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Researchers check Gulf oil spill for coral killers
At the six-month anniversary mark of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, this week the first expedition to send humans to the deep sea in areas within reach of the oil...
Secret Behind Formation of Volcanic 'Ring of Fire' Found
Why planet's most explosive volcanoes so narrowly confined.
Carbon Dioxide Is The 'Control Knob' Of Earth's Greenhouse Effect
It's known that water vapor and clouds are by far the major contributors to the 'greenhouse effect' on Earth but since those have had a predictable range the planet's temperature...
Swiss Close to Finishing World's Longest Tunnel
Last Few Inches of Rock Remain, Tunnel Part Of Environmental Project To Save Alps
River ran through it
Rivers and streams supply the lifeblood of ecosystems across the globe, providing water for drinking and irrigation for humans as well as a wide array of life forms in rivers...
Insight into volcanic eruptions, courtesy of space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are crediting satellite imagery with helping to predict where volcanic eruptions could strike. It is well known that earthquakes can stress Earths crust and trigger subsequent quakes,...
India highlights split at Nagoya biodiversity meeting
Rich and poor countries will be at 'loggerheads' at the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting next week, India has said.
Scientists Endure Deluge to Study Tropical Streams
Ashley Golphin explores the forests of Puerto Rico, while investigating the effects of land use on tropical stream ecosystems.
Charcoal biofilter cleans up fertiliser waste gases
Removing the toxic and odorous emissions of ammonia from the industrial production of fertiliser is a costly and energy-intensive process. Now, researchers in Bangladesh have turned to microbes and inexpensive...
How fear of bias frames climate change debate | Simon Lewis
Climate science sceptics say they want science free of politics, yet their campaigning frames discussionClimate change science has had a turbulent year. The media and blogosphere feeding-frenzy after the release of researchers' emails,...
Solar-powered disaster relief
As water and fuel remained scarce in the weeks following the earthquake in Haiti earlier this year, one resource that relief teams could have used to help prevent dehydration literally...
Cyberwars: Already underway with no Geneva Conventions to guide them
Cyber attacks of various sorts have been around for decades. The most recent, and very dangerous, escalation in the past few years has been marked by countries launching attacks against...
EU skittish ahead of biodiversity summit?
LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The European Union said the economic climate might prevent new investments in biodiversity loss, a lawmaker said from Luxembourg.
Scientist helps pinpoint threats to life in world's rivers
The food chain - the number of organisms that feed on each other - in the world's streams and rivers depends more upon the size of the stream and whether...
India seeks 'cool jacket' design to help hot labourers
A state in southern India is running a competition for designers to produce an "air-conditioned" jacket for outdoor labourers with prize money of more than 20,000 dollars up for grabs.
Booze cheaper than water in New Zealand: study
Alcohol has become cheaper than bottled water in New Zealand, a study showed Friday, with researchers warning there could be major implications for public health.
Rabies claims 100th fatality in Indonesia's Bali
(AP) -- A rabies outbreak on Indonesia's resort island of Bali has now killed 100 people.
Doing it for the thrill
Lily Asquith: The LHC has had a great couple of weeks, hugely stepping up its rate of data production and passing the target for the year, which was set back in March....
Ohio leaders rally for GE jet engine project
By 2010-10-14T23:28:01Z CINCINNATI (AP) -- Ohio's Democratic governor and U.S. House members from both parties joined a rally Thursday at GE Aviation on Thursday to support a...
Green: Environmentalists Join Mountaintop Fray
Groups file a motion to take part in court proceedings in a suit filed against the E.P.A. by the National Mining Association.
NASA study of Haiti quake yields surprising results
(PhysOrg.com) -- The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that caused more than 200,000 casualties and devastated Haiti's economy in January resulted not from the Enriquillo fault, as previously believed, but from slip...
Reports of e-mail's death have been greatly exaggerated
All the ballyhoo that social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook are diminishing our need for e-mail can be best summarized by paraphrasing Mark Twain: Reports of e-mail's death...
Dot Earth: New Climate Fight, Same as the Old One?
A "post partisan" climate plan meets heated attacks. So much for post partisanship?
Crew circles North Pole in one summer
A trimaran sailing boat circled the North Pole in a single summer season, a feat made possible by global warming and the melting of the Arctic ice cap, the boat's...
Scientists Urge Tougher Efforts to Preserve Biodiversity
Experts say tweaks needed for targets at upcoming conservation meeting.
Brazil mulls Amazon land auction to beat illegal logging
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Brazil is planning to auction 2.5 million acres of land in the Amazon forest as part of an effort to put illegal...
National Academies Announce 2010 Communication Awards Winners
The National Academies (the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine) announced the recipients of their 2010 Communication Awards today. Part of the...
Nations "Need to Act" to Mitigate Effects of Climate Change, States Jonas Ghar Store, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Addressing the Kavli Prize Science Forum: 2010, Norway's foreign minister highlights the impact of global climate change on the Arctic region, and the need for scientific guidance as nations respond...