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Lawsuit: End Killing of Yellowstone Bison
Environmental and Native American Groups Ask Judge to End Slaughter of Bison that Wander beyond Park Boundaries
Australian scientists call for urgent 'global cooling' to save coral reefs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian marine scientists have issued an urgent call for massive and rapid worldwide cuts in carbon emissions, deep enough to prevent atmospheric CO2 levels rising to 450 parts...
Contracts Awarded for Production of NSLS-II Storage Ring Magnets
(PhysOrg.com) -- All seven contracts for the production of the NSLS-II storage ring magnets have now been awarded -- a significant milestone for the project. The magnets -- 750 in...
Ice cream researchers making sweet strides with 'functional foods'
A comfort food, a tasty treat, an indulgence – ice cream conjures feelings of happiness and satisfaction for millions. Ice cream researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered ways...
Natural Gas Drilling Produces Radioactive Wastewater
As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially troubling discovery about the wastewater created...
Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash
The detritus of human life is collecting in a Pacific Ocean garbage patch that is believed to be twice the size of Texas.
Making Climate Forecasts More Useful to Farmers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate forecasts are becoming more useful to farmers and ranchers, thanks to research by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their cooperators.
Sesame Street Goes Green at 40--But Warming "Too Scary"
With help from Michelle Obama, Sesame Street kicks off it's Google-hyped 40th-anniversary season tomorrow—the first in new a two-year environmental-education effort. "Scary" issues like global warming, though, are off-limits.
Researchers Identify What Makes Deadly Algae More Toxic
Baylor University researchers have identified a key component that increases the toxicity of golden algae (Prymnesium parvum), which kills millions of fish in the southern U.S. every year.
In the same leaky boat on climate change | Douglas Alexander and Mohamed Nasheed
The Maldives and Britain are united in the face of environment crisis – and we take inspiration from underwater politicsBe in no doubt. Climate change is not tomorrow's future menace. It is today's...
U.S. Corn Belt pesticide densities studied
RESTON, Va., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A report shows concentrations of several major pesticides mostly declined or remained the same in the U.S. "Corn Belt" rivers and streams from...
NASA's GOES Project offers real-time hurricane alley movies
People love to get the big picture of hurricane alleys, and thanks to the GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., they can now get real-time...
Will Drilling Into a Volcano Trigger an Eruption That Destroys Naples?
Scientific research has helped humankind avoid or mitigate many of nature’s best attempts to send us to a violent end, but what do researchers do when the pursuit of research could trigger...
NASA's TRMM Satellite sees most of Ida's heaviest rain stayed off coasts
NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over Ida and captured her rainfall when she passed by Nicaragua, Honduras and Belize this weekend. TRMM...
The GOES-12 satellite sees Large Hurricane Ida nearing landfall
Residents of the U.S. Gulf coast thought they were getting a break this hurricane season until Ida showed up. Today, November 9, Ida is a hurricane and is headed for...
Path to good health, less pollution is the sidewalk: report
US pressure groups joined forces Monday to urge authorities to spend more to improve Americans' health and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Bangladesh cholera linked to rivers
BOSTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered why cholera outbreaks that occur once a year in Africa and Latin America occur twice a year in Bangladesh.
Megacities must tie clean air goals to carbon cuts, say experts
Densely populated cities must use their financial clout to combine the fight for clean air with reducing carbon emissions, scientists say.
H1N1 Virus Can Be Killed by Acidic Ozone Water
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found that acidic ozone water can deactivate H1N1 viruses very effectively, offering a promising disinfectant for the millions of people trying to avoid the disease. Acidic...
India 'arrogant' to deny global warming link to melting glaciers
IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri accuses Indian environment ministry of 'arrogance' for its report claiming there is no evidence that climate change has shrunk Himalayan glaciersA leading climate scientist today accused the Indian environment...
Antarctica glacier retreat creates new carbon dioxide store
Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the...
Maple Leaf plant's problems persisted after listeria find
A Maple Leaf Foods plant that was scrubbed from top to bottom after a deadly listeriosis outbreak continued to have problems in the months that followed, newly released documents show.
Newly discovered fat molecule: An undersea killer with an upside
A chemical culprit responsible for the rapid, mysterious death of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean has been found by collaborating scientists at Rutgers University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic...
Opinion: No simple solution to livestock and climate change
Simply reducing livestock farming in developing countries will neither cut emissions nor benefit the poor, says livestock expert Carlos Seré.
Feature: Linking Sri Lanka's biodiversity
The tenacious efforts of a small conservation organisation are helping restore indigenous flora and fauna in Sri Lanka’s southern communities through a technique known as Analog Forestry. It may yet...
15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species
A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore...
W Australia sea level rising fast
Rising sea levels in Australia are worst in the west, where they are double the world average, new figures reveal.
Maldives anger at climate inertia
The president of the Maldives strongly criticises the world's rich countries for doing too little to stem climate change.