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NASA: Food, Emotional Support Vital for Trapped Chile Miners
A healthy variety of nutritious food coupled with strong emotional support will be vital in the coming months, as 33 trapped Chilean miners await rescue, a NASA physician advised.
Titanic explorers take cover from hurricane
An approaching hurricane has prompted a ship that has been examining the Titanic wreckage on the ocean floor to return to St. John's.
New Microbe Discovered Gobbling Gulf Oil
Microbe Works without Significantly Depleting Oxygen in Water, Has Great Potential to Help Dispose of Deep-Sea Oil Plumes
BP won't drill off Greenland coast
Oil company BP says it decided not to bid for a drilling licence near Greenland but won't say whether the decision was influenced by the disastrous blowout of a deepwater...
Hurricane Danielle Weakens in the Atlantic
But National Hurricane Center Says Category 1 Storm Could Regain Strength over Next Two Days
Canada picks site for Arctic research station
Cambridge Bay location offers a wealth of opportunities for studying the far north.
Researcher develops carbon dioxide-free method of producing iron
(PhysOrg.com) -- George Washington University Professor Stuart Licht has developed a revolutionary carbon dioxide-free method of producing iron that could provide a breakthrough for an industry that has been using...
'No man-made fix' for rising seas
Even the most extreme geoengineering approaches will not stop sea levels from rising due to climate change, a study suggests.
Geo-engineering and sea-level rise over the 21st century
Scientific findings by international research group of scientists from England, China and Denmark just published suggest that sea level will likely be 30-70 centimetres higher by 2100 than at the...
New 'Naked Scientists' series investigates our oceans
The University of Cambridge's 'Naked Scientists' are launching a new series of podcasts this week entitled 'Naked Oceans'...
Claims of growth in India's forests 'misleading'
The country's native forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, says a new study.
Carnivore species shrank during global warming event
Extinct carnivorous mammals shrank in size during a global warming event that occurred 55 million years ago.
Huge vessel starts work on Nord Stream
ZUG, Switzerland, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The world's largest pipelay vessel headed for Russian waters to lay a 212-mile section of the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea,...
Enbridge cuts oil capacity in pipelines
CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Canadian pipeline company Enbridge announced it was reducing capacity in its oil pipelines because of an oil spill in southern Michigan. ...
Soil analysis helps forensics
Soil experts are helping with murder investigations by identifying changes caused by the presence of a decomposing body in the soil.
The Planes (and Pilots) from the Battle of Britain
A Look at the Key Aircraft from This Decisive Air Engagement between the RAF and the Luftwaffe
World-renowned experts to lead discussion with the chemistry community on climate change
In response to doubts about the causes and potential extent of global climate change, a panel of four climate experts today will review the current state of climate science and...
Thousands of dead fish reported at mouth of Mississippi
Thousands of fish have turned up dead at the mouth of Mississippi River, prompting authorities to check whether oil was the cause of mass death, local media reports said Monday.
South Atlantic squid catch declining
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Environmental factors may be causing a dramatic drop in the number of squid being caught in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, experts say. ...
Noticing a Magnitude-8.0 Earthquake Months Later
A team of scientists uncovered the seismic fingerprints of a previously undetected magnitude-8 earthquake off the Samoa Islands last year.
Desert Dwellers on a Fast-Food Diet
A Brooklyn artist has given red harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex badius, an all-McDonald’s menu.
On Our Radar
More than 30 new coal-fired power plants have been built since 2008 or are under construction, representing the coal power industry's largest expansion in decades.
Deep water dead zone predicted in Gulf
The oil gusher on the Gulf seabed may be stopped, but much of the spilled oil still lurks in a plume of oil and dissolved methane gas 3,200-4,300 feet below...
Death Valley's mysterious wandering rocks
A section of California's Death Valley is home to a strange phenomenon: Rocks that litter the landscape seem to move on their own, leaving long trails behind them in the...
For deniers, politics beats the science. Handouts beat both | George Monbiot
From Australia to the US, the rightwingers who claim climate change is a leftwing conspiracy will grab green subsidiesIt was Australia's second climate change election. Climate change deposed the former leaders of both...
Allergies through ozone effects? Ozone increases allergen load
Ozone affects pollen allergens: at ozone levels typical of photochemical smog, more allergens are formed in pollen. This connection has been demonstrated in the rye plant and is now being...
Brazilian Oil Royalties to Fund Energy, Climate Research
Brazil will set aside hundreds of millions in government oil revenue to pay for...
Nuclear Plant’s Use of River Water Prompts $1.1 Billion Debate With State
New York State and a utility disagree on how to handle the Indian Point nuclear plant’s effect on the Hudson River.