Students chronicle efforts to sustain the age-old use of cork to seal wine bottles and thus sustain the forest source of this versatile material.
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May 04
Counting Species on a Little Patch of Earth
Rare life forms can sometimes show up on your doorstep, as a family in Washington found. But even the mundane and everyday species can be just as enchanting.
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Dot Earth Blog: A Student’s Conversation With Michael Mann on Climate Science and Climate Wars
A student journalist explores the career and book of a climate scientist.
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Dot Earth Blog: Secretary of Defense on Climate, Foresight and the National Interest
The secretary of defense explores the importance of environmental foresight in protecting the nation’s interests.
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Green Blog: More on the Science of Clouds and Climate
The basic problem in understanding the relationship between clouds and climate change is that scientists only have a decade of detailed data to work with.
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Temperature Rising: Clouds’ Effect on Climate Change Is Last Bastion for Dissenters
In recent years, climate change skeptics have seized on one last argument that cannot be so readily dismissed. Their theory is that clouds will save us.
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Temperature Rising: Clouds’ Effect on Climate Change Is Last Bastion for Dissenters
In recent years, climate change skeptics have seized on one last argument that cannot be so readily dismissed. Their theory is that clouds will save us.
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Dot Earth Blog: A Fresh Look at Clouds, and Heat, in the Greenhouse
A closer look at research on the role of clouds in global warming
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Green Blog: Lights Out for Research Satellites?
Experts warn that the nation’s capability to collect data from space, vital to understanding the Earth’s environment and preparing for the future, is in “precipitous decline.”
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Dot Earth Blog: Exploring How Dialogue Can Smooth the Human Journey
Innovations are aiding everything from long-distance stroke diagnosis to quake-safe school designs.
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