Earth
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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Obama administration should lead energy transition
R.K. Pachauri, an engineer and economist by training, is director-general of The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi, India, and a corecipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his role as chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC periodically issues consensus reports on the science of climate change. Senior editor Janet Raloff spoke with him about changes he hopes to see from the Obama administration.
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Environment: Science news of the year, 2008
Science News writers and editors looked back at the past year's stories and selected a handful as the year's most interesting and important in Environment. Follow hotlinks to the full, original stories.
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Earth: Science news of the year, 2008
Science News writers and editors looked back at the past year's stories and selected a handful as the year's most interesting and important in Earth. Follow hotlinks to the full, original stories.
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Corals, turfgrass and sediments offer stories of climate past and future
Science News reports from San Francisco at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union
- Health & Medicine
EPA should test demasculinizing pollutants collectively, NRC says
Cumulative effects of phthalates and related compounds likely larger than effects measured one chemical at a time, reports a National Research Council panel.
- Climate
Holdren to Head White House Science
It appears that another physicist with Nobel ties is set to become the primary Obama adviser on science.
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- Earth
Surprise find taps into magma
In a scientific first, engineers drill into a subterranean pocket of molten rock.
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Severe heat and cold top list of deadly natural hazards
Data compilation by region, type of hazards shows deaths from more frequent events accumulate into significant numbers. Lightning strikes also high on the list.
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Solar wind pushes atmospheric breathing
New analyses of satellite data show that cycles of expansion and contraction are tied to changes in the solar wind.
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- Tech
Holiday Gifts: Blog Sites
Sample other blogs and let us know of notables that we missed that are also worth sharing.
