by Chris Tachibana | May 2, 2017 | ScienceWire
Geologists actually call it river piracy, writes Hannah Hickey, when one stream takes over another. Presumably, the geoscientists don’t yell “Shiver me timbers!” when they see it, but it’s hard to know because, Hannah writes, it happens...
by Chris Tachibana | May 2, 2017 | ScienceWire
Trees remove carbon-containing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, writes Andrea Watts. But scientists want to know exactly how much carbon we’re talking about. Andrea provides the impressive numbers for Washington and Oregon forests in a report for Science...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Bryn Nelson follows leukemia patient Chris through an unusual stem cell transplant. Instead of receiving adult bone marrow, Chris was treated with umbilical cord blood. In this deeply compassionate, fully reported story for Mosaic, Bryn shows that the process...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Earth Day and the March for Science are coming up. It’s a good time to read Clayton Aldern’s piece, “Can cities lead the #resistance?” For Crosscut, Clayton considers if cities should use their resources and finances to send political messages....
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Wudan Yan’s piece for Nature could change your mind about palm oil. This common ingredient in food and household products has a bad reputation because it’s linked to the loss of rainforests. Wudan reports on plant researchers in Southeast Asia who have a...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
A town in Kansas with 650 residents, writes Brett Walton (@waltonwater), needs $2.4 million to remove dangerous levels of nitrate in its water. In Circle of Blue, Brett reports that Pretty Prairie isn’t the only farm town with this problem. Agricultural areas...
