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Baku talks Adriatic gas pipeline
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 12 (UPI) -- A natural gas pipeline through the Adriatic Sea may help secure European energy supplies, Azeri energy executives told Swiss officials in Baku.
UN report warns of economic impact of biodiversity loss
The 'alarming' rate of nature loss could harm food sources and industry, and exacerbate climate change, UN report warns• World fails to meet target to halt biodiversity decline• Q&A: What is biodiversity and...
Understanding The San Andreas Fault
In my many years of teaching geology to college students, I have found that the greatest confusion that my students had was about the Pacific plate. They were under the...
42,226 daily temperature readings, and counting
Every day since Jan. 1, 1896, an observer has hiked to a spot at The Mohonk Preserve, a resort and nature area some 90 miles north of New York City,...
How does ice flow?
Currently the yearly General Assembly of the European Geological Union takes place in Vienna, Austria. Dr Olaf Eisen from the German Alfred Wegener Institute presents results from an environmentally friendly...
Tainted nuke plant water reaches major NJ aquifer
(AP) -- Radioactive water that leaked from the nation's oldest nuclear power plant has now reached a major underground aquifer that supplies drinking water to much of southern New...
In New System, Algae Cleans Water, Then Transforms into Organic Fertilizer
Nature's Green Cleaner Air-dried algae (shown above) from an algal turf scrubber captured most of the nitrogen and phosphorus in the manure. USDA/Edwin RemsburgThe algae systems can capture most of the phosphorus and...
Small investors could be big losers under federal climate change legislation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Small investors could be big losers if a greenhouse gas reduction plan known as cap and trade becomes law and accounting standards for carbon credits have not been...
Study Tracks Worldwide Forest Loss, Boreal See Greatest Decline
Despite ongoing threats to rain forests in the Amazon and Congo river basins, researchers studying the latest satellite data say that the greatest loss in forest cover from 2000 to...
Drought may halve Jersey's potato crop
They planted late because of the long winter and still the early crops were killed by frost. And then came the worst drought in 34 years....With their papery, easily removable skin and...
Researchers Work to Better Understand How Soot Emissions Impact Global Warming
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Tech, Carnegie Mellon University and the California Institute of Technology are collaborating to study the effects of soot on global warming.
Calls for a 'Blue Ribbon' Panel on Spill
A look at the two big questions after an accident like the gulf oil spill: Who is at fault, and how can future accidents be prevented?
Eyjafjallajoekull Spews More Ash Over Atlantic
Eyjafjallajoekull is erupting again and has sent another ash cloud, 1600 km wide, into the atmosphere. The brownish plume, traveling east and then south, is clearly visible in stark contrast...
Foreign migrants move within Spain for employment reasons
A team from the University of Cantabria (UC) has studied the contribution that internal migration by foreign people living in Spain made to the process of overall provincial convergence between...
On Our Radar: The Smell of Oil?
A foul stench drifts over the Gulf region, with vapor from the oil slick the likely culprit.
Stephen Hawking's time machine
In an article in the Daily Mail this week, British cosmologist Stephen Hawking outlined not one, but three, theoretically realistic ideas for traveling through time, one of which he says...
Cameras to settle Himalayan glacier dispute
Cameras perched high in the Nepal Himalayas may provide evidence that glaciers in the region are indeed receding.
Ice streams: Charting the history of the ice caps
During ice ages, ice sheets move over fast-flowing ice streams that leave distinct geological signatures on the ocean floor. The relationship between ice streams and climate change forms the basis...
California parole agency breaks up sex-offender encampment in Anaheim
On Wednesday, officials with the Parole Department relocated 30 to 40 paroled offenders who had been living in cars and RVs outside its office on Coronado Street, police say. The beat-up station wagons...
River Jordan near death
AMMAN, Jordan, May 7 (UPI) -- Without fresh water flowing into the River Jordan soon, the river could run dry as early as next year, Jordanian environmental activists warn.
Cobalt(IV) Caught In Water-Splitting Action
Oft-implicated cobalt intermediate in water oxidation observed by EPR spectroscopy.
Nuclear disarmament is top priority for science diplomacy
The political climate is ripe for a new push to eliminate nuclear weapons; scientists can boost its chance of success.
Giant box close to being over oil-spewing well
(AP) -- A mission to the bottom of the sea to try to avert a wider environmental disaster progressed early Friday as crews said a 100-ton concrete-and-steel box was...
Oil slick reaches Louisiana's barrier islands
An orange sheen washes onto beaches as BP starts lowering a dome to try to contain oil gushing from the sea floor. As an orange slick of oil washed onto sandy barrier...
Researchers on NOAA Mission Alter Course to Collect Sediment and Water Samples Near Deepwater Horizon Spill
Scientists and technicians from the National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology have begun collecting seafloor and water column data from areas near the oil spill in the Gulf...
Security expert: Data is the pollution of the Information Age
During a panel discussion at the recent Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit in Dallas that otherwise was as dry as a highway in the Sahara, security guru Bruce Schneier made a provocative...
Opinion: Cleantech revolution - hit or miss for Australia?
Embracing the global shift towards cleantech technology has economic as well as environmental benefits for Australia, according to John O'Brien.
USF Scientist: Oil Spill Now Three Times Size of Lake Okeechobee
(PhysOrg.com) -- USF researcher says the oil spill is now three times the size of Lake Okeechobee.