Listen
Archive
2013
January
February
March
April
May
June
2012
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2011
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2010
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2009
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2008
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2007
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Subscribe
Jun. 04, 2010
The Oil Spill and the Limits of Science
Click 
to enlarge images
to enlarge images
|
|
Tweet |
| With the Deepwater Horizon spill continuing in the Gulf of Mexico, we'll get an update on the spill response and the effect of the oil spill on the marine environment. We'll also talk about the limits of science. With response teams now working on what seems like Plan D or E, are there some challenges that are beyond us, despite money, intelligence, and desire? |
Produced by Flora Lichtman, Correspondent and Managing Editor, Video
Guests
-
Sylvia Earle
Author, "The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One" (National Geographic, 2009)
Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society
Washington, DC -
Lawrence Krauss
Board of Sponsors, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Foundation Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics Department
Inaugural Director, Origins Initiative
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
FEATURED READING
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction
by Annalee Newitz
ADVERTISEMENT
RELATED BLOG POSTS
- Their World Is Oysters
A trip to a shellfish hatchery in Washington reveals a bustling operation.
- Paper Tale: The Life of an Origami Artist
Robert J. Lang helped take origami to the next level, developing computer software to create increasingly complex designs with a...
- Angry Legos, Roman Wonder Concrete, Beating Boredom, and More
Each week we’ll round up links to science stories or studies that blow our mind, tickle our funny bone, or generally strike our ...
- Putting the 'Art' in Arthropod
High school students blend science, art, and arthropods.
Discussion