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Calit2's Reefbot Designed to Autonomously Monitor Ocean's Disappearing Coral Reefs
(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's coral reefs are vanishing at an alarming rate, but the oceanographers who study the underlying causes of reef destruction are often hindered by slow, tedious and...
Environmentalists blast EU plan
POZNAN, Poland, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Industrialized European nations haven't set carbon emission levels low enough to end global warming, say environmentalists at a U.N. conference.
Climate change effects on imperiled Sierra frog examined
Climate change can have significant impacts on high-elevation lakes and imperiled Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged frogs that depend upon them, according to U.S. Forest Service and University of California, Berkeley, scientists.
What Smell? Farmers Cozy Up To Manure
High fertilizer costs have left some Iowa farmers coddling up to a previously shunned byproduct of the business - manure.
Calif. Adopts Tough Greenhouse Gas Rules
California air regulators adopted a sweeping new climate plan that would require the state's utilities, refineries and large factories to transform their operations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Mystery Of Gravity Fingers Mathematically Explained
Researchers recently found an elegant solution to a sticky scientific problem in basic fluid mechanics: why water doesn't soak into soil at an even rate, but instead forms what look...
Pompeii family's finals hours reconstructed
Italian researchers have reconstructed the last hours in Pompeii of a dozen people who managed to survive Mount Vesuvius' devastating eruption for more than 19 hours.
South Africa declares disaster zone as cholera spreads from Zimbabwe
Parts of South Africa's border with Zimbabwe have been declared a disaster zone due to the influx of Zimbabwean refugees seeking treatment for cholera.
Boeing postpones Dreamliner again
Boeing delays again the launch of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft blaming a strike by machinists and persistent production problems.
Forecasting the future of hurricanes
A meteorologist's new model zooms in on how climate change affects Atlantic storms.
Earth Has Warmed 0.4 C in 30 Years
Half of the globe has warmed at least one half of one degree Fahrenheit (0.3 C) in the past 30 years, while half of that -- a full quarter of...
Nitrogen emissions in dairy pastures peak in the springtime
The nitrogen emissions from boreal dairy pastures vary depending on the time of year and ley rotation. The emissions peak in spring, when the nitrates accumulated in the soil over...
East African geothermal tests successful
Work to develop geothermal energy generation in Kenya's Rift Valley will be stepped up in 2009 following successful drilling tests.
Great Indian Ocean earthquake of 2004 set off tremors in San Andreas fault
In the last few years there has been a growing number of documented cases in which large earthquakes set off unfelt tremors in earthquake faults hundreds, sometimes even thousands, of...
New course to focus on green construction
Beginning in the spring, budding construction managers at UALR - the University of Arkansas at Little Rock - and around the world can learn building strategies and techniques to make...
Snowy owl -- a marine species?
Wildlife satellite studies could lead to a radical re-thinking about how the snowy owl fits into the Northern ecosystem.
Ice Beetles Impacted By Climate Change
California Academy of Sciences entomologist Dave Kavanaugh never intended to embark on a climate change study this past summer. But the beetles he's been observing and documenting for more than...
'The Day the Earth Stood Still' Remake Goes Green
In the remake, aliens reprimand humanity for treating the Earth poorly.
Exoplanet may harbour stormy skies
Signs of water and, perhaps, weather on a distant 'hot Jupiter'.
Digitization work is making it possible to read Charles Dickens as his earliest fans did
Charles Dickens is widely regarded as one of the greatest English novelists of all time, and his books continue to be enjoyed by millions of readers today, nearly 140 years...
EPA starts unique fugitive Web site
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it's started the first Web site devoted to apprehending environmental fugitives.
South Asia News in brief: 27 November–10 December
Pakistan gets in on tsunami warning, Bangladesh seeks to host a climate change centre, health services in Afghanistan extended, and more.
Sweden cleanest, S. Arabia dirtiest: climate index
Sweden does the most of any country for tackling emissions of greenhouse gases, while Saudi Arabia does the least, according to a barometer published on Wednesday by watchdogs at the...
Injunction issued against Wilderness firm
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it obtained a permanent injunction against Wilderness Family Naturals LLC of Silver Bay, Minn.
"My Neighbor Totoro" Ecosystem Declining in Japan
Satoyama, a centuries-old blending of nature and sustainable farms, is falling victim to modernized agriculture, cheaper imports, and Japan's aging population, experts warn.
Opinion: Only a whole system approach can save our rivers
We need to take a whole system approach to caring for our rivers if we want to avoid serious impacts on not just ecosystems, but industries and towns, believes Peter...
Quality mark provides better protection for fish stocks than does the WTO
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), a foundation dedicated to maintaining the health and viability of our oceans, has more of an impact in the area of overfishing than all the...