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What’s really important when you get down to thinking of global climate?
What was the 1750, the preindustrial atmosphere, versus now?
Do you believe in climate change or have we observed climate change? Those are two very different questions.
Do we have enough of an understanding of how the climate system works to make useful predictions and projections?
Sometimes the hardest part of an experiment is designing the instrument. Ron Cohen says a good job means walking away.
You are a scientist who is deeply concerned about the problems of plastic waste in the environment and who sees innovative recycling as the most viable solution.
You are a scientist who is working on the development of microorganisms that break down plastics in an effort to reinvent the plastic disposal landscape.
You are an inventor of a bioplastic made by the action of microbes on plant material that, if the process can be conducted on a large scale, would lead to true sustainability.
You are a corporate leader who runs a highly successful company producing corn-based plastics for the rapidly expanding sustainable materials market.
You are a scientist who works in research and development for a chemical company to improve the use of polymers in new technologies.
You are an inventor whose polymer developments have applications in medicine, space exploration, textiles, and electronics.
You are an accomplished scientist whose achievements in polymers made cell phones and other electronic devices possible.
You are a chemist and a lawyer with the Society for the Plastics Industry who has a long history working to protect the rights of the industry.
You are a scientist who studies endocrine disruption in human and animal populations and finds that the scientific evidence that endocrine disruptors have adversely affected human populations is weak.
You are a chemist who began by developing new applications for polymers, then moved into sales and marketing before assuming a corporate position to promote the plastics industry.
You are the person responsible for all programs relating to hazardous waste, municipal solid waste, and sustainable materials management.
Was Svante Arrhenius the first climate change believer?
Plastics are a group of materials, either synthetic or naturally occurring, that may be shaped when soft and then hardened to retain the given shape.
A comprehensive lost of assigned readings, video clip links, and other sources needed for game play.
You understand concerns about plastic, but getting rid of plastics is not the solution.
The work of polymer scientists has dramatically advanced fields like medicine, transportation, and communications.
You represent the plastics industry—those companies that make and sell plastics.
You are concerned about the health risks of plastics and believe the government should regulate plastics until they are proven safe.
A manuscript reveals the mark a mysterious American alchemist made on Isaac Newton and other early chemists.
Our Conflicts in Chemistry role-playing simulation games are designed to get your club or classroom talking about history, policy, science, the environment, and the planet.
Your support helps ensure the important stories of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences are captured, preserved, and shared.
The Science History Institute is a free museum and library that collects, preserves, interprets, and shares the stories behind the science.
Singer helped decipher the human genetic code—the chemical language that DNA uses to create the proteins that keep our bodies going and growing. One of her special concerns is recombinant DNA technology.
In recognition of his theoretical work on the course of chemical reactions Hoffmann received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
While a scientist at Dow Chemical, Tomalia created special treelike polymers called dendrimers that have numerous existing and potential applications, especially in biomedicine.