Georgia Judge Cites Carbon Dioxide in Denying Coal Plant Permit

Both opponents of coal use and the company that wants to build the plant said it was the first time a court decision had linked carbon dioxide to an air...

Washington’s Boyhood Home Is Found

Researchers say the remains of the farm in Virginia may yield insights into George Washington’s formative years.

Workers scramble to clear embarrassing algae sludge

China scrambled Thursday to clear tonnes of algae that is covering a third of the Olympic sailing course and causing huge embarrassment for authorities trying to promote a "Green Games."

Mercury's Surface Dominated By Volcanism And Iron-deficiency

Multispectral data on the composition of rock untis of the surface of Mercury show a widespread role for volcanism and an apparent deficiency in iron in the rocks' minerals.

Acidifying Oceans Add Urgency To Carbon Dioxide Cuts

It's not just about climate change anymore. Besides loading the atmosphere with heat-trapping greenhouse gases, human emissions of carbon dioxide have also begun to alter the chemistry of the ocean....

Ontario woman gains East Coast accent following stroke

A case of foreign accent syndrome recently cropped up in southwestern Ontario, says a new report published by researchers at McMaster University.

Scientists Set Out To Measure How We Perceive Naturalness

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory are working towards producing the world's first model that will predict how we perceive naturalness. The results could help make synthetic products so good...

Oil drilling may help biomedical research

WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service says it has identified three marine organisms that may be useful in biomedical research.

New Pathway For Methane Production In The Oceans Discovered

A new pathway for methane production has been uncovered in the oceans, and this has a significant potential impact for the study of greenhouse gas production on our planet. The...

Extended cyclone relief efforts aided from space

Earth observation satellites have provided vital information to relief workers in Myanmar throughout a particularly long crisis response window following the devastating Cyclone Nargis that hit the country on 2...

Japan beefs up undersea quake monitoring system

Japan, one of the most tremor-prone countries in the world, started work Thursday to beef up its undersea earthquake monitoring system.

UN's climate change guru sees record oil price as a positive

The UN's top climate change official said Thursday that record oil prices, which have surged to 146 dollars a barrel, were positive for the environment.

New software helps tunnel excavators

BLACKSBURG, Va., July 3 (UPI) -- New U.S. technology is helping engineers safely excavate a roadway tunnel beneath a landslide-prone stretch of California's Highway 1.

8 dangerous volcanoes around the world

The eruption of the Chaiten volcano in southern Chile in May claimed at least one life and serves as a stark reminder that slumbering volcanoes pose grave dangers.

Health-care rally in Grand Falls-Windsor expected to draw thousands

A rally in Grand Falls-Windsor in central Newfoundland on Thursday afternoon in support of overworked doctors is expected to be attended by thousands protesting cutbacks in health-care services in that...

G-8 climate scorecard shows US in last

BERLIN (AP) -- The U.S. has done the least among the world's eight largest economies to address global warming, a study released Thursday found....

Africa moves to stop fish theft

African governments meet to stop illegal and unregulated fishing that costs the continent $1bn a year.

FutureGen re-launched amidst Congressional enquiry

US lawmakers probe DOE decisions on flagship clean coal programme

Stampede turns off lights to go green

The Calgary Stampede is introducing utensils and plates made from corn starch and turning off the midway lights during the day in an effort to reduce the environmental impact of...

Environment: Climate risk from flat-screen TVs

Nitrogen trifluoride in televisions could have more impact on global warming than coal-fired power stations

Tahmima Anam on climate change and 'perineal re-education'

Tahmima Anam: Climate change is happening. We, and the generations before us, have caused it. It should not matter whether we believe it or not

117 in L.A.? Experts see hot future

VIDEO: Lebanon Caves a New Wonder?

Lebanon has launched a campaign to get its renowned Jeita Grotto caves named as one of the world's "New Seven Wonders of Nature".

VIDEO: Shoe Chain Sets Record

After being used to create the world's longest shoe chain, more than 10,000 donated sneakers will be recycled into athletic surfaces for playgrounds.

New Mission Helps Offshore Industries Dodge Swirling Waters

Hurricanes aren't the only hazards spinning up in the Gulf of Mexico -- they have a liquid counterpart in the waters below called ocean eddies.

Entomology: Battlefield insectica

Entomologists are briefing the military on how to protect troops from the scourge of the desert: sandflies. Rex Dalton reports.

FSIS scientist will head U.N. commission

WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service says one of its chief scientists, Karen Hulebak, has been named chairwoman of the Codex Alimentarius...

Egyptian centre to push Middle East renewables

Egypt has set up a regional centre of excellence for renewable energy for the Middle East and North Africa.