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Space Science & Space Physics

News 6 November 2015

White House Plan Focuses on Hazards from Solar Storms

Space weather has its day in the Sun, with the administration issuing a new strategy and action plan to increase protection from damaging solar emissions.

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Science Policy & Funding

News 29 October 2015

USGS Acting Director Receives Support at Senate Hearing

Confirmation of Suzette Kimball as U.S. Geological Survey director might happen this time. In 2014, a Senate committee approved her nomination, but Congress adjourned before voting on confirmation.

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Science Policy & Funding

News 28 October 2015

White House Science Adviser Blasts Congress at NSF Meeting

John Holdren, science adviser to President Obama, critiqued geoscience budget cuts passed by the House of Representatives and Congress members equating geosciences with climate change research.

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Climate Change

News 23 October 2015

Climate Woes Real, Say Most in U.S., Canada, but Differ on Cause

Two new surveys find that although large majorities of Americans and Canadians think that global warming is happening, relatively few of them think humans are causing it.

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Geology & Geophysics

News 22 October 2015

NASA Selects Launch Vehicles for Small Satellites

Miniature satellites offer new opportunities for science, commerce, and education. With new launch vehicles, these satellites will fly as primary payloads rather than hitchhiking on bigger missions.

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Geology & Geophysics

News 8 October 2015

U.S. Launches 13 New Minisatellites

Tiny CubeSat satellites made of one or more cube-like modules roughly the size of coffee mugs offer a compact and inexpensive way to conduct research and other activities in space.

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Planetary Sciences

News 5 October 2015

Astrobiology Hearing Ranges Beyond Life as We Know It

Space research has made strides identifying where extraterrestrial life might reside but not what kind of life, if any, it could be, scientists told Congress last week.

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Natural Hazards

News 10 August 2015

Geoscientists: Focus More on Societal Concerns

The unprecedented toll from a powerful tsunami shocked a theoretical geophysicist, now an international geoscience organization leader, into action and advocacy to use science to aid society.

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Science Policy & Funding

News 3 August 2015

Hearing Sparks Concerns About Planetary Science Funding

Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle questioned the administration's proposed cuts and whether support for future missions would be adequate.

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Science Policy & Funding

News 28 July 2015

Leading Companies Take White House Climate Pledge

Alcoa, Cargill, General Motors, Microsoft, and nine other major U.S. companies have committed to cut greenhouse gases as part of a new White House program.

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