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Gulf Keystone updates Iraqi oil estimate
ERBIL, Iraq, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Testing of a section of a discovery well in Iraqi Kurdistan points to significant oil deposits in the region, oil explorer Gulf Keystone...
Expedition finds ancient bedrock beneath ice
After more than a year of drilling through ice in one of the harshest environments on earth, scientists in Greenland hit bedrock more than 8,300 feet below the surface of...
A 'crystal ball' for predicting the effects of global climate change
In trying to predict how species will respond to climate change caused by global warming, researchers and scientists are turning to comparative physiology, a sub-discipline of physiology that studies how...
Blast kills five at Iranian gas plant
TEHRAN, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Five workers were killed and three others were injured when a blast ripped through a petrochemical plant in southern Iran, the government announced. ...
Study: Little help from oceans in warming
ATHENS, Ga., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A belief that open water in polar regions created by melting ice can absorb carbon dioxide and lessen global warming may be wrong,...
Addressing environmental challenges and controversies through science communication
What can we do for the environment? What can individual scientists, agencies and institutions do to improve the quality of environmental decision-making? These are among the questions explored by scientists...
'Ribbit Radio' shows frog population estimates are likely flawed
Scientists track amphibian populations because these animals are sensitive to changes in their environment and can serve as 'canaries in the coal mine' to give researchers early warnings about pollution...
Rebuilding flood plains, agriculture, economy
When the Missouri River flooded in 1993 and 1995, it left a deep layer of sandy silt that covered thousands of acres of rich farmland. Now, MU forestry researchers may...
Eruptive characteristics of Oregon's Mount Hood analysed
A new study has found that a mixing of two different types of magma is the key to the historic eruptions of Mount Hood, Oregon's tallest mountain, and that eruptions...
New carbon dioxide emissions model
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) calculated projected temperature changes for various scenarios in 2007 and researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg have now gone...
NOAA report reviews ecosystem management in national marine sanctuaries
A new NOAA report assesses the role National Marine Sanctuaries play in helping implement ecosystem-based management practices in U.S. waters...
Scots climate target costed at £8bn
The cost to the taxpayer of meeting Scotland's climate change target is put at about £8bn over the next 10 years.
Climate talks settle Saudi affair
Saudi Arabia accepts activists' apologies for their "repugnant" action at the last session of UN climate talks, amid warnings that time is running out for a deal on emissions.
IU Receives $9.2 Million from NSF to Expand Global Networks and Research
Indiana University has been awarded $9.2 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lead two high-speed international network services.
How Amazon Forests Outlast Drought: Maybe It's the Roots
Insights could predict responses to climate change.
Islands of Garbage, Washed In By Rain, Threaten to Overrun Massive Chinese Dam
Garbage Islands Threaten Three Gorges China Daily Islands of garbage so thick people can stand on them are threatening China's massive Three Gorges Dam, according to Chinese state media. Recent heavy rains have...
Algae closes Moncton swimming hole
People in the Moncton area are being asked to stay away from the reservoir at Irishtown Park because of a potential health hazard from algae growing there.
UH salt marsh expert studies damage to Gulf Coast
A giant vacuum powered by a lawnmower engine may not seem like a tool for scientific study, but salt marsh experts from the University of Houston are using the contraption...
US says it's committed to cutting greenhouse gases
(AP) -- The United States assured international negotiators Monday it remains committed to reducing carbon emissions over the next 10 years, despite the collapse of efforts to legislate a...
Photos and Reflections From Arctic Alaska
Steve Zack takes a photographic look back at his Wildlife Conservation Society expedition to Arctic Alaska.
Sewer studies based on leaky science
Questionable sampling techniques have led to murky conclusions about the contents of waste water.
Crops Absorb Pharmaceuticals From Treated Sewage
Environmental Pollutants: Soybeans can accumulate drugs and personal care products commonly found in wastewater and solid waste.
A Challenge: Migrating Birds and Gulf Oil
An effort to expand wetlands and bolster birds' food supplies is under way in uncontaminated areas in Louisiana, the Chenier Plain of east Texas and the lower portion of the...
WWF Wants Japanese Consumers to Join the Fight to Save Bluefin Tuna
TOKYO—The conservation organization WWF is taking its campaign to save Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin...
Canal closes as reservoirs run low
Almost half of the Leeds-Liverpool canal has closed to save water because of drought conditions.
Conventional farming protects atmosphere: study
Advances in conventional agriculture have dramatically slowed the flow of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, a study by three Stanford University researchers has found.
Nord Stream pipes half completed
ZUG, Switzerland, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Almost half of the pipes needed to lay the Nord Stream gas pipeline on the Baltic Sea floor are processed, the Switzerland-based consortium...
Concerns mount over BP work in Libya
ROME, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A moratorium on oil drilling in the Mediterranean may be appropriate as British oil company BP prepares for work in Libya, an Italian official...