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Telecom Giants Brace for Super Bowl Data Onslaught
Two telecom giants make temporary and permanent network upgrades to support hundreds of thousands of Super Bowl fans on Sunday.
Video: Fuel for Climate Change Skeptics
The UN's climate chief admitted scientists made mistakes in a major study of melting glaciers in the Himalayas. Nevertheless, experts insist that climate change is real. Mark Phillips reports.
Guardian Daily: Climate science under siege
As the consensus on climate change comes under sustained attack following more revelations from leaked emails and a climbdown on melting glaciers from the UN climate agency we ask: can...
Helmets should be personal choice: ski hill manager
Skiers should not be forced to wear helmets when they hit the slopes, the manager of a New Brunswick ski hill says.
Black carbon a significant factor in melting of Himalayan glaciers
The fact that glaciers in the Himalayan mountains are thinning is not disputed. However, few researchers have attempted to rigourously examine and quantify the causes. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientist...
EPA official visits Kettleman City, meets mothers whose babies had birth defects
Jared Blumenfeld, regional director of the federal agency, also toured a toxic waste dump that residents suspect is causing the defects and adding to toxins in the community's air, water and soil. The...
Turkeys domesticated not once, but twice
New research indicates that the birds were tamed in Mesoamerica and what is now the southwestern United States, with the poultry we eat today is descending from the former region. Turkeys, the...
Prairie Potholes Vulnerable to Warming Climates
Warmer, drier climate will have negative effects on waterfowl that need prairie pothole region of central North America for wetlands & nesting habitat.
Eco-friendly way of decomposing BPA-containing plastic
Just as cooking helps people digest food, pretreating polycarbonate plastic -- source of a huge environmental headache because of its bisphenol A content -- may be the key to disposing...
Tehran lobbies for role in Nabucco
TEHRAN, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The beleaguered Nabucco natural gas pipeline for Europe is not economically viable without Iranian involvement, gas officials said.
Airborne Radar Captures Image of Post-Quake Haiti
JPL's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) captured a composite image of the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the surrounding region on Jan. 27, 2010. This image will be...
Trees Growing Faster as Planet Warms
Trees growing faster in Eastern United States forest due to climate change.
Science shines in Obama’s budget proposal
Despite President Obama’s plan to freeze domestic spending, science agencies would get a boost under new budget proposals
Plantations can provide the same ecosystem services as natural forests
Not all plantations need to be the biological deserts that have come to characterise large-scale, industrial plantations. According to scientists in a paper out in February's issue of the journal...
Peru backs massive Amazon protected area
The Peruvian National Protected Areas Service has decided to allocate funds to help protect a large swath of the Amazon this year, which is home to several endangered species and...
World Wetlands Day focuses on climate change
World Wetlands Day 2010: 'Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change' stresses the fact that caring for wetlands is a part of the solution to climate change with the slogan: 'Caring for...
Jason ocean mission secures funds
European nations commit to build the next Jason spacecraft, a key mission to monitor the behaviour of the world's oceans.
Managed wolf populations could restore ecosystems
Researchers writing in the February issue of BioScience propose reintroducing small, managed populations of wolves into national parks and other areas in order to restore damaged ecosystems. The populations would...
In winter's chill, cold batteries mean trouble for plug-in cars
Nobody worried about cold-weather performance of electric vehicle battery packs when it was warm outside, but now that Old Man Winter has descended, the problem is beginning to surface. When...
Novaya Gazeta Web site Hacked, Paralyzed
Russia's Highest-Profile Independent Newspaper Put Out of Commission for Seven Days
China's Power Boom Means West May Swap Oil Dependency for Green Tech Dependency
President Obama made it clear in his State of the Union Address last week that he fears the American economy is on the brink of missing out on a green tech boom...
G-Spot Study Explodes into Controversy
French Blast Results of Study by British Researchers into the Existance of the Female Erogenous Zone
EPA says plating shops dump chemicals
CHICAGO, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Metal plating shops are dumping high levels of cancer-causing chemicals into sewers in Chicago and Cleveland, federal regulators said.
David King admits to speculation over source of climate science emails
Former government adviser backs away from sensational claims over involvement of foreign intelligence or wealthy lobbyistsThe government's former chief scientist has backed away from his sensational claim that a foreign intelligence agency or...
RWE plans giant offshore wind farm
HAMBURG, Germany, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- German utility RWE Innogy announced it teamed up with manufacturer REpower to employ giant 5-megawatt wind turbines in the German waters of the...
Statoil, Lukoil ink Iraq oil contract
BAGHDAD, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Russia's Lukoil joined Norwegian energy giant Statoil in signing a contract to develop Iraq's West Qurna-2 oil field near the southern port city of...
The new civil defense: UC researchers look at public's role in national cybersecurity
University of Cincinnati researchers say the nation's cybersecurity is being threatened because an important element in establishing it is not being emphasized enough -- citizen awareness and...
Bald eagles used to ID chemical pollution
HASTINGS, Minn., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A National Park Service official says scientists are using bald eagles to determine how chemicals are polluting waterways and wildlife in the U.S....