May 28, 2019
Stories tagged "science"
April 30, 2019
NASA’s carbon observatory set for liftoff despite attempts to defund the project
Despite the Trump administration’s best efforts to cut funding for NASA’ s carbon dioxide tracking instrument OCO-3, the observatory is scheduled to make its way to the Internationa Space Station (ISS) this week. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory...April 28, 2019
French amusement park teaches kids about climate change
We wrote last week that climate education in American schools is seriously lacking despite the fact that parents and teachers would both like to have an expanded climate curriculum. While climate change can be a difficult subject to discuss with kids (there’s...March 16, 2019
We Must Stand Up For Science
By Senator Brian Schatz These are challenging, unprecedented times for science. This may not be the first time science has been under attack in the United States – climate denial has been alive and well for some time now – but from a historical perspective, we are in...March 7, 2019
Tweet of the week: Dan Rather on science literacy
Many people including the president are cheering news of HIV cure in 2nd patient. You know what happened? SCIENCE. Science isn’t a goal, it’s a process of knowledge. And it applies to vaccines, climate change, and the wonder of understanding our universe and natural...February 5, 2019
State of Connecticut Considers Law To Require Teaching Climate Change
A legislator in Connecticut in January introduced a bill requiring schools to teach climate change science starting at the elementary level. Connecticut already has a science curriculum “standard” that encourages the teaching of climate science, but if it...February 1, 2019
Interview of the Week: Jon White, CEO and President, Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Jon White had a 32-year career in the Navy, rising to its chief meteorologist and oceanographer before his 2016 appointment to lead the Consortium. We asked him about the recent news of the impact ocean warming is having on our planet’s climate. ODP: There...January 25, 2019