March in the Midwest and East US was very warm, usually so. Chicago experienced 8 days over 80 degrees, when there is usually only one day over 80 degrees in April. Unofficial reports suggested that spring flowers and leaf flush...

LiveScience, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, is running a really interesting series that profiles scientists, what they do and why, and how they got to their position today. You can find all of the ScienceLives entries here. I think that Sally Otto…...

The 2012 Annual Meeting and Scientific Convening of the Global Adaptation Institute (fromerly GAIN) was a two-day meeting designed to provide growth and networking opportunities to enrich GAIN's mission to increase the world's understanding of the urgent need for adaptation...