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EPA, Army Corps urged to consider separating Great Lakes, river basin
The once-radical idea of somehow plugging the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to stop the flow of unwanted species from spilling between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin is...
U.S., China, India and Other Nations Arrive at Non-Binding Agreement at U.N. Climate Summit
COPENHAGEN--The U.S., China, India and South Africa form the core of a growing group of nations that have agreed upon a commitment to combat climate change , concluding a...
Microorganisms cited as missing factor in climate change equation
Those seeking to understand and predict climate change can now use an additional tool to calculate carbon dioxide exchanges on land, according to a new article.
Diplomatic frenzy at final day of UN climate talks
(AP) -- A diplomatic frenzy enveloped the final day of the U.N. climate conference Friday, with President Barack Obama twice meeting privately with China's premier as world leaders pressed...
New report underlines multiple benefits but also new challenges to biodiversity-rich sites
An agreement in Copenhagen to fund reduced emissions from deforestation may generate multiple environmental and economic benefits if investments simultaneously target sites that are both carbon and biodiversity-rich...
James Randi, Global Warming And The Meaning Of Skepticism
James “the Amazing” Randi is an icon of skepticism. The man has done more — over a span of several decades — to further the cause of critical thinking and...
Universal energy access key to climate policy, says UN
Technology transfer that gets energy to poor people is essential for a successful climate agreement, say UN experts.
Fertilizer use not always helpful in revegetation efforts
Companies and communities trying to restore vegetation on damaged northern landscapes should think twice about using fertilizer to stimulate growth according to new research published in the November issue of...
Why Earth's Upper Atmosphere Is Cooling
Emissions of carbon dioxide may warm the lower atmosphere, but they cool the upper atmosphere. NCAR scientist Stan Solomon explains how it works, but essentially the difference has to do...
Japan mines toxic e-waste for precious materials
Seeking to turn an environmental problem into an economic opportunity, high-tech companies in resource-poor Japan are mining mountains of toxic e-waste for precious materials.
Ontario names new execs to head eHealth
The Ontario government is making changes at the highest levels of eHealth Ontario, the beleaguered agency tasked with digitizing the province's medical records.
Clinton: US ready to join $100B climate aid fund
(AP) -- The United States is prepared to join other rich countries in raising $100 billion in yearly climate financing for poor countries by 2020, U.S. Secretary of State...
Earth's polar ice sheets vulnerable to even moderate global warming
A new analysis of the geological record of the Earth's sea level, carried out by scientists at Princeton and Harvard universities and published in the Dec. 16 issue of Nature,...
Fault weaknesses, the centre cannot hold for some geologic faults
Some geologic faults that appear strong and stable, slip and slide like weak faults. Now an international team of researchers has laboratory evidence showing why some faults that 'should not'...
Pre-eruption earthquakes offer clues to volcano forecasters
Like an angry dog, a volcano growls before it bites, shaking the ground and getting 'noisy' before erupting. This activity gives scientists an opportunity to study the tumult beneath a...
Satellites beam in biomass estimates
Additional detail could help bring woodland into a future climate treaty.
Outside Climate Talks, Protesters March on the Hall
Demonstrators called for radical measures to curb global warming and sought to enter the conference center to hold a “people’s assembly.”
Sea rises 'clue' in sunken world
A unique discovery of submerged man-made structures on the seabed off Orkney could help find solutions to rising sea levels, experts say.
Climate talks in limbo as violence erupts
By STEFAN NICOLAUPI Europe CorrespondentCOPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen were threatened from within and without Wednesday just two days before world leaders are...
Stolen bus for special needs kids found
Police have recovered a minibus for children with special needs that was stolen this weekend from a Calgary parking lot.
Green Dream: Installing a Rooftop Garden
Rooftop greenery guards against water damage and bland meals What’s a green home without actual greenery? I wanted my eco-friendly house to feel more connected to nature, so I turned the flat stretches...
Warming climate chills Sonoran Desert's spring flowers
Global warming is giving a boost to Sonoran Desert plants that have an edge during cold weather, according to new research.
300 000 dead bodies too late! ; Tsunami 2004
Tsunami 2004; The place, size and shape of the Earth’s crust break from December 26, 2004 confirmed in 100% my, presented for 20 years now, driving mechanism of plate tectonics...
CO2's Little Helper
Climate Change: Satellite data show water vapor increases CO2 warming.
Police Beat Back Massed Climate Protesters
Police officers fired tear gas and wielded batons on Wednesday to beat back hundreds of demonstrators at the climate meeting.
IPCC forecasts 9m sea-level rise if temperatures meet 2C threshold
Hundreds of millions of people around the world would be affected as low low-lying coastal areas became inundated, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warnsGlobal sea levels could rise by up to 9m...
Oil flowing from Nigeria's Oyo field
MILAN, Italy, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- An affiliate of Nigeria's Allied Energy and Italy's Eni announced it started producing oil from the Oyo field in the offshore regions of...
Geologist Goes Underground for Real World Study
To give his students the hands-on experience of studying water beneath the Earth's surface, Tufts Geology Professor Grant Garven took the ambitious step of having a system of underground boreholes...