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CIMAS, NOAA research conduct innovative investigations to study Hurricane Earl
Over the last week, as Hurricane Earl threatened the east coast of the United States, hurricane scientists from NOAA Research's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and colleagues from the...
Indonesian volcano erupts again
An Indonesian volcano shot a towering cloud of black ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 25 kilometres away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from...
Oilsands water data worth examining: Stelmach
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach said Wednesday his government will compare newly published data from the University of Alberta with research already done by government scientists on the impact of oilsands...
InterAcademy Council Report Urges 'Fundamental Reform' Of IPCC
The InterAcademy Council Board, composed of presidents of 15 academies of science and equivalent organizations(1) representing Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Africa, Turkey, the United...
Dramatic climate change is unpredictable
The fear that global temperature can change very quickly and cause dramatic climate changes that may have a disastrous impact on many countries and populations is great around the world....
China boosts, boasts hydroelectric power
BEIJING, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- China, whose latest hydropower station came on line last week, has laid claim to having the world's largest hydropower capacity, authorities said. ...
Farmers' Almanac Predicts Kinder, Gentler Winter
2011 Edition Says Most of Country Will Get Less Cold, Snow Than Last Year, But Watch Out, New England
Horseshoe crabs suffer with climate change
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Horseshoe crab population decline is being blamed on climate change and compared to similar declines at the end of the last Ice Age, U.S....
China's South-North to rival Three Gorges?
BEIJING, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- China is moving forward with its South-North Water Transfer Project aimed at diverting water from the massive Yangtze River Basin more than 620 miles...
BP to Begin Removing Cap from Oil Well
Officials Focus on Preserving Evidence as Equipment Is Raised from Sea Floor; Relief Well Seal Draws Closer
Iran repairing PKK-damaged pipeline
TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The flow of natural gas from Iran to Turkey will return to normal in about a week, a statement from the Iranian energy ministry...
Israeli researchers find ancient disposable cutlery
Israeli archaeologists believe thousands of ancient shards of flint found scattered around a fire pit in a cave near Tel Aviv might be the world's oldest known disposable knives. ...
Forest fire smoke in the stratosphere: New insights into pyrocumulonimbus clouds
Meteorologists are now discovering that changes in the frequency of occurrence and intensity of wildfires has substantial consequences for a variety of important problems including atmospheric changes. Superimposed on this...
Smoking Rates Linked to Education and Cigarette Taxes
Utah has the fewest smokers, while Kentucky and West Virginia have the most.
Kurds see hope for Iraq in Nabucco
ERBIL, Iraq, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The Kurdistan government in Iraq sees plans to ship natural gas through Turkey as a boost for a nation emerging from years of...
Israel blamed for power cuts in Egypt
CAIRO, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Protesters in parts of Egypt pointed to natural gas exports to Israel as the reason for blackouts in their country, an opposition group said. ...
Ankara signs green ships convention
LONDON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Ankara led the way on an international convention regulating ship recycling by signing onto a U.N.-backed environmental treaty, the United Nations said. ...
Center of Excellence Partnership Will Support Unmanned Aircraft Industry
A new partnership in the Southeast U.S. between education and industry will be on the ground floor of what officials call a growth "tsunami."
Calcium carbonate and climate change
(PhysOrg.com) -- What links sea urchins, limestone and climate change? The common thread is calcium carbonate, one of the most widespread minerals on Earth. UC Davis researchers have now measured...
Mongolian Cabinet holds meeting in Gobi desert
(AP) -- Top Mongolian officials donned dark green baseball caps reading "Save our planet" and set up chairs and tables in the sands of the Gobi desert for a Cabinet...
Obama, in New Orleans, promises to 'fight alongside' Gulf Coast
In New Orleans, the president talks Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill, pointing up post-Katrina aid improvements and work on shoring up levees.Five years after Hurricane Katrina, President Obama...
Payday proximity changes consumer motives and behavior
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 30, 2010 -- As any nine-to-fiver will testify, a new paycheck brings with it a familiar sense of freedom, albeit one that dwindles in lockstep with...
Opinion: Why farmers need a payrise
Julian Cribb details the reasons why farmers need a fairer income and encourages a debate to how we should go about it.
Video: Rebuilding New Orleans Infrastructure
Hurricane Katrina's storm surge puteighty percent of New Orleans under water. Don Teague reports on the challenge of rebuilding the city's infrastructure to prevent this from ever happening again.
Petermann Ice Island Revisited
Petermann Ice Island Revisited Petermann Ice Island (2010) Calved on August 05 2010. The calving had been anticipated for some time and had been predicted to occur in summer 2010 by...
Rescue and relief the current priority for WWF-Pakistan
Rescue and relief is the current priority for WWF-Pakistan in the numerous communities it works with in the flood ravaged Indus basin...
The Bay Citizen: A Green Idea That Sounded Good Until the Trees Went to Work
The New Zealand Christmas tree thrives in San Francisco, but is destructive as well. Nonetheless, it is not easy for a homeowner to gain city permission to remove one.
Drought strikes Mali nomads hard
TALATAYE, Mali, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Nomadic tribes in the desert regions of northern Mali are facing one of the worst droughts in 20 years, authorities in that African...