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Back to nature: It’s ‘Life’ time at Orlando Science Center
Izzy, the two-toed sloth, has just been hanging around these days in her home, the new “Life” exhibit at Orlando Science Center. She has trees to climb, a rope from which to dangle and a hammock for regular relaxing. Science center visitors will get a good look at Izzy and other animal inhabitants of “Life”…
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Glorious nature photographs honor the impact of Jane Goodall
On April 3, renowned ethnologist Dr. Jane Goodall celebrated her 90th birthday. Goodall’s impactful work studying chimpanzees spans more than 60 years and inspired generations of scientists, conservationists, and photographers. To celebrate Goodall’s birthday and her lasting influence, Vital Impacts and the Jane Goodall Institute have launched a joint campaign highlighting 90 trailblazing female photographers.…
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Integrating science and the arts to deglobalise climate change adaptation
Setting goals that are context-specific, relevant, and collectively shared is critical in adaptation. As necessary elements in target setting, imaginaries for adaptation and the language connected to them remain vague. Visuals produced through art-science collaborations can be great allies to (de)construct imaginaries and deglobalise discourses of adaptation. Adaptation that counts in local contexts Adaptation to…
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Fingerprinting Mediterranean hurricanes using pre-event thermal drops in seawater temperature
Abstract Extreme atmospheric-marine events, known as medicanes (short for “Mediterranean hurricanes”), have affected the Mediterranean basin in recent years, resulting in extensive coastal flooding and storm surges, and have occasionally been responsible for several casualties. Considering that the development mechanism of these events is similar to tropical cyclones, it is plausible that these phenomena are…
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Fascinating Fails: Invasion of the Toxic Toads: Nature’s Most Successful Failure
Following those often jaw-dropping (and sometimes hilarious fails) through time to today, host Maren Hunsberger asks: “What’s next?”. By talking to today’s innovative young scientists, engineers, artists, and other big thinkers, we see how the mistakes of the past are leading us into the science of tomorrow…and toward a better future.
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‘One of the great gifts of nature’: Expert shares science, viewing methods behind April 8 solar eclipse
Greenfield Recorder – ‘One of the great gifts of nature’: Expert shares science, viewing methods behind April 8 solar eclipse <!– –> <!– –> James Lowenthal, Mary Elizabeth Moses professor and Smith College chair of astronomy, delivers a public lecture “Chasing the Moon’s Shadow: The Total Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2024” last week at…
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How David Attenborough Went From Delighting at the Natural World to Pleading for Its Future
Graeme Green Every morning, the smooth-coated otters of Singapore patrol their urban territories to guard against invading clans. Traffic wardens hold back cars and motorbikes as the intelligent animals wait, then scamper across busy roads. But, in scenes from the BBC’s new six-part documentary series, “Mammals,” city life is clearly a challenge for the resident…
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Corvallis Science & Nature: Soil, Soil Everywhere
Elsewhere in the country, there’s really only one science story this week. Unless you live under a rock, or are impressively offline, you’ve probably heard of the total solar eclipse coming to the eastern, midwestern and southern United States on Monday, April 8th. It’s hard to believe that it’s only been seven years since our…
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Take in the solar eclipse at these events
A rare solar eclipse will be a celestial treat for southeast Michiganians Tuesday as the moon aligns directly between the Earth and sun to completely block out sunlight. While total solar eclipses occur about once every year and a half, what makes this experience so out of this world is that southeast Michigan is adjacent…
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The Great American Eclipse: Your Guide to the Upcoming Solar Show in
(Video produced by Nicole Cardos) The Great American Eclipse is almost here and while some people may be wondering “what’s the big deal,” excitement for others is reaching fever pitch. Thanks to our sponsors: Count Michelle Nichols in the latter camp. It will be her third total solar eclipse and no, it never gets old,…