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- Saturn backlit, Earth from a billion miles away
Feb 25, 2008
Favorite Saturn pictures.
Imagine the Cassini spacecraft drifting in darkness, submerged in the long shadow...
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- Birdkiller!
May 16, 2007
A lot of people aren’t going to want to know this … It’s information that’s probably easier on dog lovers.
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- Reconcile Biblical dating with scientific dating?
May 09, 2007
Twenty-five scientists responded to a question from a member of the Earth & Sky community about how to determine the age of the Earth.
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- Top 10 things to know about nanotechnology
Apr 27, 2007
EarthSky’s guide to being in the know about nano.
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- Earth Day 2007: a fine balance
Apr 23, 2007
Can we consume our way to sustainability?
This Earth Day – April 22, 2007 – is expected to be the biggest one ever. The word or color “green” seems to be everywhere, from the plethora of green magazine issues …
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- Activists will hold Day of Climate Action tomorrow
Apr 13, 2007
Climate activists are organizing a day of citizen action to encourage Congress to cut carbon emissions by 80% by 2050.
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- Who are the U.S. poor?
Apr 10, 2007
A picture – or a few maps in this case – is worth a thousand words.
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- Butterflies in Finland ... to starfish in Monterey Bay
Apr 09, 2007
Guest post from Camille Parmesan, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas.
Seventy-four to 91% of species that have changed have done so in accord with climate change predictions …
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- After IPCC, 11 scientists explain warming consensus
Apr 09, 2007
Just what do the announcements from the IPCC represent? Is there a scientific consensus on global warming? What would a scientific consensus mean? Earth & Sky asked … and 11 scientists answered.
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- New IPCC summary points to ongoing climate change
Apr 06, 2007
According to a report released this morning by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is firm evidence linking human-caused global warming with ongoing changes in the environment.
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