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Slowing Ships To Protect North Atlantic Right Whales

16 years ago from Science Daily

NOAA's Fisheries Service is seeking comment on the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Ship Strike Reduction Rule, which aims to reduce the number of endangered North Atlantic right...

Magmatically Triggered Slow Earthquake Discovered At Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

16 years ago from Science Daily

From June 17-19, 2007, Kilauea experienced a new dike intrusion, where magma rapidly moved from a storage reservoir beneath the summit into the east rift zone and extended the rift...

Lights out? Experts fear fireflies are dwindling

16 years ago from AP Science

BAN LOMTUAN, Thailand (AP) -- Preecha Jiabyu used to take tourists on a rowboat to see the banks of the Mae Klong River aglow with thousands...

Methane gas oozing up from Siberian seabed: Swedish researcher

16 years ago from Physorg

Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is leaking from the permafrost under the Siberian seabed, a researcher on an international expedition in the region told Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter on Saturday.

E.P.A. Sued by 12 States to Regulate Oil Refineries

16 years ago from NY Times Science

Twelve states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for violating the federal Clean Air Act by refusing to control greenhouse gas emissions at oil refineries.

U.S. Officials Will Review Pollution in Waterway

16 years ago from NY Times Science

The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to develop a plan that could lead to Newtown Creek’s being named a federal Superfund site.

Talking Directly, and Kindly, to Believers in the Eco Life

16 years ago from NY Times Science

A trailblazer in the field of eco-advice columnists, Umbra Fisk serves as a sensible big sister to the growing tribe of the environmentally aware.

California County’s Resolve Against Drilling Fades

16 years ago from NY Times Science

In Santa Barbara County, where an oil spill devastated the coastline in 1969, the opposition against offshore drilling may be softening.

Green Roofs Offer More Than Color for the Skyline

16 years ago from NY Times Science

The use of vegetation and rock to absorb rainwater on roofs is part of a growing effort to reduce greenhouse gases, rainwater runoff and electricity demand in New York.

Xcel to Disclose Global Warming Risks

16 years ago from NY Times Science

The New York attorney general announced an agreement that would require Xcel Energy, a builder of coal-fired plants, to disclose to investors the financial risks of global warming.

Truce Is Reached in Battle Over Idaho Forest Land

16 years ago from NY Times Science

Indiana and the Bush administration agreed to an unlikely truce allowing a mix of roads, logging and development as well as fully protected forest areas.

Chewing gum may reduce stress

16 years ago from UPI

CHICAGO, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- An Australian study suggests chewing gum can reduce stress and anxiety, the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company said Friday.

EPA completes river cleanup

16 years ago from UPI

CHICAGO, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- State, local and federal officials gathered in Ohio this week to celebrate the cleanup of PCBs, uranium, radium and thorium from the Ashtabula...

Opinion: Climate change, carbon sequestration and Tasmania

16 years ago from Science Alert

We need to establish the optimal use of Tasmania’s forest resources in an era of climate change and carbon sequestration, argues Fred Gale.

EPA disputes pesticide link to bee deaths

16 years ago from UPI

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it disputes allegations that the pesticide clothianidin is linked to bee colony collapse disorder.

Chemical Plant Blast Kills One

16 years ago from C&EN

Federal officials will investigate accident at Bayer pesticide facility

Heavy rains but little N.C. drought relief

16 years ago from UPI

RESTON, Va., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Fay delivered relief to North Carolina but not enough to end the state's drought, scientists said.

Could a Category 6 Hurricane Strike?

16 years ago from Live Science

The Saffir-Simpson hurricane only goes up to Category 5. But in theory, winds from a powerful hurricane could blow the scale out of the water, scientists say.

Chemist Discovers the Elusive Chemical Middleman That Removes Acid Rain

16 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered the middleman in the complex chemical reaction that is essential to the atmosphere's ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that cause acid rain....

Key Discovered To Cold Tolerance In Corn

16 years ago from Science Daily

Demand for corn -- the world's number one feed grain and a staple food for many -- is outstripping supply, resulting in large price increases that are forecast to continue...

Drinking water safe after China plant blast

16 years ago from Chemistry World

Local authorities say the pollution threat from the Vinylon chemical factory explosion has been contained

Accept GM, urges senior African Union official

16 years ago from SciDev

A senior African Union official has urged African leaders to allow commercial growing of GM crops.

Rose George on the problem with recycling sewage into fertiliser

16 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Rose George: How dangerous is it to use human waste to fertilise edible crops?

Ancient Amazon Actually Highly Urbanized

16 years ago from Scientific American

In 1925 British adventurer Colonel Percy Fawcett disappeared into the wilds of the Amazon, never to be heard from again after going there in search of a lost city he...

New underground CO2 monitoring begins

16 years ago from UPI

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Department of Energy scientists say they've started tracking carbon dioxide movement nearly 2 miles underground at the Cranfield, Miss., oilfield.

Small GPS devices help prosecutors win convictions

16 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a GPS unit in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably didn't expect that prosecutors would eventually use...

Study makes some explosives more stable

16 years ago from UPI

LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. government scientists say they've developed a "green" method that makes some explosives safer and more stable.

Concrete plan to clear the air

16 years ago from UPI

DUSSELDORF, Germany, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A California chemist is working on ways to use carbon dioxide emissions to create cement.