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Earth's Plant Growth Fell Because of Climate Change, Study Finds

12 years ago from NY Times Science

Drought linked to climate change has reversed a decades-long trend of increased global plant growth, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data.

Extent of lingering Gulf oil plume revealed

12 years ago from News @ Nature

Extensive chemical analysis confirms that undegraded oil remains at ocean depths.

Study tracks ocean plastic spread

12 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

US researchers measure the amount of plastic accumulating in a region of the Atlantic Ocean over a 22-year period.

Study urges less urban sprawl, more forest

12 years ago from UPI

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Less urban sprawl and more forests are keys to decreasing water runoff and disastrous flooding, U.S. scientists said. ...

The Science Of The Root Beer Float

12 years ago from

A few days ago, while talking about mundane business issues, I learned that today, August 19th, was the birthday of that famous childhood delight, the 'black cow', what would later...

Atlantic Hurricane Season Set to Intensify

12 years ago from NY Times Science

An expert on tropical storms sees trouble brewing in the Atlantic Ocean.

Geologists revisit the Great Oxygenation Event

12 years ago from Science Blog

In "The Sign of the Four" Sherlock Holmes tells Watson he has written a monograph on 140 forms of cigar-, cigarette-, and pipe-tobacco, "with colored plates illustrating the difference in...

Great Barrier Reef had predecessor

12 years ago from UPI

BRISBANE, Australia, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Scientists studying Australia's Great Barrier Reef say they've discovered a less spectacular but more ancient fossilized reef just a half mile away. ...

Oil firm upbeat despite Falklands setback

12 years ago from UPI

STANLEY, Falkland Islands, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Rockhopper Exploration remains upbeat about prospects for a commercially feasible hydrocarbons find in the Falkland Islands waters despite poor results from a...

Fidel Castro's Conspiracy Theories

12 years ago from Live Science

The CIA is known to have tried to kill Castro many times, including with exploding cigars.

Geologists revisit Earth's Great Oxygenation Event: More like the 'Great Redox Evolution'

12 years ago from Science Daily

Recent work with geochemical proxies for oxygen levels suggests that oxygen levels continued to fluctuate long after the Great Oxygenation Event 2.7 billion years ago, and that the oceans were...

Listening to Earth breathe through 500 towers

12 years ago from Physorg

It takes a global village to monitor and analyze trends in Earth's "breathing" -- or the exchange of carbon dioxide, water vapor and energy between vegetation on the ground and...

Earth's green carbon sink on the wane

12 years ago from News @ Nature

Satellite data indicate that carbon storage by plants is decreasing despite climate warming.

5 Years After Katrina, Ruins—And a Natural Wonder—Remain

12 years ago from National Geographic

On Hurricane Katrina's fifth anniversary, many Gulf Coast buildings remain damaged, but an iconic natural wonder still stands strong. Video. ...

Study reveals UK upland waters are recovering from acid rain

12 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Upland waters damaged by acid rain are beginning to recover according to UCL research published today.

Seabirds Spew Useful Contaminant Data

12 years ago from C&EN

Persistent Pollutants: Stomach oils from northern fulmars provide an easy measure of organochlorines.

UT, ORNL Crunching Numbers to Make Sense of Climate Change

12 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

Buried in mountains of meteorological and hydrological data are likely clues that could help in predicting floods, hurricanes and other extreme weather events.

Oil Spill Panel Summons Witnesses

12 years ago from NY Times Science

S. Elizabeth Birnbaum, who led the Minerals Management Service for a year before her abrupt resignation on May 27, will testify on her tenure at the troubled agency.

Ecologist Studies Air-Polluting Kudzu Vines

12 years ago from Live Science

Jonathan Hickman uses his creative approach to science to study ecology.

The Case of the Missing Climate Pledge

12 years ago from NY Times Science

Obama's pledge to invest in energy research seems to have vanished from White House Web sites.

BP role in release of Lockerbie bomber?

12 years ago from UPI

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Questions remain about oil giant BP's possible role in the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi one year after his release. ...

BioVectra gets $14.8M provincial loan

12 years ago from CBC: Health

BioVectra Inc. of Charlottetown has received a $14.8-million loan from the Prince Edward Island government to expand its manufacturing facility near the city's airport.

Rwanda harnesses energy from exploding lake

12 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Beneath the beautiful surface of Lake Kivu lie huge reservoirs of methane and carbon dioxide that could power Rwanda for 100 years. But if released onto the surface, these gasses...

Lowering Daisy's emissions: Battle against agricultural climate offenders

12 years ago from Science Daily

Agriculture accounts for approximately nine per cent of Norway's total emissions of greenhouse gases. Now, researchers are acquiring actual gas measurements and new knowledge about what causes the emissions --...

International math prize awarded in India

12 years ago from UPI

HYDERABAD, India, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- India's president awarded the prestigious Fields Medal to young mathematicians from Israel, France and Switzerland at a ceremony in Hyderabad. ...

Climate change brings wasps to Baffin Island

12 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Researchers collecting bugs in the Canadian Arctic this summer have confirmed wasps are breeding on Baffin Island, which they say is further evidence of climate change.

Climate sceptics mislead the public over hacked emails inquiry | Bob Ward

12 years ago from The Guardian - Science

The Global Warming Policy Foundation's investigation omits awkward truths that would get in the way of a conspiracySelf-proclaimed climate change sceptics are preparing to reignite the controversy over the emails hacked from the...

Climate protest camp targets RBS

12 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Dozens of climate change protesters set up camp close to the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters in Edinburgh.