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Kiev sees South Stream as wasteful
MOSCOW, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Russian plans to build the $20 billion South Stream natural gas pipeline to Europe is a waste of money, the Ukrainian foreign minister said. ...
Gas supplies OK after blast, Iran says
TEHRAN, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Natural gas supplies through Iran are normal following a weekend blast that left at least four people dead, a deputy Iranian energy official said. ...
Research shows continued decline of Oregon's largest glacier
Researchers have returned to Collier Glacier for the first time in almost 20 years and found that the glacier has decreased more than 20 percent from its size in the...
New Zealand Rattled by 20 Aftershocks
Experts Warn Another Powerful Quake Could Be Imminent in Region Smacked by 7.1 Magnitude Weekend Temblor
Moscow plans arctic environment conference
MOSCOW, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- An international forum to address environmental concerns in the arctic region is scheduled in Moscow, the head of the Russian Geographical Society announced. ...
Satellites spot imminent natural disasters
NASA is designing a pair of robotic probes to keep tabs on how the planet is changing and to help forecasters predict natural disasters, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and...
On Our Radar: An Asian Carp Czar
A former leader of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources will oversee the federal effort to keep the invasive species out of the Great Lakes.
Protect corals with reef networks, U.N. study says
OSLO (Reuters) - The world should safeguard coral reefs with networks of small no-fishing zones to confront threats such as climate change, and shift from favoring single, big protected areas,...
EU alarmed by response to Pakistani floods
BRUSSELS, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The Pakistani people are in dire need of food, clean water, sanitation and shelter as floodwaters recede, the European Union said. ...
Unusual feed supplement could ease greenhouse gassy cows
Cow belches, a major source of greenhouse gases, could be decreased by an unusual feed supplement developed by a Penn State dairy scientist...
Plant nutrients from wastewater
Plants cannot thrive without nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous or potassium, therefore farmers usually use organic and industrially manufactured mineral fertilisers to supply wheat, maize and others with these vital...
Termites foretell climate change in Africa's savannas
Using sophisticated airborne imaging and structural analysis, scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology mapped more than 40,000 termite mounds over 192 square miles in the African savanna....
Potomac River: 10-fold increase in native submerged vegetation reflects improved water quality
The Potomac River in Washington, D.C. is showing multiple benefits from restoration efforts, newly published research suggests. Reduced nutrients and improved water clarity have increased the abundance and diversity of...
U of C scientist offers better ways to engineer Earth's climate to prevent dangerous global warming
There may be better ways to engineer the planet's climate to prevent dangerous global warming than mimicking volcanoes, a University of Calgary climate scientist says in two new studies...
How to Stem a Global Food Crisis? Store More Water
The key to averting a global food crisis in the face of climate-change related droughts and floods may simply be a matter of storing more water, according to a new...
Calculated NMR Approach Improves Isomer Identification
A probability measure works unusually well in matching calculated and experimental spectra.
Deadly threat hangs over French Alpine village
Scientists are racing to prevent a build-up of water under a glacier on Mont Blanc from flooding the village of Saint-GervaisViewed from up here, the world of man appears very small and vulnerable....
Nord Stream lauds construction milestone
ZUG, Switzerland, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The simultaneous work of three vessels on the same leg of the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea is rare for the...
In Earthquakes, Poverty, Population and Motion Matter
Why the New Zealand earthquake, a tad stronger than the Haitian disaster, had a relatively minor impact.
First steps of water condensation observed
Chemists watch as condensing water under ambient conditions forms as layers as ice, followed by droplets
Christchurch Earthquake Vs L'Aquila Earthquake
With all the fuss surrounding whether the l'Aquila earthquake should have been predicted, the point is often missed that it didn't need to be. As the recent Christchurch earthquake has...
Food Crisis Worsens in Central Africa
Floods that destroyed crops and livestock only worsened a crisis that was already under way as a result of successive years of drought and failed harvests in the region.
Critically endangered whales may be fleeing Russian oil and gas boom, observers fear
Russian oil and gas company Rosneft is conducting oil and gas exploration work that may have caused the critically endangered western gray whale to flee its main feeding ground. Tests...
Climate: New study slashes estimate of icecap loss
Estimates of the rate of ice loss from Greenland and West Antarctica, one of the most worrying questions in the global warming debate, should be halved, according to Dutch and...
New method for infrared remote sensing to analyze traffic pollution
Scientists in Spain are testing infrared remote sensing technology to evaluate the pollutant emissions associated with motor vehicle traffic which allows for analysis of all the gases of environmental interest...
Carbon mapping breakthrough
By integrating satellite mapping, airborne-laser technology, and ground-based plot surveys, scientists from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, with colleagues from the World Wildlife Fund and in coordination with...
Catalina Flyer suspends service for upgrade
Catamaran will resume daily runs to Avalon in February.The Catalina Flyer, a 500-passenger catamaran that makes daily trips to Santa Catalina Island from the Balboa Pavilion in Newport Beach,...
Northern decomposition study may expand
A Yukon-based forensic study on how carcasses decompose in Canada's North has the potential to expand into further research.