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Video: Storm Blocks Spill Clean Up
The Gulf oil spill is now officially the largest oil spill ever to occur in the Gulf of Mexico. Mark Strassmann reports how clean up efforts are still hindered by...
Benchtop biofuels: Fine-tuning growth conditions helps cyanobacteria flourish
Cyanobacteria are among the oldest living forms in nature, responsible for generating the atmospheric oxygen we breathe today. Now Hyun Woo Kim and Raveender Vannela, researchers at the Biodesign Institute...
US scientist in race to learn from Indonesia's dying glacier
The only glacier in the western Pacific could disappear in less than five years, taking with it vital clues about the earth's changing climate, a US scientist said Friday.
Study: Gobal warming by humans not new
WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- Global warming caused by human activity may not be a modern phenomenon because even prehistoric man may have affected his environment, researchers say. ...
Confronting toxic blue-green algae in Madison lakes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harmful algal blooms, once considered mainly a problem in salt water, have been appearing with increasing severity in the Madison lakes, and a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison...
US extends science ties with Indonesia
In its latest science diplomacy move, the US has pledged US$136 million to increase collaboration on science and technology with Indonesia.
Emissions Soar in China and India
A growth in emissions in China and India "completely nullified" reductions made in the developed world in 2009.
Ambitious GM rice project enters next phase
A global effort to transform rice productivity is moving into the second stage, but it may be decades before improved varieties are ready.
In Real Time, the Molecules of the Hudson
A new environmental monitoring station will track changes in the physical, chemical and biological composition of the Hudson River.
New Zealand launches emissions trading
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, July 1 (UPI) -- The New Zealand government introduced an emissions trading scheme Thursday with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ...
New Study Predicts Yield for Biofuel Jatropha
Champaign, IL- An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy predicts the yield of the biofuel crop, Jatropha curcas L., for present and future climates. Researchers related...
Sustainability: Will We Recognize It When We See It?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people today embrace sustainability as a good thing, and it may be the greatest technological challenge our society has ever faced.
Story Tips From the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory July 2010
People recovering from injuries could from a gait analysis technology being developed by a team at ORNL. A National Academies Keck Futures Initiative award of $100,000 will help researchers from...
World's deepest lake probed for pollutants
IRKUTSK, Russia, July 1 (UPI) -- Russian deep-water submersibles descended into the world's deepest freshwater lake to test for pollution from a Russian paper mill, sponsors said Thursday. ...
Total increases Yemeni holdings
COURBEVOIE, France, July 1 (UPI) -- French energy company Total announced that it increased its holdings of oil-producing regions in southern Yemen through domestic acquisitions. ...
Polluting countries talk climate control in Rome
(AP) -- Climate change talks among some of the world's most polluting nations are continuing for a second day in Rome.
LEDs bringing good things to light
Forecasting the future of technology is anything but an exact science. In late 2006, for instance, my colleagues and I put together an article outlining our predictions for the top...
Field Reports: Diving for Life in Canadian Lake
Astrobiology Magazine's Henry Bortman is in the field with the scientists of the Pavilion Lake Research Project (PLRP) in British Columbia, Canada.
Bees helping to monitor air quality at German airports
(PhysOrg.com) -- Air quality around eight airports in Germany is being monitored with the help of bees, whose honey is tested regularly for toxins.
Real emissions cuts in Europe preferable to dubious offsets elsewhere
Europe should concentrate on making real emissions cuts in Europe, WWF said yesterday as it released an annual assessment highlighting worsening difficulties with the assessment of carbon offset projects in...
Study suggests more fish than thought may thrive in the ocean's depths
A study of the occurrence of fishes in the ocean's deepest reaches - the hadal zone, below 6000 metres - has provided evidence that some species of fishes are more...
U.S. fines BP for erroneous reporting
The Interior Department levies a $5.2-million fine on the company for 'false, inaccurate or misleading' reports on its natural gas production on Native American land in Colorado. ...
Interior Delays Offshore Expansion Hearings
The Interior Department pushed back the date of public hearings on the administration’s plan, announced before the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, to expand offshore drilling.
What if The Public had Perfect Climate Information?
A tussle over whether faulty communication or human nature most impedes climate progress.
Sandpipers, Loons and Huevos Rancheros
A trip through remote regions of Northern Alaska ends with huevos rancheros in Barrow, about as far north as you can find restaurants.
Climate science: An erosion of trust?
Many climate researchers worry that scepticism about global warming is on the rise. Jeff Tollefson investigates the basis for that concern and what scientists are doing about it.
Is Yucca Mountain Still Dead?
For years we have tracked the national debate over whether high-level civilian and military waste should be buried at Yucca Mountain, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Now the debate...
Relieving Greenhouse Gas Pain: Cornell Offers Carbon Sequestration Strategies at Congressional Staff Briefing July 13
Excess greenhouse gas be gone! Two Cornell University professors will brief Congressional staff on carbon sequestration and how it can enhance Earth's environment, on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 10...