2003

Rock climbing may be harming snail populations along the Niagara Escarpment.

Dam Removal, River Revival - Thursday, January 16th, 2003

How does dam removal restore rivers to health, and how long does it take?

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