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Cape tulips - pretty but pests in pastures
CSIRO and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) are collaborating to try to outwit one of southern Australia's worst agricultural weeds...
350 new species found in Himalayas in decade
More than 350 other species have been discovered over the past decade in the Himalayas, making it one of the world's most biologically rich regions, an environmental group said Monday.
SLAC to receive additional $21.8M in recovery act funding for new research instruments
Menlo Park, Calif. -- The Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will receive $21.8 million in new funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Obama's EPA Plans Fewer Toxic Cleanups
Environmentalists Uneasy Over Administration's Actions on Superfund Program
Backing up the Earth's biodiversity
Cary Fowler from the Global Crop Diversity Trust discusses his plans to develop a global system for conserving the biodiversity of all agricultural crops, which would include installing giant freezers inside a...
Greater Yellowstone Elk Suffer Worse Nutrition And Lower Birth Rates Due To Wolves
Wolves have caused elk in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem to change their behavior and foraging habits so much so that herds are having fewer calves, mainly due to changes in...
Flooding And Damage From 2008 Myanmar Cyclone Assessed
Tropical cyclone Nargis made landfall in the Asian nation of Myanmar on May 2, 2008, causing the worst natural disaster in the country's recorded history. Researchers now report on a...
New Research Provides Insight Into Ice Sheet Behavior
A new study takes scientists a step further in their quest to understand how Antarctica's vast glaciers will contribute to future sea-level rise. They describe how a new 3-D map...
Freak wave 'hot spots' identified
Variations in ocean depth and strong currents increase the chances of freak waves occurring, a study shows.
Vast Expanses of Arctic Ice Melt in Summer
Scientists Watch for Possible Record Low of Polar Ice Cap
U.S. military planners eye climate crises
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The United States may have to resort to military interventions to deal with the future effects of climate change, military and intelligence analysts say.
China lifts blockade around plague-stricken town
(AP) -- A blockade around a remote northwest Chinese town where deadly pneumonic plague killed three people and sickened nine was lifted after no new infections were reported, an...
China searches for high-tech leap forward
The manicured lawns and carefully sculpted buildings of Huawei's headquarters are a far cry from the sweatshop image of southern China's factory belt.
No Daily Or Weekly Pattern To Earthquakes In Western U.S.
Daily traffic and noisy machines mask the vibrations caused by earthquakes, making seismic stations unable to detect many M >1 earthquakes. As a result, more earthquakes appear to happen on...
Earth's Most Prominent Rainfall Feature Creeping Northward
The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of freshwater to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300...
Ozone Depletion Reduces Ocean Carbon Uptake
The Southern Ocean plays an important role in mitigating climate change because it acts as a sink of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Most current models predict that the strength of the...
'Motion Picture' Of Past Warming Paves Way For Snapshots Of Future Climate Change
By accurately modeling Earth's last major global warming -- and answering pressing questions about its causes -- climatologist are unraveling the intricacies of the kind of abrupt climate shifts that...
Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security
A growing number of policy makers say that the world’s rising temperatures, surging seas and melting glaciers are a direct threat to the national interest.
Florida researchers chase hurricanes in the lab
Studies on wind damage and hurricane prediction could help efforts to protect coastal residents. ...
Expedition to explore war-time ship wrecks
CAPE HATTERAS, N.C., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A three-week expedition off North Carolina will assess the condition of shipwrecks from World War II, a marine preservationist said.
Bronx River Journal: Herring Return to the City, With Sex in Mind
An experiment to see if the fish would spawn in the Bronx River, go to sea and return to spawn again has succeeded.
Douglas-fir, Geoducks Make Strange Bedfellows In Studying Climate Change
Scientists are comparing annual growth rings of the Pacific Northwest's largest bivalve and its most iconic tree for clues to how living organisms may have responded to changes in climate.
NASA Goes Inside a Volcano, Monitors Activity
Scientists have placed high-tech "spiders" inside and around the mouth of Mount St. Helens, the site of the most active volcano in the United States.
Motorola Now Shipping APX Multi-band Two-Way Radios
Motorola is now shipping APX 7000 two-way radios, enabling instant multi-agency interoperability for mission critical first responders. The industry`s first Project 25 (P25) multi-band (700/800 MHz and VHF) subscriber family,...
Climate fixes 'pose drought risk'
The use of geo-engineering to slow global warming may increase the risk of drought, according to a paper in Science journal.
Spotting danger from on high
Airborne sensors can identify mineral outcrops and soil that may contain natural asbestos
Ganges Delta: Gorgeous, Wild and Deadly
Satellite images capture the beauty of a natural disaster hot spot.
Spectacular Melting Of The Largest French Glacier
Located over 12 000 kilometers from the Alps, the Kerguelen Islands are home to the largest French glacier, the Cook ice cap (which had an area of around 500 km2...