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Green: In Yemen, Water Grows Scarcer
Increasingly sharp water shortages could cost Yemen 750,000 jobs and slash incomes by as much 25 percent over the next decade, warns a new report on the increasingly troubled Middle...
Italy importing more of Iran's crude
TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Italian imports of oil from Iran are up dramatically for 2010 despite pressure from economic sanctions, the Iranian oil ministry said.
NASA airborne science campaign begins antarctic sequel
Scientists returned this week to the Southern Hemisphere where NASA's Operation IceBridge mission is set to begin its second year of airborne surveys over Antarctica. The mission monitors the region's...
Climate change could bring 'travel chaos'
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Rail networks in the United Kingdom face serious threats from climate change and its effects, researchers say.
Study: Space tourism could pollute skies
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A decade of space tourism flights would cause climate change by putting as much soot into the atmosphere as current global aviation does,...
Shale Gas Drilling: A Changed Environment
The shale gas industry maintains that its safeguards and post-drilling restoration work protect drinking water and land. But there have been accidents, and mistrust has been sown as the industrial...
In the Farmland, an Energy Rush
Pennsylvania sits atop one of the largest reservoirs of natural gas in the world, a resource that could boost jobs and shake up the national energy equation. But can this...
Green: Doubts Persist on Gulf Sand Barriers
Many question whether artificial islands built from dredged sand can block and capture oil now that it is diluted and dispersed.
US envoy: Climate deal still possible in Mexico
(AP) -- A global agreement to curb carbon emissions is possible at an upcoming U.N. climate conference but hinges on the efforts and political will of countries, the U.S....
Russia looks north for oil transit routes
MOSCOW, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Moscow aims to send as many as seven oil tankers to Asia through icy waters in the arctic next year, a Russian shipping service...
Gazprom touts environmental record
MUNICH, Germany, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Minimizing the environmental risks associated with natural gas developments is a top priority for Gazprom, the company said at a German industrial summit.
Falkland islands radar study impacts climate research
Physicists and engineers at the University of Leicester and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have installed a radar system on the Falkland Islands to monitor the upper atmosphere activity which...
Noise Reduces Ocean Habitat for Whales [Video]
The oceans were once a relatively quiet place. Yet in recent decades, anthropogenic ocean noise levels have risen markedly--doubling every decade for the past 50 years, according to research by scientists at Scripps...
Sofia backing away from Nabucco?
MOSCOW, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Russia and Bulgaria announced an agreement to set up a joint venture for the South Stream natural gas pipeline in a move that rivals...
Wild cats roam the Tucson Mountains
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, mountain lions and bobcats have been photographed as part of an in-depth monitoring study in the Tucson Mountains, a small island of habitat facing...
Gulf corals in oil spill zone appear healthy
Sea life in the Gulf of Mexico appears bountiful just 30 kilometres north of where BP's blown-out well spewed millions of barrels of oil, despite initial fears that delicate deepwater...
EU needs better maritime protection
BRUSSELS, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The European community needs an effective maritime strategy to protect the region from a disaster like the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, parliament said.
Dot Earth: Climate as News, From Front Page to Home Page
The ups and downs of communicating on climate as conventional media shrink.
Fishermen concerned about sea lice pesticide
New Brunswick fisherman who rely on the ocean rather than fish farms for their livelihood are concerned about the effect Health Canada's short-term approval of a restricted pesticide for...
Warming threat to life in rivers
Future warming could have "profound implications" for the stability of freshwater ecosystems, a study warns.
Chinese smelter found leaking thallium into river
A major state-owned industrial conglomerate in China said Friday it had been ordered to stop production at one of its smelters after it was found to be leaking highly toxic...
3 rescued, 2 others missing in Mt. Whitney area
A trio of mountain climbers stranded by a snowstorm are rescued in a stone shelter, but a father and son are overdue from a three-day, 36-mile hike in the same...
Louisiana Builds Barriers Even as Oil Disperses
Federal officials and coastal scientists express doubts that the berms will actually block the spread of oil.
Forecast: Texas on edge of drought
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Texas, facing a warm, dry winter and with drought conditions already beginning, may be about to enter its next serious drought, a...
U.N.: World farmland disappearing
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The world is losing 75 million acres of farmland a year due to environmental degradation, conversion to industrial use and urbanization, a U.N....
Scientists' diplomacy role must grow: panel
The failure of recent climate change talks shows the need for scientists to get more involved in diplomatic relations concerning global problems, say former Canadian and U.S. diplomats.
Green: For Chevron, 2 Giant Gulf Drilling Ventures
The oil company is going forward with a $7.5 billion project to develop two giant deepwater fields in the gulf that could yield the equivalent of what the world consumes...
No worries of major quake in Midwest: geologist
The New Madrid seismic zone will not produce a major earthquake in the U.S. Midwest for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, according to a geologist and author of a...