The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, climate scientists should make their consensus about climate change known to all who care to listen.
Fungi in 100 million year-old seafloor sediments could possess novel antibiotics.
A new assessment reveals that the Arctic’s environment is rapidly deteriorating, threatening species and global weather patterns.
Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
A type of scallop expels water and waste through a sort of cough that could reveal clues about water quality.
Using satellite data, researchers calculate that mountain pine beetle infestations raise summertime temperatures in British Columbia’s pine forests by 1 degree Celsius.
The World Meteorological Organization finds that the atmospheric gases behind climate change reached a new record high in 2011.