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Martha Stewart in Manitoba to spot polar bears
Style icon Martha Stewart is visiting Wapusk National Park near Churchill, Man., to learn about polar bears.
Pictures: Volcano's Biggest Blast Yet Scorches Villages
Warning: graphic images. Thursday night Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano saw its biggest eruption since the mountain's October reawakening.
Climate change could reverse Atlantic flow
BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Global warming could reverse the flow of deep waters in the Atlantic Ocean, just as climate change did 20,000 years ago, Spanish researchers...
EU proposes nuclear waste guidelines
BRUSSELS, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The best long-term for the storage of radioactive nuclear waste is to place it deep underground, the European Commission declared from Brussels.
BP has problems in Alaska, report finds
JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- BP has an aggressive pipeline inspection system in Alaska, an official said after internal reports revealed parts of the network are close to...
London calls for green revolution
LONDON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The British economy needs a "green revolution" to usher in a climate of future and sustainable growth, the British energy secretary aid.
New type of moon rock identified
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a new type of rock on the moon, the first new variety identified in decades, is probably ancient material born...
Water flowing through ice sheets accelerates warming, could speed up ice flow
Melt water flowing through ice sheets via crevasses, fractures and large drains called moulins can carry warmth into ice sheet interiors, greatly accelerating the thermal response of an ice sheet...
A U.S. Cap-and-Trade Experiment To End
With no U.S. global warming bill in sight, the Chicago Climate Exchange will shut down an experimental carbon trading program. But California election results keep alive hopes for regional cap...
Hall Claims Science Panel, Vows 'Strong Oversight' on 'Climate Change, Scientific Integrity'
Representative Ralph Hall (R-TX) has staked his claim to the chairmanship of the House...
Cold skies: Researchers increase our understanding of how ice clouds form
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of atmospheric researchers designed a new computational module that helps scientists better understand how ice crystals form in the atmosphere. The team, including Dr. Xiaohong Liu...
GOP Plans Investigation Into Climate Change
The New House Speaker John Boehner, Republican of Ohio, is the next Speaker of the House. via Flickr/ House GOP LeaderWhat do this week's election results mean for the future of science?...
Green: Woman Loses Bid to Lead Navajos
Lynda Lovejoy and her running mate, an environmental campaigner, had emphasized the need to embrace green energy and reduce the Navajos' reliance on coal.
Geothermal heat pumps reduce energy costs at wastewater plants
(PhysOrg.com) -- Can sinking geothermal heat pumps into waste water treatment plant aeration ponds provide heating and cooling to lower the plant's energy costs?
California Cuts Carbon in Bid to Spur Clean Technology Boom
SAN FRANCISCO--Voters have turned back an effort to suspend California's efforts to tackle climate change, a wide-reaching program ranging from a cap-and-trade market for greenhouse gas emissions to energy efficiency...
Volcanoes have shifted Asian rainfall
Scientists have long known that large volcanic explosions can affect the weather by spewing particles that block solar energy and cool the air. Some suspect that extended 'volcanic winters' from...
Florida manatee may still be in Baltimore
BALTIMORE, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A wandering manatee, or sea cow, from Florida may still be in Baltimore's harbor but could be in jeopardy as water temperatures drop, wildlife...
Green: A Surge in Lawsuits Challenging E.P.A. on Climate
An investment and research group says that most lawsuits related to climate change come from the camp defying the E.P.A.'s new rules and its right to regulate heat-trapping gases in...
Volcanoes have shifted Asian rainfall
Scientists have shown that eruptions also affect rainfall over the Asian monsoon region, where seasonal storms water crops for nearly half of earth's population. Tree-ring researchers showed that big eruptions...
Marine science: The tiniest catch
Marine scientists are prowling the Bering Sea to learn how climate affects minute sea creatures and the lucrative fishery that depends on them.
Green algae boost wheat yields, say scientists
An algae-derived substance, whose potential was discovered by an Egyptian agricultural engineer, can greatly impact crop yields, a study has found.
Tired of Repetitive Arguing About Climate Change, Scientist Makes a Bot to Argue For Him
@AI_AGW Takes on Climate Skeptics Getting into a climate change debate on Twitter could be even more exhausting than it sounds now that a software developer named Nigel Leck has automated the process....
EU bids to lock down radioactive waste forever
Europe sought Wednesday to lock away forever lethal radioactive waste, but a European Commission warning of hopelessly inadequate disposal facilities itself drew a stinging rebuke.
Early Roundup on Climate Results Last Night: 'Bloodbath' Edition
Advocates for mandatory action on greenhouse emissions—they're now calling themselves "climate hawks"— took a...
The man behind Comet Hartley 2
Over the last 40 years, Malcolm Hartley has done just about every possible job for Siding Spring Observatory's UK Schmidt telescope in New South Wales, Australia. The British-born, Scottish-educated Hartley...
'Coolest' Month in 2010 Ties Second Warmest October
How warm has 2010 been? So warm that although October was the coolest month so far this year year (compared to seasonal norms), it tied October 2006 as the second...
EU energy minister courting Russia?
MOSCOW, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- The Nord Stream and South Stream natural gas pipelines could find significance in a European energy strategy, a Russian energy minister said.
Green: Foes Trounce Proposition 23
Defying early predictions, opponents of freezing state's global warming law outspent backers.