Latest science news in Earth & Climate
Antarctic Climate: Short-term Spikes, Long-term Warming Linked To Tropical Pacific
Dramatic year-to-year temperature swings and a century-long warming trend across West Antarctica are linked to conditions in the tropical Pacific, according to an analysis of ice cores. The findings show...
Burmese Pythons Will Find Little Suitable Habitat Outside South Florida, Study Suggests
Burmese Pythons may have chosen Florida as a vacation destination, but are unlikely to expand further, according to a new study. Although the United States Geological Survey earlier this year...
Anthrax scientist Bruce Ivins slipped under the radar because of FBI obsession
Records show that agents overlooked a series of early clues pointing to Ivins as the source of the 2001 deadly anthrax mailings and that the investigation remained locked on an...
Oil And Gas Projects In Western Amazon Threaten Biodiversity And Indigenous Peoples
According to a new study, over 180 oil and gas "blocks" -- areas zoned for exploration and development -- now cover the megadiverse western Amazon, which includes Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,...
Climate change may alter plant ranges
LEIPZIG, Germany, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A new study suggests one in five of Germany's plant species could lose parts of its current range due to global warming.
Julian Little: GM crops can boost productivity. Prince Charles was wrong to dismiss them
Julian Little: GM crops can boost productivity in lean times. Prince Charles was wrong to dismiss them out of hand
Climate Change May Boost Middle East Rainfall
The prospect of climate change sparking food and water shortages in the Middle East is less likely than previously thought, with new research by an Australian climate scientist suggesting that...
Green Roofs Differ In Building Cooling, Water Handling Capabilities
The first study to compare the performance of different types of green roofs suggests that buyers shouldn't assume these roofs are created equal.
Recipes for Health: Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
An easy summer salad makes the most of seasonal chickpeas, another in a series of healthy dishes featuring beans.
Invasion Of Comb Jellyfish
In the waters surrounding Woods Hole, Massachusetts, the warty comb jelly, Mnemiopsis ledyi, lives out its days, bumping against eel grass and collecting small crustaceans with its sticky tentacles. The...
Robot Vehicle Surveys Deep Sea Off Pacific Northwest
The first scientific mission with Sentry, a newly developed robot capable of diving as deep as 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) into the ocean, has been successfully completed.
Global warming: Fewer but stronger storms
MIAMI, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists, using a new method to evaluate hurricane formation, say they've discovered global warming might produce fewer, but stronger, hurricanes.
Dangerous jellyfish on rise in UK
Record numbers of dangerous Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish are found on the South West coast for the second year in a row.
New York City Ponders Possibly Catastrophic Climate Changes
Panel examines risks to NYC subways, bridges from effects of climate change.
City of Ottawa monitoring effect of chemicals in sewage discharge
The City of Ottawa is monitoring how animals and plants in the Ottawa River are affected by chemicals that remain in sewage after it is treated and discharged into the...
Can NY infrastructure handle floods, intense heat?
(AP) -- Flooded subways. Bridges deteriorating in the hot sun. Rising seas nipping at the edges of Manhattan. Those scenarios are up for review by a panel of scientists,...
"Perfect Storm" Killing Earth's Frogs
Amphibians are some of the toughest survivors on Earth. But now scientists say numbers of some species are declining at a rate that sends a deafening warning about human impact...
It's The Water: Beijing Olympic Swimmer Provided State-of-Art ProMinent Ozone Technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- As Olympic records are being broken left and right by Michael Phelps and others questions have been raised do we have a performance enhancing water issue. Some...
GREENSPACE: Olympic Games offer air pollution experiment
By Geoffrey Mohan A brief pollution hiatus in Beijing has opened a window of opportunity to study the effects of curtailing emissions on global warming.
X-rays use diamonds as a window to the center of the Earth
Diamonds from Brazil have provided the answers to a question that Earth scientists have been trying to understand for many years: how is oceanic crust that has been subducted deep...
NASA awards aviation challenge prizes
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it has awarded $97,000 in prizes in the 2008 U.S. General Aviation Technology Challenge.
Camera captures at record rate
Researchers unveil system with “unprecedented” image quality, frame rate and frame count
ENVIRONMENT PHOTOS WEEKLY: Flood, Fires, More
A tropical storm floods a Vietnamese village; a blaze scorches a Spanish forest, and more in our new weekly roundup of nature news photos.
Feature: Jump-starting environmental monitoring
There has been a critical decline in Australia's capability to monitor environmental changes. Experts say there is now a need for a new, national approach to form the basis of...
Aphids Are Sentinels Of Climate Change
Aphids are sentinels of climate change, researchers have shown. One of the UK's most damaging aphids -- the peach-potato aphid (Myzus persicae) -- has been found to be flying two...
Keeping The Crunch In The Crust
Scientists in the Netherlands report an advance toward unraveling one of the culinary world's long-standing puzzles: How to maintain the crispy quality of bread crust. The findings could help prolong...
New research hopes to bolster Canada's Arctic claim
New data could help Canada stake claim to a highly disputed area of the Arctic seabed, according to scientists.
Alaska Airlines cancels 44 flights over volcanic ash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Ash from a remote volcano that started erupting last week has scrambled flight schedules for Alaska and may do so for at least a few more...