Obama OKs Arctic Drilling
Sep 8th, 2011 • Category: Animals, Culture & Activism, Nation & World, Science & the EnvironmentDespite the environmental hazards, President Obama gives Shell oil company the thumbs up to drill in the Arctic Ocean.
Archives for the ‘Science & the Environment’ Category
Getting Wild with the Duck-Billed Platypus
Sep 8th, 2011 • Category: Animals, Lead Story, Science & the EnvironmentLearn about the duck-billed platypus and what makes them unique!
Power in Our Hands: Renewable Energy & Fossil Fuels in the United States
May 18th, 2011 • Category: Science & the EnvironmentOur energy comes from a variety of sources, many of them harmful to the environment. Here is a look at what’s good and bad about our energy sources.
Tornadoes Tear Through the South
May 18th, 2011 • Category: Science & the EnvironmentTornadoes from Alabama to Virginia left severe damage to the South in late April.
Someday You Could Be A: Cancer Researcher, Just Like Desiree P. Nugent
Apr 16th, 2011 • Category: Science & the EnvironmentMeet Desiree P. Nugent, a scientist helping to develop treatments for cancer.
Prepare To Bee Amazed!
Mar 7th, 2011 • Category: Animals, Science & the EnvironmentThe world’s youngest scientists publish a study on the learning behavior of bumble-bees.
Global Warming Causes Snow
Mar 7th, 2011 • Category: Science & the EnvironmentMany climate scientists say that warming climates contribute to snowstorms.
United Nations Holds Conference to Fight Climate Change
Jan 11th, 2011 • Category: Science & the EnvironmentRepresentatives all over the world gathered in Cancun, Mexico to come up with plans to fight climate change at the United Nations (U.N.) Climate Change Conference from November 29 to December 10, 2010.
Fifth Graders Break the Ice
Jan 11th, 2011 • Category: Science & the EnvironmentFifth-graders helped NASA test out a drill that may one day be used to make discoveries on Mars.
