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Destruction of Giant Algae Doughnut Threatens Lake Michigan
Quagga mussels eating fishes' food supply.
NY's Lake George Invaded by Asian Clams
Asian Clams, Target Of $1.4 Million Lake Tahoe Battle, Show Up In NY's Lake George
Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface
(AP) -- Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is...
Canada sees shock salmon glut
Some 34 million of the fish are thronging British Columbia's Fraser River.
Tropical forests slashed for farmland
Global agricultural expansion cut a wide swath through tropical forests during the 1980s and 1990s. Over half a million square miles of new farmland - an area roughly the size...
New technique could help ozone layer
NORWICH, England, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A new way to measure atmospheric gases could track down sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of Earth's ozone layer,...
Mariner Rig Accident Undercuts Efforts to End Drilling Moratorium
As lawmakers call for new inquiries into Thursday's accident, oil industry executives say it will now be more difficult to lift the government's offshore drilling moratorium in the Gulf of...
Path of giant iceberg tracked from space
PARIS, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Scientists say a European satellite has been tracking an iceberg, the largest in the Northern Hemisphere, that cracked from the Greenland ice sheet Aug....
Accumulating Contaminants Kick Off Concerns
Cationic Surfactants: Levels of certain quaternary ammonium compounds in marine sediments around New York City have grown dramatically in the past decade.
Toxic bacteria present in Greek lake
ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A type of bacteria that can present a toxic threat exists in the waters of a lake in northern Greece, scientists say. ...
What lies beneath Antarctic ice
Rodolfo del Valle and his team are heading to the Southern Ocean to measure a methane leak.
Hungary to join AGRI energy project
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Hungary has agreed to participate in the AGRI energy project to transport Caspian liquefied natural gas to Europe. ...
Greater clarity on climate finance at 46-nation forum
Forty-six countries gained a clearer view on Friday of what it may take to secure a deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars in climate aid, an issue that threatens...
Baby carrot campaign pitches veggies as cool
Baby carrot farmers are launching a campaign that pitches the little, orange, crunchy snacks as daring, fun and naughty - just like junk food.
Gazprom boosts profits, clinches gas deal
MOSCOW, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Gazprom from Russia, the world's biggest natural gas producer, reported record first-quarter profits following an unusually harsh winter that boosted demand in Russia and...
Energy industry grapples with terror fears
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The apparently failed seaborne attack on a Japanese supertanker in the Persian Gulf in July, possibly by al-Qaida, is ringing alarm...
Taking the 'search' out of search and rescue
Their emergencies happened hundreds, if not thousands, of miles from one another, but the captain whose vessel had become disabled near Kamalino, Hawaii, the pilot who crashed onto the Knik...
Fall peaches bred in Niagara
A professor at the University of Guelph in southern Ontario is developing a series of peach varieties that could continue to be available into late September.
NASA sees Depression Nine become Gaston then back to a depression
Tropical Depression Nine strengthened yesterday into Tropical Storm Gaston, but today it ran into dry and stable air and weakened back into a depression again...
NASA satellite sees Tropical Storm Kompasu transitioning over Korea and China
NASA's Terra satellite captured the changing Tropical Storm Kompasu over Korea and China very early today, as it makes its way east to northern Japan. It is becoming extratropical...
Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash
(AP) -- An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the air Friday,...
Border activist's littering conviction is overturned
Daniel Millis had been charged for leaving gallon bottles of water for illegal border crossers in a U.S. desert wildlife preserve.A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the littering conviction...
Moose Tramples Child
As a moose charged from the forest in Colorado, a toddler playing with his older brother was trampled beneath its hooves.
Openness urged on UK's emissions
The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion.
Report Says Heat, Not Smart Meters, Hiked Bills
After Pacific Gas & Electric, the giant California utility, began installing smart meters in the state's Central Valley, the company was swamped with complaints from residents that their utility bills...
On Our Radar: Tibet's High-Altitude Meadows Disappear
Tibet's high-altitude meadows disappear as global warming and overgrazing accelerate desertification. "Once the grasslands are destroyed, they rarely come back," a Chinese official says.
Research: Climate change affecting mussel survival
(PhysOrg.com) -- Warmer air and water temperatures along the U.S. East Coast are shrinking the geographic region where blue mussels can survive, according to findings by University of South Carolina...
Researchers map spread of invasive reed in Great Lakes basin
Phragmites australis is an uncommon term for an increasingly common sight in the wetlands and along the beaches of the Great Lakes. It`s the scientific name for the common reed,...