Category : science

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Greenland and the hunt for better climate science

Flying over eastern Greenland, the NASA scientists stared down from a Gulfstream jet as it followed the precise course they had flown in previous years - using radar to map the loss of ice. “In the tube,” flight engineer David Elliott said as the...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Significant Digits For Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018

You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 5.3 million square feet in Manhattan WeWork, the ubiquitous co-working outfit, now occupies more office space in Manhattan than any other company — 5.3 million s...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Shell and Exxon's secret 1980s climate change warnings

One day in 1961, an American economist named Daniel Ellsberg& stumbled across a piece of paper& with apocalyptic implications. Ellsberg, who was advising the US government on its secret nuclear war plans, had discovered a document that contained an o...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Air pollution linked to higher risk of dementia: study

Urban air pollution, mostly from vehicles, is associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to research published Wednesday. The link remained even after heavy drinking, smoking and other well established risk factors for dementia were ru...