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In a Tuesday, June 5, 2012 photo, Lt. Sam Greenaway, right, looks at side scan sonar data along with survey tech Dvid Moehl, left, aboard the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration research ship Ferdinand R. Hassler in Norfolk, Va. The federal research vessel that will help update nautical charts on the East Coast will be commissioned Friday June 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
May 18, 2013 | Q&A

The director of the Center for Science and Democracy says scientific research is a core part of our democracy that is under threat from corporations and sequestration cuts. Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, the Center’s director, explains how industry manipulates and undermines scientific research, and the challenges scientists face in the digital age. Continue reading

Average temperatures in the continental U.S. for 2012 (NOAA)
January 8, 2013 | News & Notes
The NOAA has confirmed what many already predicted: 2012 was the warmest year ever for the contiguous U.S.