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NASA Launching Drone Mission to Figure Out How Hurricanes Form
Hurricane Ike Hurricane Ike on September 10, 2008, taken by the crew of the International Space Station. NASA is embarking on a hurricane research mission this weekend that will help explain how these...
Tweeting Passenger on Slater: Funny Way to Quit
Witness Communicated JetBlue Flight Attendant's Tirade and Boisterous Exit via Twitter
Turkey supplies gasoline to Iran despite sanctions
ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- As Turkey imports nearly 90 percent of its energy requirements, it has sought reliable contracts with its neighbors to cover its needs. ...
Switchgrass lessens soil nitrate loss into waterways, researchers find
Researchers have found that by planting switchgrass and using certain agronomic practices, farmers can significantly reduce the amount of nitrogen and nitrates that leach into the soil.
Long hot summer of fire and floods fit predictions
(AP) -- Floods, fires, melting ice and feverish heat: From smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Pakistan and the High Arctic, the planet seems to be having a midsummer breakdown. It's...
Model shows biochar potential
Modelling suggests biochar - a type of charcoal - could be used to offset billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans.
Observing Ramadan? There's an app for that
(AP) -- The most ancient traditions of Islam are going high-tech, with a slew of modern offerings for those observing the holy month of Ramadan, which begins this week.
Deployment of buoys to measure air and sea interactions in typhoons launched from Taiwan
Scientists and technicians are deploying two buoys that will help us better understand interactions between the ocean and atmosphere during typhoons.
EPA sets mercury limits for cement plants
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The Environmental Protection Agency says it has completed regulations limiting the release of mercury and other toxic air pollutants from cement plants. ...
Reports: Former NASA Chief Sean O'Keefe Survives Alaska Plane Crash
Former NASA chief Sean O'Keefe and his son are among the survivors of the fatal plane crash in southwestern Alaska late Monday that killed five people, one of them ex-senator...
Indonesian ice field may be gone in a few years, core may contain secrets of Pacific El Nino events
Glaciologists who drilled through an ice cap perched precariously on the edge of a 16,000-foot-high Indonesian mountain ridge say that the ice field could vanish within in the next few...
PCB Check-Up In Northern Europe
Persistent Pollutants: The chemicals' decline unaffected six years after the Stockholm Convention.
Probe deepens in Megrahi release
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- It is time for the Scottish government to release the full medical reports tied to the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber, Scottish...
'Think big,' Ban tells climate panel
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A panel led by the Finnish and South African presidents is called on to "think big" about environmental sustainability, the U.N. secretary-general said. ...
Hot news: UK autumn 'delayed by cold winter'
Autumn in the UK could be delayed this year with berries ripening and leaves changing colour later than usual, wildlife experts are predicting.
Mysterious 1924 Everest deaths linked to storm
An atmospheric physicist has found weather data from the ill-fated 1924 Mount Everest expedition that indicates there was a storm similar in strength and fury to the infamous storm that...
Repsol finds 1Tcf of gas in Bolivia
MADRID, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A new natural gas discovery in Bolivia holds enough gas to meet Spanish gas demand for 10 months, Spanish energy company Repsol announced Tuesday. ...
Gulf relief well crews watch for tropical weather
(AP) -- Crews finishing work meant to forever stop oil from leaking from a blown-out undersea well into the Gulf may have one more hurdle to overcome: the weather.
Global warming mission could survive Prop. 23, experts say
Passage of the ballot measure would put some programs on hold, including the cap-and-trade provision, but most of the effect would be political, not practical. ...
Group Drops N.J. Mollusk Restoration Project
NY/NJ Baykeeper reluctantly complied with a state order and pulled up oysters it had seeded in the polluted Raritan Bay.
U.N. Chief Recommends Small Steps on Climate
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he doubted that member states would reach a new worldwide climate change agreement in December at a conference in Mexico.
New study examines effects of drought in the Amazon
Recent research surrounding the impact of drought in the Amazon has provided contradictory findings as to how tropical forests react to a drier and warmer climate. A new study examines...
New UN climate panel includes RIM's Balsillie
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has launched a new panel on global sustainability that includes Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie.
New clash over old battlefield in West Virginia coal country
Companies aim to strip-mine historic Blair Mountain, where an army of 10,000 striking miners fought police and guards in 1921. ...
UC San Diego Establishes Council on Climate, Equity andInclusion to Advise the Chancellor
As part of its ongoing focus to enhance diversity system wide, the University of California has asked that each of its ten campuses establish advisory councils on climate, culture and...
Uranium mining in Australia opposed
PERTH, Australia, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Activists and opposition politicians in Western Australia are urging the state to ban the mining of uranium, saying potential dangers are "off the...
Engineers use rocket science to make wastewater treatment sustainable
Engineers are developing a new sewage treatment process that would increase the production of two greenhouse gases -- nitrous oxide and methane -- and use those gases to power the...
Scientists find changes to Gulf of Mexico dead zone
NOAA-supported scientists have found this year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be the fifth largest on record at 7,722 square miles - an area the size of New Jersey,...