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NASA satellites investigate: Tropical Depression 5 may rise again
Tropical Depression Five's remnants made a loop into southeastern Louisiana and coastal Mississippi this weekend and have again emerged in the Gulf of Mexico. Being back in the warm Gulf...
Address Mistrust, Scientists Urge Nuclear Panel
Scientists argue that a presidential panel on nuclear waste needs to address issues beyond the technological.
How Did the Friendly Skies Get So Unfriendly?
Large Carry-on and Checked Luggage Fees One of Many Reasons; Steven Slater Case Prompts Venting
Tricky Mantle: Intact Pocket of Ancient Earth May Have Escaped Mixing for 4.5 Billion Years
An analysis of isotopes in Arctic basalts indicates that the rocks may originate from a reservoir of ancient mantle that has avoided being recycled in the planet's active interior since...
U of A works with Health Canada to test residential indoor air quality
Researchers at the University of Alberta are trying to help clear the air about the levels of air pollutants in people's homes.
New case series section in European Urology
August 2010 -- In European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, a new section will be published as of the September issue: Case Series of the...
Arctic Ice August 2010 - Update #2
Arctic Ice August 2010 - Update #2 Since I last posted an update, many things have happened in the Arctic and sub-Arctic. In my last update - Arctic Ice August 2010 -...
US greenhouse gas emissions and capture, regionally
A new report, Agriculture's Role in Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Capture, commissioned by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, examines...
Argentine lake may offer clues to life on Mars
GALAN VOLCANO, ARGENTINA (Reuters) - A lake in Argentina's remote, inhospitable northwest may offer clues on how life got started on Earth and how it could survive on other planets,...
Cold bees seek warm nectar
A new study has found that bees like a cool drink in warm weather, and vice versa – seeking nectar that will help correct their temperature.
Nord Stream construction move to Finland
ZUG, Switzerland, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A ship designed to lay pipelines on the sea floor arrived in Finnish waters to continue the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline,...
Rain contributes to cycling patterns of clouds
Like shifting sand dunes, some clouds disappear in one place and reappear in another. New work this week in Nature shows why: Rain causes air to move vertically, which breaks...
Malaga Bay declared national park after tough environmental battle
A massive swath of Colombia's Pacific coast has become the country's newest national park...
NOAA scientists uncover oscillating patterns in clouds
For all who have ever lain on their backs and gazed at clouds adrift in the blue: A new NOAA study has found that clouds 'communicate' with each other, much...
Stinging jellyfish invade Spanish coast
Beaches in both Alicante, in southern Spain, and near San Sebastian, on its northern coast, have been affected.
Greenpeace to launch expedition to probe BP oil spill impact
Environmental watchdog Greenpeace on Wednesday announced the launch of a three-month expedition on which researchers will analyze the impact of the massive BP oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico...
Study: Better pollution measuring a must
BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Pollution produced by the petroleum industry has fallen in recent years, a study says, but a big hurdle remains in accurately measuring the...
Letters: Populating space
Stephen Hawking (Report, 10 August) is wildly optimistic if he believes we could colonise space within the next two centuries. The perfect storm of expanding population, global warming, toxic oceans, water shortages, desertification...
Arctic fuel spill fears raised in Pangnirtung
Residents of a Baffin Island community say they couldn't handle a large fuel spill after a close call with a grounded fuel tanker.
Earth's Oldest Cranny Explored
Geochemists may have tapped into deep rock undisturbed since shortly after the planet formed
The Mysterious Roving Rocks of Racetrack Playa
In a particularly parched region of an extraordinary planet, rocks big and small glide across a mirror-flat landscape, leaving behind a tangle of trails. Some rocks travel in pairs, their...
Climate Models Indicate Future Holds Stronger, Longer Heat Waves for Indiana, Midwest, Says Researcher
"Heat waves are a growing concern and current climate models indicate they will increase in duration and intensity especially in the mid-latitudes of which Indiana and the Midwest is a...
Bloomberg Appoints Environmental Aide
A New York native who oversaw parks acquisitions, recycling and other initiatives for a metropolitan planning agency in Portland, Ore.
China cracks down on polluting factories
BEIJING, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The Chinese government has ordered more than 2,000 factories in 18 different sectors to shut down for inefficient and polluting industrial capacity. ...
Oceanography: Dead in the water
Every summer for the past nine years, water with lethally low concentrations of oxygen has appeared off the Oregon coast. The hypoxia may be a sign of things to come...
Fragile habitat of French mystery island 'risks being trampled underfoot'
Scientists say 'wonderful biological laboratory' of island that rose from stormy seas is under threat until official status guarantees protectionIn the early morning of 23 January 2009, the most powerful hurricane-force storm to...
Cool Ride: Carmakers Search for Greener Air Conditioning Refrigerant
Your car's air conditioner might be your best friend on a hot summer day, but it is certainly no friend of the environment thanks to the ozone-depleting refrigerant used to...
Huge iceberg to threaten ships, oil wells
NUUK, Greenland, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- An ice sheet four times bigger than Manhattan has split off from Greenland's coast and could threaten shipping lanes and oil platforms in...