Name: Brendon Bosworth
Date registered: Oct 6
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Every week the U.S. Postal Service drops 14 pieces of junk mail into the average American mailbox. There is a way to stem the deluge. by Brendon Bosworth The mailbox is full again this week. But it holds no missives from friends in far off places. The handwritten letter from Daniel, a terminal seafarer, describing …
Getting detailed scientific measurements from within the maw of a hurricane isn’t easy. But scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have been fine-tuning devices called dropsondes that can go deep into storms to capture atmospheric data and help researchers gauge how storms will behave. Each dropsonde weighs less than half a pound and …
by Brendon Bosworth Got forest on your land? Need help managing it? The Colorado State University Extension and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is offering a free five-part forestry webinar series, starting today, for those who want keep their trees in shape. Log on and learn about how best to care for your trees, …
by Brendon Bosworth U.S. space exploration has atrophied and something needs to be done about it. This was the message from famed astrophysicist, and director of New York’s Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson who delivered a scathing appraisal of the current state of space research to a packed house at CU-Boulder’s Macky Auditorium Wednesday night. …
by Brendon Bosworth This weekend Boulder plays host to the Boulder International Film Festival. Environmental documentary buffs will be pleased to know that a selection of the featured films focus on environmental issues, from farmer suicides and genetically modified crops in India to sea-level rise in the Maldives. Dirty deeds in the U.S. aren’t left …
6 Mar 2013
In the right circumstances probiotic supplements can benefit the human gut, but are they they right choice for you?
8 Feb 2013
Experts agree that 2012 was one of the hottest and driest years on record, and so far this year there has not been enough precipitation, either fallen or forecasted, to indicate that the situation will improve.
5 Feb 2013
The nation's growing problem of how to dispose of nuclear waste from power reactors can’t be solved through science alone, according to the co-authors of a new book on high-level nuclear waste.
6 Nov 2012
Paleoclimatologist Jim White spends as much time in the lab as in the public eye, and he’s here to set the record straight: really, folks, climate change is not as complicated as it seems.
6 Nov 2012
What happens when we stop thinking and trust our guts? Just what one would expect: we are wrong.
24 Oct 2012
In a city known for heavy industry, environmental issues and problems with suburban sprawl, sustainable practices might be the antithesis of their primary goal for ambitious growth.
15 Oct 2012
Experts say that to keep homes out of dangerous fire zones, the high costs of wildfires must shift away from the federal government to local government and homeowners.
24 Sep 2012
The federal government recognizes and protects wild horses as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West.” The reality of managing herds, however, has proved problematic.
12 Sep 2012
Since he started sailing years ago, David Noone had his attention focused on climate. Now, the National Science Foundation is recognizing him as the next big thing in climate science and engineering.
21 Mar 2012
Americans have made it clear on many occasions that they don’t want commercialism in their parks. But just how far do the reaches of corporate influence extend?
