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Plants play larger role than thought in cleaning up air pollution
Vegetation plays an unexpectedly large role in cleansing the atmosphere, a new study finds...
Report: Arctic warming ongoing
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The arctic continues to heat up, affecting local populations and ecosystems as well as weather patterns in most of the Northern Hemisphere, U.S. scientists...
Limiting ocean acidification under global change
Emissions of carbon dioxide are causing ocean acidification as well as global warming. Scientists have previously used computer simulations to quantify how curbing of carbon dioxide emissions would mitigate climate...
Glacier dynamics - slip-sliding away
Researchers at the University of Southampton have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant to study the movement of glaciers...
Get Ready for Some Crazy Winter Weather
Meteorologists Say La Nina is Likely Going to Scramble Weather Patterns this Winter
Millions take part in California quake drill
Nearly eight million Californians have taken part in a mass earthquake drill.
Everglades show improvement in water quality
Researchers have published a report regarding the trends in water quality feeding into Everglades National Park showing that the overall levels of both nitrogen and phosphorus have declined since the...
Peru inks deal to fast-track gold, sliver mine production
LIMA, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Peru is fast-tracking production at its Inmaculada gold and silver mine following agreements signed between International Minerals Corp. and Hochschild Mining plc, the two...
Global Experiment Will Shed Light on Biodiversity in Seagrass
Professor Emmett Duffy of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science has received a 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a global experimental network for studying how changes...
Cuccinelli Demands Called 'Governmental Intrusion' Into Climate Science
The University of Virginia has fired a new salvo in a 5-month-old fight with...
Coccolithophore blooms in the southwest Atlantic
A study led by Dr Stuart Painter of the National Oceanography Centre helps explain the formation of huge phytoplankton blooms off the southeast coast of South America during the austral...
Radioactivity from groundwater will be filtered for decades by volcanic rocks at Western New York nuclear waste site
(PhysOrg.com) -- A massive treatment wall under construction this week at a Western New York nuclear waste cleanup site will stop radioactive contamination in its tracks for literally decades,...
From the Sewer to the Sound: Researchers Examining Effects of Household Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Marine Ecosystems
While swimmers and boaters along any shore consider the slimy green film that coats everything from rocks to docks as a nuisance, University of New Haven (UNH) chemical engineering student...
Dot Earth: The New Norm in the Arctic: Change
The Arctic, long locked in lore as an untouchable ice-scape, is being transformed by warming.
Green: From Bill Gates, a Gift to Fight Proposition 23
Microsoft's founder donates $700,000 to the movement to defeat a proposed repeal of California's global warming law.
Identifying a role for cellular CO2 sensor
UCD Conway researchers have found that carbon dioxide (CO2) is not only involved in climate change and a waste product of respiration in cells but also plays an active role...
Kids learn late to tackle data overload
Easy decision strategy not so simple for fourth graders
Libya eyes BP drill for oil turnaround
TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Libya has a lot riding on BP's plans to drill the first deep-water well in the Gulf of Sirte, an offshore area the...
Satellite images reveal complexity of Alaska's Susitna Glacier
Like rivers of liquid water, glaciers flow downhill, with tributaries joining to form larger rivers. But where water rushes, ice crawls. As a result, glaciers gather dust and dirt, and...
River Ecologist: Missouri Needs Flow of Sediment
The Missouri River needs a flow of sediment, not just water, to stay healthy, and regulatory agencies and scientists need to do a better job of gathering and understanding information...
Chevron returns to deep gulf waters
SAN RAMON, Calif., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. supermajor Chevron Corp. announced Thursday that it set its sights on major oil and gas deposits in the deep waters off...
Video: The Insurance Industry's New Disaster Lab Destroys A House
IBHS's New Disaster Lab On a rural spread of acreage in South Carolina, insurance companies are looking to cover themselves against losses by knocking down houses. That might sound counterintuitive, but from an...
Rising sea levels risk homes
Residents who live close to the coast should be more aware of the risks of storms and sea level rises, researcher warns.
Less krill, more plankton
A project studying the distribution of plankton and krill in the Southern Ocean has found a decrease in krill and increase in plankton.
Regulate oilsands development, report urges
Three influential environmental groups issued a report on Wednesday calling on the federal government to institute clear guidelines governing oilsands development in northern Alberta.
Marathon land first oil deals in Iraq
HOUSTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. oil company Marathon announced it signed its first agreements with Iraq to explore for oil in the northern Kurdish provinces.
BP spill threatens a third of Canadian gannets
Research indicates that more northern gannets from Newfoundland and Labrador may have run into BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico than previously believed.
After 500 years Bolivian silver mountain risks collapse
The mountain holding one of the world's greatest silver deposits is at risk of collapse after five centuries of exploitation, Bolivian officials say, calling for moves to save the historic...