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Lake-effect theory sinks, but quake timing questions go on
A chronology of 1,000 years of earthquakes at the southern end of the San Andreas Fault nixes the idea that lake changes in the now-dry region caused past quakes. However,...
House Panel to Take Second Bite Out of Science Budgets
The National Science Foundation (NSF) was a major outlier in the list of proposed...
House Republicans Take E.P.A. Chief to Task
Congressional Republicans attacked the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority over greenhouse gases.
VIDEO: Charles warns over climate denial
The Prince of Wales has warned that ignoring environmental concerns will damage the ability of countries to maintain economic growth.
Sask. professor named to oil sands panel
The Alberta government has named a University of Saskatchewan water scientist to its oilsands monitoring panel.
Green: Leaked Cables Reveal U.S. Concerns over Saudi 'Peak Oil'
Questions persist over whether Saudi Arabia's long-term reserves are overstated.
New oil find off Ghana's coast
ACCRA, Ghana, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- An oil company announced Thursday that it made a significant oil discovery in the deep waters off the coast of Ghana.
New battle opens on US emissions
Opponents of greenhouse gas controls in the US Congress take aim at Administration plans to regulate emissions.
Antarctic sea temperatures cooled in Holocene but now rising: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of an ocean sediment core taken from deep water off the coast of the western Antarctic Peninsula is beginning to fill in some of the...
Eni starts Alaskan oil production
MILAN, Italy, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Italian energy company Eni announced that it started production at an oil field in the North Slope of Alaska in shallow waters.
Green: Requiem for the Bears?
With polar bears getting less time on the shrinking ice to fatten up on seals, they are coming ashore with less energy stored up for the difficult summer months.
Floods make weed vulnerable
A new study looked at waterweed that tends to proliferate or be mostly suppressed, depending on what happens during seasonal floods.
NOAA releases aquaculture draft policy
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a draft policy on aquaculture in U.S. waters, saying it balances economics and the environment.
'Green' caps for old landfills tested
BELTSVILLE, Md., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they're working on a "green" way to cap old landfills that could reduce emissions and protect water quality.
With 30 Meters Left to Drill, Scientists Leave Subterranean Lake Vostok For The Winter, Amid Controversy
Lake Vostok Drilling Site Wikimedia CommonsRussian team investigating the Antarctic lake isolated for 14 million years may have polluted it as they left Winter has stymied a Russian-led effort to drill into an...
Green: E.P.A. and Carbon Dioxide: The Prequel
Documents show that President's Bush's E.P.A. also felt that the Clean Air Act required regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
Can the U.S. Farm Fish Offshore Safely?
Worried about the U.S. trade deficit? After crude oil and natural gas, the third...
Salk Institute Celebrates Grand Opening of the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center
The Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies officially opens on February 9, 2011 after quietly hiring two faculty members specializing in biophotonics----the science of using...
How high can heels go? Physicists and movement experts take a close look
Its that time of year -- with the Oscars and Fashion Week drawing close, stilettos that reach for the sky are marching out from the pages of magazines to the...
Researchers develop a new tool to assess the performance of air cargo supply chain operations
The cargo industry has undergone a major transformation over the past 20 years, with air freight now preferred for a wide range of products. In 2006, the air cargo industry...
Huge volcano under Yellowstone Park rising
The huge volcano under Yellowstone National Park has been rising at an unprecedented rate during the past several years, according to a new study.
The New Old Age: Changes to Medicare
Donald Berwick, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, describes a few new changes to the Medicare program.
Deforestation Means Larger Carbon Footprint For Brazilian Beef
Agriculture: Scientists argue for revision of methods for calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of the country's meat.
Russia, Norway sign Barents agreement
MOSCOW, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Global climate change warming has opened possibilities for nations with Arctic coastlines to exploit offshore energy resources in the usually ice-bound region.
Fish kill reported in Florida state park
VERO BEACH, Fla., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A fish kill near Vero Beach, Fla., that saw masses of dead fish wash up in a state park was probably due...
South-East Asia launches disaster management centre
Indonesia will lead an attempt to coordinate disaster research and action on a regional scale.
Biogeochemistry at the core of global environmental solutions
If society wants to address big picture environmental problems, like global climate change, acid rain, and coastal dead zones, we need to pay closer attention to the Earth's coupled biogeochemical...
Rensselaer Data Scientists Collaborate on $2 Million Grant to Study Oceans
Peter Fox and Charles Stewart, data scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, are beginning a large-scale collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanography Institution (WHOI), utilizing a more than $2 million grant...