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Video: Oil Reaches Texas, New Orleans
On day 78 of the Gulf oil spill, oil continues to spread as tar balls have made it to New Orleans and as far as the Texas coast. Mark...
Photos: Leaking Nuclear Waste Fills Former Salt Mine
More than a hundred thousand barrels of radioactive waste are to be removed from "the most problematic nuclear facility in Europe"—a first. ...
Kiev views South Stream as redundant
KIEV, Ukraine, July 8 (UPI) -- The South Stream natural gas pipeline through the Balkans is a costly and unnecessary project, the Ukrainian government said Thursday. ...
First Six Months of 2010 Second Warmest on Record
Global average temperatures through the first six months of 2010 continue to not set records. June 2010 was the second warmest June in the 32-year satellite temperature record and the...
Using ultrasound to control toxic algal blooms
University of Adelaide researchers are investigating the use of ultrasound as an environmentally friendly and cheaper alternative to controlling blue-green algae in our fresh water supplies.
Ocean voyage documents deep-sea life
ABERDEEN, Scotland, July 7 (UPI) -- Deep-sea mountain ridges and abysses teem with marine life, forcing scientists to change their view about life way below the surface, a Scottish...
Research: Clean water means healthy reefs
MELBOURNE, Fla., July 7 (UPI) -- Improving the quality of local water boosts the resistance of coral reefs to global climate change, a Florida Institute of Technology ecologist found. ...
'Climategate' inquiry mostly vindicates scientists
(AP) -- An independent report into the leak of hundreds of e-mails from one of the world's leading climate research centers on Wednesday largely vindicated the scientists involved, saying...
No heat relief for Ontario, Quebec
Public health officials in Ontario and Quebec are urging people to keep cool as scorching temperatures continue, with no relief expected until Friday.
Pipeline attacks harm Turkish interests
ANKARA, Turkey, July 7 (UPI) -- Targeting oil pipelines spanning the border between Iraq and Turkey may be a way to harm Ankara's regional ambitions, analysts warn. ...
Michael Mann on Russell Review: "We can now put this bogus, manufactured scandal behind us"
This just in on email from Michael Mann, Penn State, himself a vindicated veteran of...
China invests in Nigerian oil sector
LAGOS, Nigeria, July 7 (UPI) -- China agreed to spend $8 billion in Nigeria to build a refinery with the capacity to produce 300,000 barrels of oil per day...
UK inquiry: emails do not undermine climate science
LONDON (Reuters) - Emails stolen from one of the world's leading climate change research centers contained no evidence to undermine the case for manmade global warming, a report found on...
Understanding Ice
Understanding Ice Ice is just frozen water, right? Wrong! Now you will perhaps inquire with astonishment how it is possible that ice, which is the most brittle and fragile of substances, can flow...
Climate unit 'did not hide data'
Climate scientists emerge from third inquiry with their reputations for honesty intact but with a lack of openness criticised.
Heat Wave Puts Spotlight on Lack of Green Space
Professor Says More Vegetation Would Help Stop Urban Areas from Becoming Overheated During Warm Seasons
EPA tells old coal power plants to upgrade pollution controls
A new rule aims to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide around and downwind of old coal-fired power plants east of the Mississippi, in keeping with an Obama campaign promise....
Oil spill reaches Lake Pontchartrain
More than 1,000 pounds of tar balls and waste are removed from the lake that borders New Orleans. The city gets its drinking water elsewhere, but the oil is still a psychological...
Was the East Anglia Incident a Crime?
Nearly eight months after thousands of e-mail messages and files of climate scientists were scattered around the Web, authorities have still not labeled the release a crime.
Officials and Scientists Spar Over Plan to Block Oil’s Approach
The federal government and coastal scientists say building rock dikes to capture oil in the Gulf of Mexico is too risky. Local officials are not pleased.
Oceans' growing carbon dioxide levels may threaten coral reef fish
Study finds exposure to high levels of the greenhouse gas may cause the fish to swim toward the smell of predators. ...
Barriers may not cut suicides: study
A new study says that the suicide barrier erected on Toronto's Bloor Street Viaduct hasn't reduced the number of people who jump to their death in Canada's largest city every...
Alberta's grizzly bears at risk: U.S. group
Alberta is on the verge of losing one of its iconic species if the province doesn't beef up its efforts to protect its grizzly bears, says a top U.S.-based environmental...
Alberta's boreal forest protected: minister
Alberta's minister of sustainable resource development says the government is doing what is necessary to protect the boreal forest.
China cuts coal, emissions still growing
BEIJING, July 6 (UPI) -- China is likely to reach its target of closing down small coal-fired power plants totaling 10 million kilowatts of capacity by August, said a...
North–South network hopes to boost Mediterranean science
The Euro-Mediterranean Science Academic Network has been launched, and hopes to serve as a model of North–South collaboration.
Plants suck 123 billion tonnes of CO2 a year
Trees, shrubs and grasses around the world take in 123 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year through photosynthesis, an international research team has calculated.
EU calls for environmental review
BRUSSELS, July 6 (UPI) -- The European community needs to make sure its environmental policies are suitable and up to date for all countries in the European Union, a...