by Theodore MacDonald | Mar 11, 2013 | Monitor
Amplified Greenhouse Effect Shifts North’s Growing Seasons NASA Vegetation growth at Earth’s northern latitudes increasingly resembles lusher latitudes to the south, according to a NASA-funded study based on a 30-year record of land surface and newly improved...
by David Axe | Sep 13, 2012 | Monitor
F-22 Raptors. Photo: Air Force Mitt Romney says he wants to re-open production of America’s topline stealth fighter program. One problem: The Air Force still isn’t sure why the planes were intermittently choking their pilots for more than a decade. Thanks...
by Catherine Foley | Aug 17, 2012 | Monitor
The extreme drought that has continued to ravage US corn and soybean crops this summer will cause a sharp drop in US feed grain supplies, which are projected to be 2.2 billion bushels lower in 2012/13, according to the latest forecasts from the United States...
by Catherine Foley | Aug 1, 2012 | Monitor
Although climate change has become a taboo topic on Capitol Hill in recent years, extreme weather occurring all around the US this summer shows that something is changing around the country. It is having devastating and costly effects. This morning, Congress had its...
by Matt Armstrong | May 29, 2012 | Monitor
The current debate on the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act is filled with misinformation about the history of Smith-Mundt, some of it verging on blatant propaganda, making the overall discussion rich in irony. In 1947, the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional committee...
