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Maldives President Installs Solar Roof
The president of a nation of 1,200 low islands at risk from rising seas installs donated solar panels on his roof.
Toxic chemicals multiply after Gulf leak
CORVALLIS, Ore., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The BP oil disaster sent carcinogenic chemical levels soaring in the Gulf of Mexico, researchers said. ...
74 months and counting … | Andrew Simms
There are no certainties when it comes to climate change but we can be sure the greatest risk is not taking any action to mitigate itYesterday, the Royal Society, the voice in...
Government issues tighter rules for deep-water drilling
The aim is to prevent another disaster like the BP oil spill in the gulf.The Interior Department, moving closer to lifting a moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling, issued...
Interior Department Releases 'Scientific Integrity' Policy
In recent years, the Department of the Interior has taken a lot of criticism...
Ottawa paramedics commended for bravery
Four Ottawa paramedics who intervened in the fatal stabbing of a police officer are being honoured with an award for bravery.
More woes for Trans Sahara Gas Pipeline
NIAMEY, Niger, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The kidnapping of seven people, five of them French citizens, working in France's uranium mining operations in Niger has cast a pall over...
China opens polar marine museum
TIANJIN, China, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- China says its newly opened marine museum in the northern port city of Tianjin, displaying thousands of rare polar marine species, is the...
Cocktails and Fist-Pumping: California's Ballot Battle
An unusual alliance of environmental activists and financiers try to enlist minority voters to defeat the repeal of California's global warming law.
Prof Brian Foster on cuts in research funding
We do more with less than anybody else in the world, says Professor Brian Foster of Oxford University's physics departmentJessica Shepherd
BP Releases Long-Awaited Plan for $500 Million for Gulf Research
An alliance of gulf state governments will be in charge of doling out the...
Searching for dense water cascades in the Arctic Ocean
The Arctic is one of the most sensitive regions of the plant to the effects of global climate change. Researchers are now studying the phenomenon of dense water cascading and...
The Most Ambitious Weather Experiment: a 1,000-Square-Mile Tornado Trap
Getting Closer One of the 50 vehicles that make up VORTEX2, on the hunt in Kansas Chris Schwarz/University of OklahomaHow 140 scientists look inside the world's most dangerous weather The world's biggest tornado...
No wavering on Denali, ConocoPhillips says
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- ConocoPhillips hasn't given up on the Denali natural gas pipeline from Alaska despite the increase in shale gas in the Lower 48, a spokesman...
Inertial measurement unit with quartz gyro-sensors developed by Epson Toyocom
Epson Toyocom Corp. today announced that it has begun commercial development of a highly compact, accurate, and stable inertial measurement unit (IMU). The IMU employs technology the company has accumulated...
Island nations worried ahead of Cancun
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The international community is "fiddling merrily" along on climate issues while island nations drown, delegates said ahead of a Mexico climate conference. ...
Plan to use submarines to subdue typhoons/hurricanes
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Japanese hydraulic manufacturing company has unveiled plans to use submarines to downgrade the force of typhoons. The company, Ise Kogyo, from Mie in Central Japan, has had...
Fears for Argentinian glaciers
Argentina's Senate has begun discussing a controversial plan to ban mining in parts of the country in order to protect the fragile environment of the Andean glaciers
Better prepared next time
If the lessons of this year’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are heeded, it should be possible to drastically reduce the chances of a repeat occurrence, according to MIT...
Battle over Proposition 23 gets airborne
Dueling TV spots appear this week, funded by supporters and opponents of the measure that would suspend regulations aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions in California.The battle over California's global-warming...
Water quality improving at California's beaches
Heal the Bay finds cleaner beaches across the state — especially at the Santa Monica Pier, which earned an A this year after five straight summers of Fs. But funding...
Proposal Pending on Mileage for Heavy-Duty Vehicles
The Obama administration could announce a proposal as early as this week for new mileage standards for heavy-duty vehicles beginning in the 2014 model year.
China addresses iron ore tax and contracts
DALIAN, China, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A Chinese steel industry official criticized Australia's proposed mining tax and China's new contract system for iron ore imports. ...
Report: U.S. Needs National Strategy for Adapting to Warmer Climes
The federal government is way behind on efforts to develop effective strategies to adapt...
Student builds solar-power motorcycle
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A Purdue University student has created a street-legal solar powered motorcycle he says can carry a commuter for a penny a mile. ...
Resource restoration planning process begins for BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The Department of the Interior, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the co-trustees for natural resources affected by the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill announced today they have started the...
Climate Responses: Primal Easy, Ethical Hard
Adapting to climate change is visceral and easy; mitigating gases contributing to it is a matter of ethics, and hard.
'Iron Man'-type power suit demonstrated
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Within five years, soldiers in war zones will be wearing Iron Man-style power suits that will make them vastly stronger, a U.S....