Spring is near and many are gearing up to paint the town green for St. Patrick’s Day! Uncover the mystery behind hidden treasures at the end of the rainbow, and find out how your luck might change as invasive clovers spread throughout the world. In this edition of Science Picks, you can also discover a new method to estimate sea ice thickness, what the USGS has learned from the hurricanes of 2005, and so much more! If you would like to receive Science Picks via e-mail, would like to change the recipient, or no longer want to receive it, please e-mail jrobertson@usgs.gov.
March Highlights Include:
- New Method to Estimate Sea Ice Thickness
- Past, Current and Future Hurricane Response
- You Are What You Eat: Chemicals Found in Earthworms
- Does the United States Have Enough Water?
- Opening a Dam to Improve Resources in the Grand Canyon
- Panama’s Baru Volcano is Restless and Could Erupt Again
- Wind Energy Threatens Bats
- On Your Mark. Get Set. Grow! Cheatgrass Gets an Early Start, Endangering Spring Plants
- Spring Predators Cause Lambs to Skedaddle
- Some Don’t Like it Hot
- Working Dogs Lend Their Noses to Find Threatened Tortoises
- Oh, Rats: Scientists Work with Walt Disney World to Breed Endangered Species
- The Insides of a 34-Million-Year-Old Supervolcano Exposed
- Climate Clues in Spring Flowers
- Is There Gold at the End of the Rainbow?
- Four-Leaf Clovers Are Not All Good Luck
- Glacier Retreat: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (Or Several Degrees)
- Snowpack Affects Wildlife Disease in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
- Plans for Coal-Bed Methane Drilling and Coal Mining in Precious Ecosystems
- USGS Science and Human Health
and more …
