SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Exhaust fumes from oceangoing vessels lead to an almost doubling of lightning activity over shipping lanes compared to adjacent areas of the sea. Listen to the podcast on Scientific American’s 60-Second Science.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN A trove of scientific notes from the early 1900s suggests a warming climate is driving birds to migrate earlier to New York’s Mohonk Preserve. Listen to the podcast at Scientific American’s 60-Second Science.
SCIENCE PODCAST Mission leader Scott Bolton talks about surprises in the first data from the Juno mission, including what Jupiter’s poles look like and a peak under its outer cloud layers. Listen to the interview on the Science Podcast.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Really big asteroid strikes may cause melting and deep deformations that eventually lead to volcanic eruptions. Listen to the podcast at Scientific American’s 60-Second Science.
SCIENCE PODCAST Researcher Elise Amel talks about the ways our brains can work against us when it comes to making sustainable choices, and how to overcome these barriers. Listen to the interview on the Science Podcast.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Starting in the next century, atmospheric carbon levels could begin to approach those of hundreds of millions of years ago, and have their warming effect augmented by a brighter sun. Listen to the podcast at Scientific American’s 60-Second Science.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN The storm that swept across the Rockies in September 2013 unleashed huge amounts of sediment downstream, doing the work of a century of erosion. Listen to the podcast at Scientific American’s 60-Second Science.
SCIENCE PODCAST Researcher Caitlin Hicks Pries discusses her study on the response of soil carbon to a warming world. Listen to the interview on the Science Podcast.
Researchers used ancient climate cycles to confirm the solar system’s chaotic planetary orbits. An Earth–Mars collision is one distant outcome. Listen to the podcast at Scientific American’s 60-Second Science.
Critters living more than six miles below the ocean surface contain high levels of harmful compounds like PCBs and flame retardants. Listen the podcast at Scientific American’s 60-Second Science.
