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Green: On Our Radar: Rare Aerial Footage of Isolated Amazon Tribe
A look at items on the environment around the Web.
NASA measuring Tropical Storm Yasi's inland rainfall from space
Tropical Cyclone Yasi has continued moving through inland Queensland, Australia and has weakened to a tropical depression today. NASA and JAXA's TRMM satellite passed over Yasi as it continued to...
New national study finds mountain bike-related injuries down 56 percent
Mountain biking, also known as off-road biking, is a great way to stay physically active while enjoying nature and exploring the outdoors. The good news is that mountain biking-related injuries...
Water expert quits Alberta oilsands panel
A member of the recently appointed government panel that is supposed to design a credible way to monitor the environmental effects of Alberta's oilsands has quit.
Pakistan floods last summer could have been predicted
Five days before intense monsoonal deluges unleashed vast floods across Pakistan last July, computer models at a European weather-forecasting centre were giving clear indications that the downpours were imminent. Now,...
Scientists launch major ecological study on Borneo's deforested landscapes
A giant-scale experiment on deforestation, biodiversity and carbon cycling has got underway in the spectacular forests of Sabah, a Malaysian state on the tropical southeast Asian island of Borneo. Scientists...
EU advisers urge funding reform
The European Commission should free its Framework programme from political interference and red tape.
Climate change threatens Europe's living standards
Southern Europe could face tens of billions in losses, but northern Europe may benefit.
Nunavut dumps fail federal water inspections
Raw sewage and toxic waste have been found leaking from garbage dumps and sewage lagoons in many Nunavut communities, according to federal inspection reports obtained by CBC News.
Experts Debate Limits of Fish Farming
Although some areas of the world have room to further develop the practice, some warn of negative environmental effects.
Arctic mapping camp abandoned amid ice worry
The Canadian government is abandoning plans to set up a remote scientific camp on the Arctic Ocean ice this year, citing dangerously thin ice conditions.
EU climate change impact studied
BRUSSELS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Britain will face higher costs as a result of climate change than some other European Union countries, due mostly to rising sea levels, a...
Mining waste lessens algae
Applying mining by-products as filters can be a cost effective and environmental friendly way to stop algal bloom, research shows.
Better study of disaster causes urged
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A new approach is needed to prevent "systematic failures" in complex systems involved in disasters like power blackouts and oil spills, a...
EPA to look at carbon monoxide levels
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it proposes to keep the current national air quality standards for carbon monoxide as it gathers additional data.
Gabor Somorjai Lauded For Research Accomplishments
Awards: Lucrative prize from Spanish banking group recognizes chemist's contributions to surface science and catalysis.
Green: Wyoming Senator Seeks to Lasso E.P.A.
Senator John Barrasso introduces a bill that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from taking any action to regulate greenhouse gases to address climate change.
Recession did not cut back pollution: US agency
The worst global recession in 80 years did little to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and China made a major polluting leap, US figures showed on...
Meat tax? That alone will heat up environment
Many people think with either their wallets or their stomachs. Taking advantage of that can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A tax on meat and milk would likely...
Songbird’s strategy for changing its tune could inform rehab efforts
It takes songbirds and baseball pitchers thousands of repetitions -- a choreography of many muscle movements -- to develop an irresistible trill or a killer slider. Now, scientists have...
Brazil beats US in climate change awareness
A survey reveals that the majority of Brazilians are concerned about climate change but are optimistic about the future.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by use of game theory
Economist Scott Barrett is no fan of the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and get climate change under control. Barrett proposes a different approach: tackle...
Researchers demonstrating low-energy remediation with patented microbes
Using funding provided under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory has launched a demonstration project near one of the Savannah River...
Drilling for insights under the salty dead sea
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are drilling deep into the bed of the fast-shrinking Dead Sea, searching for clues to past climate changes and other events that may have affected human history...
Southwest headed for permanent drought
(PhysOrg.com) -- The American Southwest has seen naturally induced dry spells throughout the past, but now human-induced global warming could push the region into a permanent drought in the coming...
An Olympic gold medal costs a government $55 million
A government needs to invest an average of 40 million euros ($55 million) in order for the country to obtain the highest Olympic prize. That is how much said feat...
EU must work together on 2020 energy goals
BRUSSELS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The European community can meet its 2020 energy objectives with proper investments and sound cooperation, a commissioner said from Brussels.
Fish consumption at all time high, says UN agency
Fish consumption reached record levels in 2010 and world stocks need to be urgently rebuilt, experts at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a report Monday.