Year: 2017

Despite the challenges facing rhinos in Kaziranga National Park, experts are optimistic about the species’ future. Credit: Satish Krishnamurthy/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

Trouble in India’s Rhino Paradise

Moushumi Basu 12/01/2017

Poachers killed 18 rhinos in Kaziranga National Park in...

A shipwreck at low tide. The science, including persistent uncertainty on how fast temperatures and seas will rise, should result in a higher carbon cost and even more aggressive steps at limiting warming. Credit: andrewmalone/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Will Trump’s Climate Team Accept Any ‘Social Cost of Carbon’?

Andrew Revkin, ProPublica 12/01/2017

There's probably no more consequential and contentious a target...

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Watch: The Women Who Helped India Reach Mars On the First Try

The Wire Staff 12/01/2017

A new video is at times a worm's eye...

First US Bumblebee Species Listed as Endangered

Steve Gorman 11/01/2017

One of several species facing sharp declines, the bumble...

Although India depends on data from sample surveys for tracking health parameters, there is a need to improve civil registration and vital statistics systems. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Why It’s a Challenge To Make Quick Sense of India’s Health Data

Oommen C. Kurian 11/01/2017

Even when several government departments and ministries collect data...

Smoking Will Kill Eight Million People Annually by 2030, Says WHO Study

Tom Miles 10/01/2017

Smoking costs $1 trillion to the global economy, will...

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Why is There Little Trust Across the Aisle on Issues of Climate Change?

Vasudevan Mukunth 10/01/2017

Making people anxious to ask honest questions, and robbing...