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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...
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.
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...
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.
U.S. stroller recall leads to Canadian warning
While nearly two million Graco strollers in the United States are being recalled because of the asphyxiation and death of four toddlers, Canada is issuing a warning.
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...
U.N. urged to freeze climate geo-engineering projects
NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) - The United Nations should impose a moratorium on "geo-engineering" projects such as artificial volcanoes and vast cloud-seeding schemes to fight climate change, green groups say, fearing...
Climate Change Doubt Is Tea Party Article of Faith
Those who support the Tea Party movement are considerably more dubious about the existence and effects of global warming than the American public at large.
U.N.: Marine life faces growing risks
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Marine fish are threatened by pollution and climate change that could wipe out species across all regions, a United Nations report released in...
Home improvement products in toxic tests
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Some home improvement products contain toxic chemicals restricted or banned in toys, a U.S. report indicates.
Green: Tidal Power: The Next Wave?
The giants of hydropower, which have decades of experience drawing power from rivers, are now getting into the ocean business.
3 environmental groups sue BP over gulf oil spill
The suit alleges that the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster caused an oil spill that harmed and killed both endangered and threatened species, which may continue to feel the effects long...