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• Michael Lefsky's map shows height of trees in forests worldwide Date: 09/12/10    Listen Now )) Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds (1 segment)

  Dr. Lefsky said that taller the trees in a forest, the more carbon is stored in that forest. This map will help scientists figure out what places in the world are holding onto a lot of carbon. share Talkbacks and Comments: Episode Comment

• Brian Pollok on the USA Science and Engineering Festival Date: 09/12/10    Listen Now )) Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds (1 segment)

  USA Science and Engineering Festival is expected to draw over a million people to the national mall in Washington D.C on October 23 and 24, 2010. share Talkbacks and Comments: Episode Comment

• Claire Parkinson: Geoengineering ideas to combat climate warming Date: 09/12/10    Listen Now )) Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds (1 segment)

  With climate scientists up to 98% in agreement on human-caused global warming according to recent surveys, some scientists are talking about ideas to deliberately cool a warming planet. share Talkbacks and Comments: Episode Comment

• William Schaffner on U.S. egg safety Date: 09/05/10    Listen Now )) Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds (1 segment)

  Schaffner explained why some of the safest eggs available to Americans are from small farms. share Talkbacks and Comments: Episode Comment

• Terry Hazen on bacteria eating Gulf oil spill plume Date: 09/05/10    Listen Now )) Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds (1 segment)

  Bacteria have been rapidly eating a long undersea plume of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The plume was thought to contain up to 20% of the total oil spilled after the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Terry Hazen, a microbial ecologist with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and his team published their research on these bacteria in the journal Science. share Talkbacks and Comments: Episode Comment

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