http://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/Environment-Science-Nature.html en-us 2009 Smithsonian Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:23:13 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/xsu63-rQYFo/Evolution-in-the-Deepest-River-in-the-World.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Evolution-in-the-Deepest-River-in-the-World.html New species are born in the turbulence of the Congo River<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/xsu63-rQYFo" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:40:42 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Evolution-in-the-Deepest-River-in-the-World.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/NoCrRX1ZE9c/A-Swim-Through-the-Oceans-Future.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/A-Swim-Through-the-Oceans-Future.html Can a remote, geologically weird island in the South Pacific forecast the fate of coral reefs?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/NoCrRX1ZE9c" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:29:07 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/A-Swim-Through-the-Oceans-Future.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/VHkYs3kVGvs/ecocenter-land.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/ecocenter-land.html A look at man-made and natural causes that are threatening the Earth<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/VHkYs3kVGvs" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:10:05 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/ecocenter-land.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/gbuonioMX54/sea-glass.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/sea-glass.html Part of the sea glass hunting elite, Nancy and Richard LaMotte are finding the treasures they covet harder to come by<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/gbuonioMX54" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/sea-glass.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/mBxJdT5hg4c/passion-for-tomatoes.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/passion-for-tomatoes.html Whatever the variety—commercial hybrid or precious heirloom—the plump juicy “vegetable” has a place in our hearts<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/mBxJdT5hg4c" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:40:08 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/passion-for-tomatoes.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/5UYffsbHb5Y/victory-at-sea.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/victory-at-sea.html The world's largest protected area, established this year in the remote Pacific, points the way to restoring marine ecosystems<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/5UYffsbHb5Y" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/victory-at-sea.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/Wecn_4pM3GE/salmon-king.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/salmon-king.html For the first time there's no fishing for chinook salmon on the California coast. The search is on for why the prize catch is so scarce.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/Wecn_4pM3GE" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/salmon-king.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/diAmLVKpZ2g/biofuel.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/biofuel.html As the planet warms up, eco-friendly fuels can't get here fast enough<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/diAmLVKpZ2g" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/biofuel.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/o7YaseA5esg/interview-patricia-zaradic.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/making-a-difference/interview-patricia-zaradic.html The trouble with "videophilia"<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/o7YaseA5esg" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:07:03 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/making-a-difference/interview-patricia-zaradic.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/-ToGI4VjYWY/interview-broecker-200806.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/energy-innovators/interview-broecker-200806.html How to stop global warming? CO2 "scrubbers," a new book says<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/-ToGI4VjYWY" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 27 May 2008 06:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/energy-innovators/interview-broecker-200806.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/4m15ISW_vBI/mercury.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/mercury.html How mercury gets into tuna and other fish in the ocean has scientists searching from the coast to the floor<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/4m15ISW_vBI" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:23:49 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/mercury.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/cMcffXJaEjY/Yellowstone-Grumbles.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Yellowstone-Grumbles.html Pent-up water and steam threaten to burst through the park's surface. (And we're not talking Old Faithful here)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/cMcffXJaEjY" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:55:43 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Yellowstone-Grumbles.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/9_PtISG9znY/Running-the-Bar.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Running-the-Bar.html Braving storms with high seas a group of elite ship pilots steers tankers and freighters through the Columbia River<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/9_PtISG9znY" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Running-the-Bar.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/z2kGuAntask/alaska-salmon.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/alaska-salmon.html For the Yup'ik people of Alaska, fall chum is the answer to a troubled fishing season and a link to the outside world<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/z2kGuAntask" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:19:06 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/alaska-salmon.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/Bf-Uv-z2zto/christopher-pala-contributor.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/environment/christopher-pala-contributor.html For the Yup'ik people of Alaska, fall chum is the answer to a troubled fishing season and a link to the outside world<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/Bf-Uv-z2zto" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/environment/christopher-pala-contributor.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/C5BZQQSMg8s/Phenomena-Rocky-Aspens-200812.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Phenomena-Rocky-Aspens-200812.html The signature tree of the Rockies is in trouble<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/C5BZQQSMg8s" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Phenomena-Rocky-Aspens-200812.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/odxCn5ZB4s0/Mining-the-Mountain.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/Mining-the-Mountain.html Explosives and giant machines are destroying Appalachian peaks to obtain coal. In a tiny West Virginia town, residents and the industry fight over a mountain's fate<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/odxCn5ZB4s0" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/Mining-the-Mountain.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/xjFFMs8L4-c/walden.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/walden.html One hundred fifty years after the publication of Walden, Henry David Thoreau is helping scientists monitor global warming<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/xjFFMs8L4-c" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:33:47 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/walden.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/wWRL1GNwKi4/green_christmas.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/green_christmas.html Making Your Holiday Tree Eco-Friendly<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/wWRL1GNwKi4" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:28:09 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/green_christmas.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/xaUmkjEIQEs/upinsmoke-200712.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/upinsmoke-200712.html Amazon research that has withstood thieves and arsonists now faces its greatest challenge<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/xaUmkjEIQEs" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:05:55 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/upinsmoke-200712.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/BbUbL97o1FA/phenom-200801.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/phenom-200801.html Physicists in Massachusetts come to grips with the lowest possible temperature: absolute zero<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/BbUbL97o1FA" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:02:15 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/phenom-200801.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/qTMjAbLmZ-Q/reefs.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/reefs.html With the world's coral reefs in crisis, the author's childhood memories guide a far-reaching study of the problem in the Bahamas<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/qTMjAbLmZ-Q" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:44:57 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/reefs.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/JfBgzbMOgQc/presence-biofuel-200711.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/presence-biofuel-200711.html Why the biofuels movement could run out of gas<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/JfBgzbMOgQc" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:08:38 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/presence-biofuel-200711.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/ieUFP0Ow-rw/11293116.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/environment/11293116.html Why the biofuels movement could run out of gas<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/ieUFP0Ow-rw" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:59:31 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/environment/11293116.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/i8CTLqG_h5E/sounds-in-parks.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/sounds-in-parks.html A Battle Against Noise Aims to Save Our Natural Soundscapes<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/i8CTLqG_h5E" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/sounds-in-parks.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/mf3ckg9rHL0/tainted-tomatoes-sidebar.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/tainted-tomatoes-sidebar.html A food-poisoning scare spurs debate<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/mf3ckg9rHL0" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:54:10 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/tainted-tomatoes-sidebar.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/2TFDklFSq9w/Climbing-the-Tallest-Trees.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Climbing-the-Tallest-Trees.html A select group of adventurers climb the world’s tallest trees to learn more about the wildlife that lives on the highest branches<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/2TFDklFSq9w" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:21:44 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Climbing-the-Tallest-Trees.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~3/OHBWzxHJrO8/Presence-of-Mind-Blue-Sky-Thinking.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Presence-of-Mind-Blue-Sky-Thinking.html How an unlikely mix of environmentalists and free-market conservatives hammered out the strategy known as cap-and-trade<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/science-nature/environment/~4/OHBWzxHJrO8" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Presence-of-Mind-Blue-Sky-Thinking.html