Author: Moises Velasquez-Manoff

Stories by Moises Velasquez-Manoff

Moises Velasquez-Manoff is a staff writer of the Christian Science Monitor.

Did Asteroids Really Do in the Dinosaurs?

Two new controversial studies are calling are calling that theory into question.
Posted on May 21, 2009, Source: Christian Science Monitor

Is There an Upside to the Southwest's Increasing Drought?

The landscape will change, but the effect of natural drought cycles and climate change is restoring the grasslands of centuries ago.
Posted on Jan 21, 2009, Source: Christian Science Monitor

Did Greenhouse Gases Cause the Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction?

Scientists now suspect that the earth's greatest mass extinction wasn't caused by an asteroid strike or any other single cataclysmic event.
Posted on Nov 20, 2008, Source: Christian Science Monitor

Why We Need Underwater "National Parks"

Technology has made nearly every corner of the ocean accessible and climate change is threatening endangered ocean life even more.
Posted on Jul 9, 2008, Source: Christian Science Monitor

Some Coastal Woes Begin Far Inland

Farm runoff creates "dead zones" offshore, but no national authority is tasked to address them.
Posted on Jun 25, 2008, Source: Christian Science Monitor

Where Have All the Fish Gone?

By some accounts, if current fishing trends continue, all the world's fisheries will have collapsed by mid-century.
Posted on Jun 11, 2008, Source: Christian Science Monitor