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Are wolves saving Yellowstone's aspen trees from elk?
Previous research has claimed that the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 is helping restore quaking aspen in risky areas where wolves prowl. But apparently elk hungry...
Mimicking fish and tailoring radar to warn of bridge peril
Floods cut down more bridges than fire, wind, earthquakes, deterioration, overloads and collisions combined, costing lives and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage...
Activists taken from arctic oil rig
NUUK, Greenland, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Activists who scaled a drilling platform off the coast of Greenland were arrested after severe weather forced them off the rig, police said. ...
Gas talks on Baku agenda for Medvedev
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A deal to increase the volume of Azeri natural gas to Russia is on the agenda for talks in Baku between the two...
Micro-plane can do autonomous surveys
PARIS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- An inexpensive unmanned aircraft system developed with the European Space Agency can provide quick monitoring of land areas or disaster zones, researchers say. ...
Deicing of roads making city streams toxic
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Using salt to deice city pavements can make city streams toxic to aquatic life, a government study of winter runoff in northern U.S. cities...
Guatemalan Water Study: Is Colloidal Silver Necessary for Bacteria Removal?
Nicole Heinley, a graduate student at Missouri University of Science and Technology, traveled to Guatemala twice in the past year to conduct research on ceramic pot filters that are used...
Global warming could spell disaster for corn crops
(PhysOrg.com) -- If corn producers continue using the same cultivars, plants selected for their desirable characteristics, global warming could cause production to drop from 1.3 to 10 percent between 2010...
Interviews on Water Use Are Thirsty Work
Learning which water sources villagers use and how far they carry heavy jerrycans of water is itself thirsty work in the Rwandan heat.
Australia to address price on carbon
CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Australia's Green Party agreed Wednesday to support the Labor Party in return for the formation of a dedicated climate change committee charged with...
Canada, U.K. discuss preserving shipwreck
Canadian officials say they have entered talks with the British government on how best to preserve the wreck of HMS Investigator, which was found in Arctic waters this summer.
Climate: Risks loom for China: study
Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday.
Wildfires contained in southern France
MARSEILLE, France, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Thousands of acres of forests have been destroyed by wildfires in France that also burned houses and cars, authorities said. ...
Less waste with shelf-life indicator for food
Norwegian food retailers discard over 50,000 tonnes of food annually – much of it of perfectly good quality. New technology the TimeTemp company in cooperation with Norwegian research institutions could...
White Rock lifts boil water advisory
The City of White Rock, B.C., has lifted its 12-day-old boil water advisory, after three successive tests for E. coli bacteria came back clean earlier this week.
Trans-Sahara gas pipeline 'in trouble'
ALGIERS, Algeria, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Algeria's recent invitation to India to join the $13 billion, delay-plagued Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline project is an indirect acknowledgment the project's in "deep...
10 minutes could prevent one-third of road deaths
Spanish researchers have calculated the probability of dying in road accidents on the basis of the time taken for the emergency services to arrive. Their conclusions are clear --...
Feature: Shellfish make fantastic plastic
Plastic bags could soon be compostable and made from renewable resources such as shellfish waste.
NZ smokers quit after tax rise
New Zealand has seen a dramatic drop in the consumption, import and production of cigarettes, following a significant increase in excise tax.
New perspectives and guidance for managing white pine blister rust
The August 2010 journal, Forest Pathology, provides a synthesis of knowledge on C. ribicola, identifies policy and management actions to mitigate disease impacts, and reviews future issues facing white pine...
Human well-being is improving even as ecosystem services decline: Why?
Researchers writing a new article examine four possible explanations for why human well-being is increasing despite the global degradation of ecosystem services. Gains in food production, technological innovation generally, and...
Decrease in global carbon dioxide emissions; CO2 from China, India on the rise
Global carbon dioxide emissions decreased in 2009, the first decrease recorded this decade. However, in China and India the emissions increased by 9 and 6 percent.
Panel: India must secure elephant reserves
(AP) -- India should protect its elephant population by securing its wildlife reserves, curbing poaching and restricting development in the corridors they use to travel between forested areas, a...
Earthquake recorded in North Sea
An earthquake is recorded in the North Sea about 155 miles east of Aberdeen.
L.A. mayor, Latino activists take on oil companies over Proposition 23
They say the ballot initiative to suspend the state's climate change law would hurt low-income communities already suffering the most from pollution.Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday rebuked Valero Energy Corp....
Crisps: a very British habit
They're fried in fat and smothered in salt, but still we eat a heart-stopping 6bn packets of them a year. So why do we have an unhealthy obsession with potato crisps?• What's...
Study: Marine life at risk in CO2 rise
PLYMOUTH, England, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A "natural laboratory" in the Mediterranean revealing effects of carbon dioxide levels in oceans paints a bleak picture for future marine life, researchers...
New Deep-Sea Pictures: Chimaera, Ten-armed Starfish, More
A hitchhiking anemone, a perching sea robin, and a many-armed sea star were recently spotted off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. ...