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Cargo Ship Successfully Docks With Space Station
Unmanned Russian Supply Vessel Had Aborted Previous Attempt Due to Electrical Problem
Revisit the Living Planet Symposium
More than 1400 scientists and users from around the world gathered this past week in Bergen, Norway, for ESA’s Living Planet Symposium to present their latest findings on Earth's environment...
Scientists to heat terrain in climate test
WASHINGTON, June 28 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they are planning a large-scale ecosystem experiment in Alaska to test the effect of global warming on arctic terrain. ...
Prepare for hotter and drier Southwestern US, climate experts urge
Prominent climate experts are calling for a "no-regrets" strategy for planning for a hotter and drier western North America. Their advice: use water conservatively and continue developing ways to harness...
Video: Giant Oil Plume Lingers Below Surface
A new report by the government's Joint Analysis Group confirms that an enormous cloud of sub-sea oil is traveling unseen below the surface of the Gulf. Sharyl Attkisson reports.
Answer to what ended the last ice age may be blowing in the winds, paper says
Scientists still puzzle over how Earth emerged from its last ice age, an event that ushered in a warmer climate and the birth of human civilisation. In the geological blink...
Industry fishing for profits, not predators
People who fish for a living pursue top profits, not necessarily top predators, according to the first-ever analysis of worldwide catch and economic data for the past 55 years...
Aggressive action to reduce soot emissions needed to meet climate change goals
Without aggressive action to reduce soot emissions, the time table for carbon dioxide emission reductions may need to be significantly accelerated in order to achieve international climate policy goals such...
Turtle Deaths Called Result of Shrimping, Not Oil Spill
More than half the turtles dissected so far had sediment in their lungs or airways, which indicated they might have been caught in nets and drowned, a government scientist said.
Limited G20 sound cannon use approved
A judge has dismissed a motion that sought to ban police use of so-called sound cannons to control crowds during the G20 summit in Toronto.
Probing Pavilion Lake
A team of scientists and astronauts return this week to Pavilion Lake in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The scientists will be continuing their effort to understand what role...
Utah zoo hopes new gorilla is happy to hang out
Utah's Hogle Zoo has a new big man on campus. Utah - Hogle Zoo - United States - Gorilla - Salt Lake City
For Global Warming, Tundra Fires' Effects May Be Skin-Deep
Dramatic Alaskan fire did not release as much carbon as feared into the atmosphere
Lake Michigan shipwreck found after 112 years
A great wooden steamship that sank more than a century ago in a violent Lake Michigan storm has been found off the Milwaukee-area shoreline, and divers say the intact vessel...
Row erupts over whale film 'scam'
Norwegian officials accuse campaigners of misleading the public over the "cruelty" of whaling.
Stony Brook University To Offer New Master Of Arts Program In Marine Conservation And Policy Beginning In Fall 2010
Interdisciplinary program will prepare students for careers protecting the ocean and its inhabitants.
Albania makes significant gas find
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 25 (UPI) -- Emerging oil and gas explorer Sky Petroleum said it uncovered significant amounts of recoverable hydrocarbons at its leases in Albania. ...
Reason Antarctic Glacier Is Melting Faster Is Found
Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier melting from flood of warm water.
Sofia views Nabucco as a 'priority'
SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 25 (UPI) -- Though Bulgaria still backs the South Stream natural gas pipeline, the rival Nabucco option is a priority, the Bulgarian foreign minister said Friday. ...
Tropical biodiversity is about the neighbors
Home to jaguars, harpy eagles and red-eyed tree frogs, tropical forests support some of the rarest species on the planet and are the most biodiverse ecosystems on land. Understanding why...
Dana makes new oil finds in Egypt
CAIRO, June 25 (UPI) -- A new oil discovery onshore near the Gulf of Suez in Egypt is an "extremely attractive" development, Middle East explorer Dana Petroleum announced. ...
Scientists become celebrities in oil spill story
Louisiana State University's Edward Overton once published a research article with the tongue-tangling title, "Effectiveness of Phytoremediation and Bioremediation of n-Alknaes as a Function of the length of the Carbon...
Earth from Space: Fjords and islands of western Norway
This ALOS satellite image over the county of Hordaland in western Norway illustrates the region’s diverse landscape of fjords, mountain plateaus and fertile valleys.
Nematodes vanquish billion dollar pest
The larvae of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera beetles wreak havoc on maize. Feasting on the plants' roots, they are estimated to cause $1 billion of damage every year in the US....
Suicide is called another casualty of BP oil spill
An Alabama charter boat captain kills himself after he was forced to do something he hated: working for BP on the cleanup. Now, a close-knit community worries there may be others suffering silently....
Submerging Supreme: ROV Competition Preps Students for Future Deepwater Engineering [Slide Show]
From the beginning of the Deepwater Horizon crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) have been responsible for carrying out every attempt to stop the flow of...
IBM project addresses drought problems
SANTA ROSA, Calif., June 24 (UPI) -- IBM and Northern California officials say they're joining forces to address the increasingly serious problem of water management in the state's wine...
Arctic Freshwater Cycle Intensifies, Marks Warming
The amount of fresh water flowing through the Arctic as snow or rainfall, in rivers and by evapotranspiration is rising in agreement with models of a warming climate, according to...