Sep 18 Ocean Acidification Threatens Tiny ‘Sea Butterflies’ Rising levels of ocean acidity is bad news for pteropods or "sea butterflies", a species that plays a critical role in its ecosystem. Photo by Nina Bednarsek/NOAA SEATTLE - It's a sunny and mild summer's day in the Pacific… Continue reading
Sep 18 Empathy for military robots could affect outcomes on the battlefield Photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood That's the conclusion of Julie Carpenter, a Ph.D. in education at the University of Washington. Carpenter interviewed 23 explosive ordnance disposal personnel who regularly used robots on the job. Continue reading
Sep 17 Reading a whale’s life story from ear wax Photo by Flickr user Mike Baird. What age did a whale live to? What age did it hit puberty? Was it exposed to pollutants in the ocean? Many of those questions can now be answered… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch Unmapped Routes May Pose Dangers for Shipping Boom in Arctic Waters Unmapped Routes May Pose Dangers for Shipping Boom in Arctic Waters… Continue watching
Sep 17 National Zoo panda cub gets first full veterinary exam The National Zoo's newest addition got her first full vet exam Monday. Zoo scientists have been anxiously waiting to assess the panda cub since she was born on August 23 in Washington, D.C. Our panda cub had… Continue reading
Sep 17 Controversy Over Shell’s Oil Exploration in Arctic Continues Salvage teams assess damage to Royal Dutch Shell's Kulluk drill barge in January after the rig ran aground near Kodiak Island in Alaska. Photo by AFP/Greenpeace/Robert Meyers Rapidly thawing sea ice in the Arctic Circle has threatened polar wildlife… Continue reading
Sep 17 In Alaska, Melting Ice Could Erode Way of Life Temperatures in the Arctic are warming twice as fast as any other place on the planet. PBS NewsHour recently traveled there to report on how Alaska Natives are coping with the cascading effects of climate change on their subsistence lifestyle. Continue reading
Sep 17 Life at the ‘Top of the World’ By Mike Fritz At 330 miles above the Arctic Circle, life has never been easy for those brave enough to call Barrow home. The population currently hovers around 5,000 and about half of the residents are native Inupiat Eskimo, indigenous people who have… Continue reading
Sep 17 ASK #seachange reporter Craig Welch anything at noon .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } On Monday, PBS NewsHour aired… Continue reading
Sep 17 Russia’s Cold War navy has been revived to patrol the melting arctic By News Desk Russia's nuclear powered battle cruiser "Peter the Great" Russia is moving ships to the arctic and rebuilding a naval base in Siberia to begin regular, permanent patrols of the newly open Northern Sea Route, reports the Christian Science Monitor. Continue reading