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Plants play larger role than thought in cleaning up air pollution
Vegetation plays an unexpectedly large role in cleansing the atmosphere, a new study finds...
Climate change could bring 'travel chaos'
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Rail networks in the United Kingdom face serious threats from climate change and its effects, researchers say.
Report: Arctic warming ongoing
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The arctic continues to heat up, affecting local populations and ecosystems as well as weather patterns in most of the Northern Hemisphere, U.S. scientists...
Limiting ocean acidification under global change
Emissions of carbon dioxide are causing ocean acidification as well as global warming. Scientists have previously used computer simulations to quantify how curbing of carbon dioxide emissions would mitigate climate...
Glacier dynamics - slip-sliding away
Researchers at the University of Southampton have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant to study the movement of glaciers...
Get Ready for Some Crazy Winter Weather
Meteorologists Say La Nina is Likely Going to Scramble Weather Patterns this Winter
Everglades show improvement in water quality
Researchers have published a report regarding the trends in water quality feeding into Everglades National Park showing that the overall levels of both nitrogen and phosphorus have declined since the...
Forecast: Texas on edge of drought
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Texas, facing a warm, dry winter and with drought conditions already beginning, may be about to enter its next serious drought, a...
U.N.: World farmland disappearing
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The world is losing 75 million acres of farmland a year due to environmental degradation, conversion to industrial use and urbanization, a U.N....
Scientists' diplomacy role must grow: panel
The failure of recent climate change talks shows the need for scientists to get more involved in diplomatic relations concerning global problems, say former Canadian and U.S. diplomats.
Green: For Chevron, 2 Giant Gulf Drilling Ventures
The oil company is going forward with a $7.5 billion project to develop two giant deepwater fields in the gulf that could yield the equivalent of what the world consumes...
No worries of major quake in Midwest: geologist
The New Madrid seismic zone will not produce a major earthquake in the U.S. Midwest for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, according to a geologist and author of a...
Peru inks deal to fast-track gold, sliver mine production
LIMA, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Peru is fast-tracking production at its Inmaculada gold and silver mine following agreements signed between International Minerals Corp. and Hochschild Mining plc, the two...
Global Experiment Will Shed Light on Biodiversity in Seagrass
Professor Emmett Duffy of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science has received a 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a global experimental network for studying how changes...
Cuccinelli Demands Called 'Governmental Intrusion' Into Climate Science
The University of Virginia has fired a new salvo in a 5-month-old fight with...
Coccolithophore blooms in the southwest Atlantic
A study led by Dr Stuart Painter of the National Oceanography Centre helps explain the formation of huge phytoplankton blooms off the southeast coast of South America during the austral...
Radioactivity from groundwater will be filtered for decades by volcanic rocks at Western New York nuclear waste site
(PhysOrg.com) -- A massive treatment wall under construction this week at a Western New York nuclear waste cleanup site will stop radioactive contamination in its tracks for literally decades,...
From the Sewer to the Sound: Researchers Examining Effects of Household Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Marine Ecosystems
While swimmers and boaters along any shore consider the slimy green film that coats everything from rocks to docks as a nuisance, University of New Haven (UNH) chemical engineering student...
Dot Earth: The New Norm in the Arctic: Change
The Arctic, long locked in lore as an untouchable ice-scape, is being transformed by warming.
Green: From Bill Gates, a Gift to Fight Proposition 23
Microsoft's founder donates $700,000 to the movement to defeat a proposed repeal of California's global warming law.
Identifying a role for cellular CO2 sensor
UCD Conway researchers have found that carbon dioxide (CO2) is not only involved in climate change and a waste product of respiration in cells but also plays an active role...
Kids learn late to tackle data overload
Easy decision strategy not so simple for fourth graders
Libya eyes BP drill for oil turnaround
TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Libya has a lot riding on BP's plans to drill the first deep-water well in the Gulf of Sirte, an offshore area the...
Satellite images reveal complexity of Alaska's Susitna Glacier
Like rivers of liquid water, glaciers flow downhill, with tributaries joining to form larger rivers. But where water rushes, ice crawls. As a result, glaciers gather dust and dirt, and...
River Ecologist: Missouri Needs Flow of Sediment
The Missouri River needs a flow of sediment, not just water, to stay healthy, and regulatory agencies and scientists need to do a better job of gathering and understanding information...
Chevron returns to deep gulf waters
SAN RAMON, Calif., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. supermajor Chevron Corp. announced Thursday that it set its sights on major oil and gas deposits in the deep waters off...
Video: The Insurance Industry's New Disaster Lab Destroys A House
IBHS's New Disaster Lab On a rural spread of acreage in South Carolina, insurance companies are looking to cover themselves against losses by knocking down houses. That might sound counterintuitive, but from an...
Rising sea levels risk homes
Residents who live close to the coast should be more aware of the risks of storms and sea level rises, researcher warns.