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Geologists study China earthquake
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., July 7 (UPI) -- The May 12 earthquake in China's Sichuan province, the region's first in recorded history, has U.S. geologists studying it with an...
Climate change changing fish communities
KINGSTON, R.I., July 1 (UPI) -- An analysis of 50 years of data from weekly U.S. fish trawling surveys in and near Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay show climate...
Submerged trees reduce global warming
COLUMBIA, Mo., July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered submerged trees have the potential to be used as carbon credits since they can store carbon for...
ESA Satellite Assesses Damage Of Norway's Largest Fire
Following the extremely hot weather conditions hitting Europe, Norway experienced its biggest forest fire in the last half century earlier this month. Envisat satellite images were used in the fire's...
Unravelling The 'Inconvenient Truth' Of Glacier Movement
Predicting climate change depends on many factors not properly included in current forecasting models, such as how the major polar ice caps will move in the event of melting around...
Preparation Of Potatoes Can Have Big Impact On Mineral Content
The preparation of a potato can have a big impact on its mineral content, Agricultural Research Service scientists report in a new study of this popular vegetable. Baked, roasted, boiled...
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.
Tony Blair Urges Action on Climate Change
Blair calls on politicians to take action on climate change.
EU agrees to cap aircraft emissions
BRUSSELS, June 28 (UPI) -- The European Union said it has reached an agreement requiring airlines arriving or leaving EU airports to buy pollution credits to offset aircraft...
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California Will Offer Plan to Cut Harmful Emissions
California will introduce a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels in 12 years, mostly by capping emissions from utilities and other businesses.
North Korea blows its stack
What does cooling tower's destruction mean for nuclear disarmament?
Scientists appeal for 'urgency and determination' on climate issues
Gordon McBean of the Institute for Catastrophic Risk Reduction says scientists are once again moving into the political arena on the issue of climate change.
South China may get first panda breeding centre: report
South China may get its first panda breeding centre, taking over some of the animals driven from their home by last month's powerful earthquake in the country's far southwest, state...
Thirty false killer whales beached in Thailand; most saved
Thirty false killer whales swam ashore on a beach near the Thai resort isle of Phuket, but local residents and hotel staff saved all but one of them, a marine...
European airlines angered by EU 'CO2 tax'
European airlines complained Friday that new EU rules on carbon dioxide emissions will cost them 4.8 billion euros (7.6 billion dollars) a year and threaten their future.
Start Packing for Great American Backyard Campout
National Wildlife Federation says turn off TVs, computers, venture into nature
Fish Fade Away, Crabs Take Over
Trawling shows changes in make-up of fish community with rising water temperatures.
EuroNews - Jason 2 to monitor global climate changes
Sea levels are rising everywhere, but in some areas they are rising quicker than others, bringing increased dangers of flooding. A new satellite - Jason 2 - has been launched...
Toxic find halts Philippine dive
The discovery of a toxic cargo on board a sunken Philippine ferry halts an operation to recover hundreds of bodies inside.
Earth from Space: Brazil’s Amazon Basin
The eastern part of Brazil's Amazon Basin and rainforests, located in the state of Pará, is highlighted in this Envisat image.
Court says no deadline for EPA on global warming
(AP) -- A federal appeals court refused Thursday to make a resistant Bush administration speed up a decision on whether greenhouse gases and global warming threaten public health and...
California air regulators tackling climate law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California air regulators on Thursday released the country's most sweeping global warming plan, outlining ambitious measures for cleaner cars, renewable energy and a cap on major...
Foreigners threaten endangered Afghan snow leopards
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's snow leopards have barely survived three decades of war. But now the few remaining mountain leopards left in Afghanistan face another threat -- foreigners involved in...
Greenland denied on whale catch
The first vote at this year's International Whaling Commission meeting denies Greenland's request to hunt humpbacks.
Technoparc leaches toxins into St. Lawrence while city waits for funding
Montreal's Technoparc is contaminated with toxic levels of diesel and PCBs that are leaching into the Saint-Lawrence river, according to a North American environment group.
Developing nations hardest hit by natural disasters: Red Cross
Although 2007 was a year with fewer fatalities from natural disasters than average, developing nations were hard hit and need better relief efforts, says the International Federation of Red Cross...