RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Oil exploration in the Amazon rain forest represents the latest, perhaps greatest, threat to preserving what remains of the world's largest ...
The decision will open up for drilling much of the northeast section of the Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, holding an estimated 3.7 billion barrels of oil.
HOUSTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a $9 million, five-year study shows endangered Gulf of Mexico sperm whales are minimally affected by oil and gas exploration.
As petrol prices rise in the US, pressure is growing to open up new areas of Alaska for oil exploration.
... underwater vehicle that can hover in place like a helicopter — an invaluable tool for deepwater oil explorers, marine archaeologists, oceanographers and others.
The new craft, called Odyssey IV, is ...
Caribou, aka reindeer, could soon become endangered by threats such as oil exploration and climate change.
The action will protect vast tracts of American-controlled islands, reefs, surface waters and sea floor from fishing, mining, oil exploration and other commercial activity.
... ongoing census, which began in 2007, is working to establish baseline population numbers as oil exploration and subsequent development puts growing pressure on wildlife in Ecuador's Yasuni National ...
... process continued and ca 55 million years ago a new ocean arose.
Rift zones are also important for oil exploration as many oil rich areas have arisen as a result of rift processes. ...
... nearest base station.
A Method Born from Oil Exploration and the Crandall Canyon Mine Disaster ... signals to locate the "fluid front" of underground oil being pushed toward a well by injected steam ...
... cyclones intensify currents near the surface and along the bottom of the ocean in areas of gas and oil exploration.
"Now," Walker added, "our research has shown that ocean cyclones also provide ...
... . According to the study, imminent threats to the swamp include new logging operations, oil exploration, an influx of refugees from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, and, resulting from these ...
