A Plague of Cactus

Across Kenya's wildlife-rich Laikipia Plateau, a thorny enemy is advancing.  But a tiny sap-sucking insect may help save the region's animals and people.

bioGraphic,  September 26, 2019

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Most Oil Giants Still Fighting Shareholder Pressure to Address Climate

Oil companies are feeling pressure from investors about climate change and the Paris Agreement. Some companies are responding by more transparently dealing with the issue.

Climate Liability News, April 11, 2019

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Credit: Lever ArchitectureThe Rise of the Wooden Skyscraper

New, mass-timber engineering could transform the twenty-first-century city from a carbon source into a carbon sink.

Anthropocene, August 2017  

        

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Photo credit: Ted Wood/The Story GroupWarning: Oil and gas development may be hazardous to your health

As more people find themselves living near oil and gas wells, scientists scramble to fully understand the health risks.

Boulder Weekly,  May 18, 2017

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Cultivate the Muse

Creative writing can enrich scientists’ research.

Nature, 542, 381-383, February 16, 2017  

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Extreme Survival: Managing the Deadly Cold

Simple steps reduce risk of frostbite and hypothermia — so let the freezing fun begin.

Science News for Students,  January 12, 2017  Link

Wastewaster is Key to Reducing Nitrogen Pollution

Upgrading wastewater treatment plants can dramatically reduce a municipality’s nitrogen footprint

Scientific American, June 2, 2016   Link

Can Bats Reduce Nut Farmers’ Pesticide Use?

Ecologist Katherine Ingram is on a quest to quantify the economic benefit of insect-eating bats in walnut orchards.

Ensia,  September 21, 2015   Link

Coming to a Mine Near You: Why Another Toxic Spill is Inevitable

 Hundreds of hard-rock mines similar to the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado are disasters waiting to happen. It’s time for a serious overhaul of the 1872 mining law.

 Men’s Journal, August 20, 2015     Link

New Math: Fail + Fail Again = Real Learning

 Teachers increasingly urge students to risk failing as a route to ultimate success.

 Science News for Students (teachers’ version), August 4, 2015

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To Really Learn, Fail — Then Fail Again!

That ‘error’ in trial-and-error learning can be the ticket to learning well —and having fun.

Science News For Students, June 5, 2015  

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Renewables v. Reindeer

As public pressure builds to rid the Arctic of oil and gas development, proponents of renewable energy are being vilified as green colonialists by indigenous Sami people, especially reindeer herdsmen. Can Arctic clean energy be socially sustainable?

Beacon, February 4, 2015   Link

Conservation's New Math

Trying to figure out which landscapes will be most hospitable to a diverse mix of wild plants and animals as the climate warms is a Herculean task. Some scientists are betting that geology holds the ticket to biodiversity.

Beacon, January 16, 2015  Link

Making Green Building Mainstream

No longer a luxury, green architecture is meeting the looming challenges of population growth and climate change.

Beacon  November 12, 2014

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When Climate Change Comes After Even the Most Common Species

The northern bobwhite quail offers a window into efforts by scientists to protect landscapes, not just individual species.

PBS NewsHour  October 13, 2014   Link 

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