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California state water control board aims to improve water quality by partnering with IBM
A new application that enables iPhone users to help monitor water quality and alert authorities to problems, is now available in Apples App Store. The first state to partner with...
Flood waning, Iceland volcano eruption less likely
(AP) -- Scientists say glacial flooding from Iceland's most active volcano has peaked, with no sign yet of an eruption.
UC research: Rabbit's food brings luck in decreasing oestrogen levels in wastewater
The November 2010 issue of 'Environmental Pollution' details successful experiments at the University of Cincinnati wherein rabbit's food resulted in the abiotic (non-biological) transformation and absorption of four different types...
How lead gets into urban vegetable gardens
One common mitigation approach is to build a raised bed and fill it with freshly composted, low-lead soil from elsewhere, right? Maybe not, according to researchers studying the mysterious case...
Amid Strained Trade Relations with China, Japan Strikes Rare Earths Deal with Vietnam
Experts warn that rare-earth rarity could touch off trade wars In the midst of what's been shaping up as an undeclared rare earths standoff between China and some of it's biggest customers...
Underwater robot can follow marine organisms over record distances
Versatile vehicle can spend months studying ocean ecology.
Mount St. Helens rises from the Ashes
When Mount St. Helens blew its top in 1980, it wasn't a surprise that it happened, but even today the extent of the damage is hard to fathom. The eruption...
French blame humans for CO2 increases
PARIS, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Human activity is the likely culprit for an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, a looming international threat, the French government said.
EDF, Gazprom talk South Stream project
MOSCOW, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said it felt confident about the role French energy company EDF could play in the South Stream natural gas pipeline...
BG Group invests in Australia's LNG sector
READING, England, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A liquefied natural gas plant in Australia is set to become the first to be supplied by coal seam gas, British energy company...
Rising Rancor: One Nation, Divisible By Politics
While the American public can still get along, our political system is more polarized than ever, researchers say.
India makes first expedition to South Pole
India will kick off its first scientific expedition to the South Pole on Monday to analyse environmental changes in the frozen continent over the past 1,000 years, the mission leader...
Robots are lords of the dance at South Korean festival
"That's cool!" shouted a packed crowd as five dancing robots flashing red and blue lights started rocking and grooving to popular Korean songs.
Very large protected areas preserve wilderness but ignore rare species
Protected areas are generally seen as a triumph for the preservation of nature, yet the reality on the ground is more complex. The world's largest protected areas encompass vast amounts...
Video: Tarantulas Along the Trail
This Sunday Morning nature piece takes you along the Nobles trail in Nevada where tarantulas lurk.
New dioxin rules might force more cleanups
(AP) -- The government has spent many millions of dollars in recent decades cleaning up sites contaminated with dioxin and, in extreme cases, relocating residents of entire neighborhoods tainted...
Mars volcanic deposit tells of warm and wet environment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Roughly 3.5 billion years ago, the first epoch on Mars ended. The climate on the red planet then shifted dramatically from a relatively warm, wet period to one...
Europe’s Plagues Came From China, Study Finds
The waves of plague that twice devastated Europe and changed the course of history had their origins in China, a team of medical geneticists reported Sunday.
Speed installation of system to monitor vital signs of global ocean, scientists urge
As oceans grow saltier, hotter, more acidic and less diverse biologically, world governments urgently need to help complete a full global ocean observing system, the value of which to society...
Green: Cap and Trade, the California Way
Days before a vote on a proposition to kill California's law on reining in greenhouse gas emissions, regulators release rules governing how the emissions rules would work.
India: Land of many cell phones, fewer toilets
(AP) -- The Mumbai slum of Rafiq Nagar has no clean water for its shacks made of ripped tarp and bamboo. No garbage pickup along the rocky, pocked earth...
David Parker's innovation: geomatics
The 60-year-old scientist reveals how gathering data could save the earth"Oh no. Do I need to attempt a succinct explanation of geomatics?" asks Professor David Parker of the University of Newcastle. "Well, I...
Haiti could suffer another earthquake, scientists warn
Strains that triggered January shock could unleash new disasterHaiti is at serious risk of further devastation from earthquakes in the near future, geologists have warned. Their research, to be published in next month's...
Delusions, dollars and climate
Nineteen of the 20 GOP candidates who are in closely contested races and have expressed a position on the issue say they have doubts about the scientific evidence for global...
China assures Clinton on rare earth exports
(AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday sought and received assurances from China's foreign minister about the country's export of exotic metals key to the...
Arctic Ice November 2010
Arctic Ice November 2010 Return to previous Arctic conditions is unlikelyRecord temperatures across Canadian Arctic and Greenland, a reduced summer sea ice cover, record snow cover decreases and links to some...
GOP plans attacks on the EPA and climate scientists
If Republicans win control of the House, they plan to go after the Obama administration's environmental policies and the researchers who have offered evidence on global warming, whom they accuse...
House Science Chair Enters Debate Over Biodiversity Pact's Bar on Climate Engineering
The House science committee has just released a report on climate engineering that lays...