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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.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.