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Are wolves saving Yellowstone's aspen trees from elk?
Previous research has claimed that the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 is helping restore quaking aspen in risky areas where wolves prowl. But apparently elk hungry...
Mimicking fish and tailoring radar to warn of bridge peril
Floods cut down more bridges than fire, wind, earthquakes, deterioration, overloads and collisions combined, costing lives and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage...
Activists taken from arctic oil rig
NUUK, Greenland, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Activists who scaled a drilling platform off the coast of Greenland were arrested after severe weather forced them off the rig, police said. ...
Storm forecast accuracy doubled in 20 years
Sophisticated computer models that replaced instinct with cold, hard mathematics have helped forecasters predict where a storm like Hurricane Earl is going about twice as accurately as 20 years ago.
Gas talks on Baku agenda for Medvedev
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A deal to increase the volume of Azeri natural gas to Russia is on the agenda for talks in Baku between the two...
Micro-plane can do autonomous surveys
PARIS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- An inexpensive unmanned aircraft system developed with the European Space Agency can provide quick monitoring of land areas or disaster zones, researchers say. ...
Deicing of roads making city streams toxic
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Using salt to deice city pavements can make city streams toxic to aquatic life, a government study of winter runoff in northern U.S. cities...
Global Hawk drone aircraft flies over Frank on the GRIP hurricane mission
NASA's 2010 hurricane experiment is in full swing as the tropics have heated up. NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft was sent out over this past weekend to conduct measurements on...
Bella slow cookers recalled over fire hazard
Bella Kitchen five-quart programmable slow cookers have been recalled because the control panel can overheat and melt, posing a fire hazard.
Critical polar data flows briskly to researchers
Operation IceBridge -- a NASA airborne mission to observe changes in Earth's rapidly changing polar land ice and sea ice -- is soon to embark on its fourth field season...
Guatemalan Water Study: Is Colloidal Silver Necessary for Bacteria Removal?
Nicole Heinley, a graduate student at Missouri University of Science and Technology, traveled to Guatemala twice in the past year to conduct research on ceramic pot filters that are used...
Supercomputing brings the climate picture into focus
Recent advances in supercomputing have brightened the future of climate modeling, but they also bring to light complicated questions about the fundamental workings of our planet and our atmosphere.
Fault finding: UCI seismologist finds far more frequent earthquakes along the San Andreas
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCI seismologist Lisa Grant Ludwig finds far more frequent earthquakes along the San Andreas fault.
Global warming could spell disaster for corn crops
(PhysOrg.com) -- If corn producers continue using the same cultivars, plants selected for their desirable characteristics, global warming could cause production to drop from 1.3 to 10 percent between 2010...
Interviews on Water Use Are Thirsty Work
Learning which water sources villagers use and how far they carry heavy jerrycans of water is itself thirsty work in the Rwandan heat.
Australia to address price on carbon
CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Australia's Green Party agreed Wednesday to support the Labor Party in return for the formation of a dedicated climate change committee charged with...
Canada, U.K. discuss preserving shipwreck
Canadian officials say they have entered talks with the British government on how best to preserve the wreck of HMS Investigator, which was found in Arctic waters this summer.
Climate: Risks loom for China: study
Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday.
Wildfires contained in southern France
MARSEILLE, France, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Thousands of acres of forests have been destroyed by wildfires in France that also burned houses and cars, authorities said. ...
Less waste with shelf-life indicator for food
Norwegian food retailers discard over 50,000 tonnes of food annually – much of it of perfectly good quality. New technology the TimeTemp company in cooperation with Norwegian research institutions could...
White Rock lifts boil water advisory
The City of White Rock, B.C., has lifted its 12-day-old boil water advisory, after three successive tests for E. coli bacteria came back clean earlier this week.
Trans-Sahara gas pipeline 'in trouble'
ALGIERS, Algeria, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Algeria's recent invitation to India to join the $13 billion, delay-plagued Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline project is an indirect acknowledgment the project's in "deep...
10 minutes could prevent one-third of road deaths
Spanish researchers have calculated the probability of dying in road accidents on the basis of the time taken for the emergency services to arrive. Their conclusions are clear --...
Feature: Shellfish make fantastic plastic
Plastic bags could soon be compostable and made from renewable resources such as shellfish waste.
NZ smokers quit after tax rise
New Zealand has seen a dramatic drop in the consumption, import and production of cigarettes, following a significant increase in excise tax.
New perspectives and guidance for managing white pine blister rust
The August 2010 journal, Forest Pathology, provides a synthesis of knowledge on C. ribicola, identifies policy and management actions to mitigate disease impacts, and reviews future issues facing white pine...
Decrease in global carbon dioxide emissions; CO2 from China, India on the rise
Global carbon dioxide emissions decreased in 2009, the first decrease recorded this decade. However, in China and India the emissions increased by 9 and 6 percent.
Earthquake recorded in North Sea
An earthquake is recorded in the North Sea about 155 miles east of Aberdeen.