‘Earthworm Dilemma’ Has Climate Scientists Racing to Keep Up  The New York TimesCindy Shaw, a carbon-research scientist with the Canadian Forest *Service*, studies

States aren’t waiting for the Trump administration on environmental protections  The Washington PostMore than a dozen states are moving to strengthen environmental protections

Gardener State: You can help NASA as a citizen scientist  MyCentralJersey.comNASA's satellites and airborne missions study forests to see how carbon moves through

Compassionate conservation is 'seriously flawed'  BBC NewsThe idea that you cannot kill any animal is "fatally flawed" as a conservation concept, scientists argue.

USGS to study harmful algal blooms in New York  WaterWorldMonitoring effort supports state's initiative to combat potentially toxic blooms.

Bedbugs survived the dinosaur extinction event  BBC NewsThe much-maligned bedbug has been around for 115 million years - since dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

Plastic pollution: Flip-flop tide engulfs 'paradise' island  BBC NewsClose to a million plastic shoes, mainly flip flops are among the torrent of debris

Citizen sleuths exposed pollution from a century-old Michigan factory, with nationwide implications  Science MagazineROCKFORD, MICHIGAN—For more than a century, a sprawling tannery here

Top Abilene Teachers: Whether in the classroom or the field, science comes alive  ReporterNews.comJessi Spitler, science teacher of the year for Abilene ISD,

"Bomb Carbon" Has Been Found in Deep-Ocean Creatures  Scientific AmericanScientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and