Oct 13 New report will outline effects of climate change on U.S. military By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press AREQUIPA, Peru — Defense officials say a report slated for release Monday will lay out plans for the Pentagon to get a better handle on how climate change will affect the military, and determine how best to deal with the… Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch Restored wetlands welcome wildlife and protect against future floods in San Francisco Bay Area By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 09 See just how much is left of San Francisco Bay’s shrinking wetlands By Cat Wise Leaders from the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project have an ambitious 50-year project to turn former barren industrial salt ponds back into thriving wetlands habitat. The hope is that the restored tidal marshes will mitigate some of the impacts… Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch See just how much is left of San Francisco Bay’s shrinking wetlands By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch Will flight tracking evolve in wake of Malaysia Air mystery? By PBS News Hour More than six months ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on its trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Two months of searching for wreckage and clues yielded no definitive answers about what happened. On Monday the search resumed. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Oct 08 These six diseases should worry you more than Ebola By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy If you live in the U.S. and aren't traveling to West Africa, you're not likely to catch Ebola. But these six diseases should worry you -- especially if you're a parent with small children. Continue reading
Oct 08 This morning’s total lunar eclipse, as seen from Twitter By Nora Daly If you slept through this morning’s blood moon, or missed out due to the cloudy conditions in some parts of country, social media has you covered. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch How many Nobel Prize winners does it take to improve a light bulb? By PBS News Hour The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists who created the revolutionary LED light, which is 20 times more efficient than a standard incandescent bulb. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Jeffrey Brown to talk about the winners and… Continue watching
Oct 07 Scientists say DNA determines coffee consumption By Anna Christiansen Is Java in the genes? New research from The Coffee and Caffeine Genetics Consortium has brought us closer than ever in the quest to understand why coffee affects people differently. Continue reading
Oct 07 Can you find the turquoise in Wednesday’s lunar eclipse? By Jenny Marder For 59 minutes early Wednesday morning, the moon will turn an eerie shade of copper red when it passes through the Earth’s shadow in a total lunar eclipse. And if the skies are clear enough and you look at… Continue reading