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Science communicators rise to climate challenge
Science communicators from across the globe have put together a series of recommendations for better communicating climate change.
Loggerhead sea turtles returned to sea
SEBASTIAN INLET, Fla., July 1 (UPI) -- Scientists in Florida returned 142 loggerhead sea turtles to the Atlantic Ocean Monday after two years in captivity.
Air monitoring helps in ecosystem research
AMARILLO, Texas, June 30 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have determined air monitoring can be used to help anticipate possible ecosystem changes.
Vets OK sea turtle Dylan for release into wild
(AP) -- Weighing 150 pounds and strong enough to require five men to wrestle her out of her saltwater tank, Dylan the sea turtle is ready to be set...
Opinion: Cows and coal
William York points out that a dietary contribution can be made to limit climate change.
Constructing Cyanthiwigin F
Enantioselective double alkylation is key to engineering marine natural product's chiral core
Landslide crushes climate theory
Discovery of an ancient landslide could potentially destroy key evidence that climate change is happening simultaneously around the world.
The Tunguska event
On June 30, 1908, an enormous detonation left an indelible mark near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in the Siberian region of Russia.
Eco-town campaigners to hold demo
Campaigners from many of the 15 sites in England earmarked for "eco-towns" are to protest against the plans outside Parliament.
Great Lakes compact focus shifting to Congress
(AP) -- A year ago, it seemed a proposed interstate compact designed to prevent thirstier regions from raiding the Great Lakes might be sunk by squabbles among the eight...
Two Biopharma Firms Cut Back On Staff
Pharmacopeia to focus on late-stage discovery; Favrille collapses on Phase III failure
China assesses Sichuan earthquake’s environmental costs
Chemical industry reconstruction and new nuclear build could be put on hold
Pfizer Pays Fine For Air Pollution
Drugmaker resolves charges that it violated federal Clean Air Act
Europe Continues Anticartel Action
European Commission comes down on detergents, aluminum fluoride
Hansen Renews Plea For Action
NASA climatologist urges curbs on growth of CO2 emissions
UK’s chem-bio interface gets mixed report
Research councils don't adequately support interdisciplinary research, scientists say
Fast food chains ditch trans fats to meet NYC ban
Fast food restaurants have been changing their recipes to adapt to New York City's trans fat ban. Here are some of the menu overhauls at major chains:...
Michio Kaku: The end of the world as we know it?
Scaremongers have warned that the collisions at Cern could unleash incalculable danger and perhaps even destroy the Earth. Michio Kaku puts some fears to rest
Volcano ‘pollution’ Solves Mercury Mystery
Scientists have discovered how volatile metals from volcanoes end up in polar ice cores. Researchers had suspected that mercury boils out of hot magma, the big surprise was just how...
Elevated Carbon Dioxide Boosts Invasive Nutsedge Plants
Elevated levels of carbon dioxide could promote the growth of purple and yellow nutsedge--quick-growing invasive weeds that plague farmers and gardeners in many states.
Glomalin Is Key To Locking Up Soil Carbon
Glomalin, the substance coating this microscopic fungus growing on a corn root, can keep carbon in the soil from decomposing for up to 100 years.
Feature: Importance of ecosystem services for sustainable development
Ecosystem services are the foundation of sustainable development; without them we’d have no food, shelter or wilderness ‘escapes’. As Drs Anna Straton and Leonie Pearson explain, we need to better...
China's Hu says 'time is limited' in curbing climate change
Chinese President Hu Jintao urged renewed efforts to curb global warming on Saturday, stressing "time is limited" in finding efficient solutions to the problem, state media reported.
Home-grown veg ruined by toxic fertiliser
Caroline Davies reports on how the food chain became contaminated and talks to the angry allotment owners whose plots have been destroyed
Sea lions ate fewe Oregon salmon this year
PORTLAND, Ore., June 28 (UPI) -- Sea lions in Oregon ate their share, but a smaller percentage, of the spring salmon run at Bonneville Dam this year, federal...
Hu calls on party to fight climate change
BEIJING, June 28 (UPI) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao is urging Communist Party officials to work to reduce carbon emissions in the face of increasingly harsh weather.
Global waste meeting fails to break impasse
A conference in Indonesia on the international waste trade ended without breaking a 14-year impasse over the sale of hazardous waste across borders, the host's delegate said on Saturday.
No move on climate expected at G8 summit: US experts
US environmentalists said Friday they expect no breakthroughs in climate change talks from international players attending the Group of Eight (G8) July 7-9 summit in Hokkaido, Japan.