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NASA top climate scientist James Hansen to retire from Goddard Institute, sue govt

2013-04-02 14:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Fox: Talk about biting the hand that feeds you! NASAs James Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies and a controversial and highly vocal voice of alarm about the planets changing climate, will retire as the director of the space institute, NASA announced Tuesday -- and plans to immediately sue his former employer. 'It was becoming clear that there were people in NASA who would be much happier if the sideshow would exit.' - James Hansen Hansen will step down from his $180,000...

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Watch this rap: How to be a scientist

2013-03-27 20:48:58| CNET News.com

Science rapper Coma Niddy tells the world that anyone can be scientist, and you don't need even need a lab coat. [Read more]

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The Scientist as Guardian: A Tool for Protecting the Wild

2013-03-25 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: In recent years, plant ecologist Zacharie NZooh has hiked thousands of kilometers conducting biodiversity surveys for the conservation group, WWF, in the northwestern Congo basin of his native Cameroon. His work has given him a unique understanding of the regions rich bioversity and its people. It also has made him a key player in safeguarding the area from illegal poaching and gold mining. In 2011, when poachers killed one of the eco-guards working with NZooh, the ecologist played an important...

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