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Large-scale Experiments Needed To Predict Global Change
Ecosystems are constantly exchanging materials through the movement of air in the atmosphere and water in lakes and rivers. The effects of humans, however, are another major source of connections...
VIDEO: Galapagos Volcano Erupts
A volcano on a Galápagos island has erupted after ten years of relative silence.
Peru: 'More research needed to develop bioenergy'
The new Peruvian environment minister has established guidelines for the production of biofuels, pleading for more scientific research.
VIDEO: Quake Crack Spews Boiling Mud
An earthquake in Iceland caused damage on Thursday and opened up a new fissure that is spewing boiling mud and steam.
New towels could help battle oil spills
LONDON, May 31 (UPI) -- Catastrophic oil spills may soon be cleaned up using super-absorbent towels made from nanowires and impervious to water, U.S. and Japanese researchers say.
Giant trees 'to clear excess CO2'
The scientist who coined the term "global warming" calls for millions of artificial trees to pull CO2 from the air.
Hurricane season outlooks of little use
(AP) -- Each April, weather wizard William Gray emerges from his burrow near the Rocky Mountains to offer his forecast for the six-month hurricane season that starts June 1....
Rare black-winged stilts seen in Britain
CHESTER, England, May 31 (UPI) -- The first new family of black-winged stilts seen in Britain for 20 years was making a home for itself Saturday near a...
Images of remote Amazon tribe released
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 31 (UPI) -- Brazil's National Indian Foundation released photos Friday of an indigenous tribe that is believed to have had almost no contact with...
Progress at UN biodiversity forum
Nearly 200 countries agree on measures to protect the world's most threatened wildlife at a UN conference.
Hurricane trackers eye earlier warnings
This season, hurricane forecasters are implementing a plan to continually monitor a storm's strength in the hours before it makes landfall with the hopes of giving better warnings.
Top U.S. Scientists, Economists Urge Carbon Cuts
1700 experts call for tougher climate legislation
Students Design 'Disaster' for Wisconsin Rescue Training Facility
When University of Wisconsin-Madison civil and environmental engineering students Dan Zignego, Jake Varnes, Bill Schmitz and Nick Bobinski began a design project meant to be the crowning glory of their...
Montreal carbon gases exchange up and running
Montreal's stock exchange on Friday officially launched the Montreal Climate Exchange, the country's first carbon trading forum aimed at helping to cut greenhouse gases.
Apparent Problem With Global Warming Climate Models Resolved
Yale University scientists may have resolved a controversial glitch in models of global warming: A key part of the atmosphere didn't seem to be warming as expected. Computer models and...
Stormy Weather: Weather Service Predicts Active Hurricane Season [News]
The U.S. National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center forecasts six to nine hurricanes--including as many as five major hurricanes with wind speeds above 111 miles (179 kilometers) per hour--this six-month...
Largest Ever Acoustics Meeting is Next Month
There is only one place this summer where the tiger's roar will meet birdsongs; where the voice of the banjo and clarinet will be heard next door to advanced sonar...
Sophisticated Soil Analysis for Improved Land Use
Researchers investigated different components of variation in soil at diverse scales ranging from the nanoscale to entire biomes in order to improve predictions of soil processes. Scientists used a variety...
Quotas Allow More Caviar Export, Further Jeopardize Endangered Sturgeon, Group Says
In a decision that could jeopardize already imperiled sturgeons, more caviar will be exported from Caspian Sea and Amur River states this year as a result of unacceptably permissive new...
Which U.S. Cities Contribute Most to Global Warming? [News]
If you care about reducing your emissions of greenhouse gases, then you might want to move to Honolulu, Los Angeles or Portland, Ore., according to a new study from The...
Australia's Long Drought Withering Wheat, Rice Supplies
Forced to reduce exports as harvests fail, Australia's farmers—and their buyers around the world—suffer. Part of Global Food Crisis: A Special News Series.
Time to abandon ratings for South African researchers
South Africa's rating system for researchers belongs to the past, but its administrators are reluctant to change, says Michael Cherry.
New Climate Report Foresees Big Changes
A new federal report says the rise in levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide is influencing climate patterns and will produce an uneven national map of harms and benefits.
5 Countries Agree to Talk Over the Arctic
The United States, Canada, Russia, Norway and Denmark aimed to defuse tensions over the likelihood that global warming will open northern waters to shipping, energy extraction and other activities.
Killer Algae's 'Fingerprints' Wrap Up The Case
Phytoplankton are microscopic plants that are the base of the food chain in oceans and lakes. Some phytoplankton can produce toxins that are harmful to other marine organisms, including fish....
Strong earthquake rocks Iceland
A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 hits southern Iceland, 50km (30 miles) from the capital, Reykjavik.
Climate change might affect British wine
LONDON, May 29 (UPI) -- A British scientist says his research suggests parts of the United Kingdom might become too hot to grow vines for making certain wines...
Scientists issue politicians with 'false optimism' climate warning
Scientists urge politicians to deliver 'stringent emissions cuts and major adaptation efforts' to minimise damage