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Saudis extend BlackBerry ban reprieve: agency
Saudi Arabia's telecoms regulator has extended indefinitely a reprieve on a BlackBerry messenger ban as a solution is sought that allows authorities to monitor the service, SPA news agency said...
Analysis: Climate talks stumble from Page 1
By ARTHUR MAX 2010-08-08T09:42:45Z BONN, Germany (AP) -- The new climate change treaty under negotiation for the past 2...
NOAA still expects active Atlantic hurricane season; La Niña develops
The Atlantic Basin remains on track for an active hurricane season, according to the scheduled seasonal outlook update issued Aug. 5, 2010 by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. With the season's...
BP looks to relief after cementing process
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Relief wells to stop the oil leak permanently in the Gulf of Mexico are on schedule for mid-August following a cementing procedure, BP...
Moscow pulling back on grain exports
MOSCOW, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Moscow will call on the Kazakh and Belarusian governments to halt grain exports because of drought conditions in the region, the Russian prime minister...
NASA Drone Will Fly Into Hurricanes to Look at Lightning
Linking lightning to changes in storm intensity could lead to better forecasts.
Air Canada fixes dying boy's busted wheelchair
A terminally ill boy whose specialized wheelchair was broken on an Air Canada flight from Toronto to New York has been given it back after the airline had it fixed.
Increased destruction of bird populations are predicted with rise in global temperatures
In 2003, a massive heat wave struck and killed some 30,000 people in Europe in an area where heat was not considered a major threat. Similar mass die-offs occur in...
Lancaster Sound seismic tests go to court
A Nunavut Inuit group is hoping a court injunction will halt federal scientists from conducting seismic tests in Lancaster Sound.
Ecuador preserves park from oil drilling
QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A trust fund for Ecuador will hold $3.5 billion as part of an effort to protect its Yasuni National Park from the drilling...
World's rarest coral found in remote Pacific atoll
Pacific elkhorn coral (Acropora rotumana) — with branches like an elk's antlers — was found during an underwater survey of the Arno atoll in the Marshall Islands ...
Scientists observe 'fastest' evolution
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say they've observed one of the fastest evolutionary responses ever while studying a fish species' ability to survive in colder...
Human noise could threaten reef fish
BRISTOL, England, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Increasing human noise pollution in the world's oceans could be leading fish away from good habitats to their deaths, U.K. researchers say. ...
Bee 'pastures' could help agriculture
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Human-tended "bee pastures" of wildflowers are an environmentally friendly way to produce generations of healthy bees to aid agriculture, U.S. researchers say.
Deepwater Horizon: A scientist at the centre of the spill
Vernon Asper was one of the first researchers in the Gulf of Mexico to study the oil gushing out from the BP well. But it has not all been smooth...
Bali Declaration hopes to save Indonesia's biodiversity from deforestation
Indonesia has some of the richest biological diversity of any nation on Earth; however, it is threatened with losing it to forest destruction. In reaction, more than 900 scientists from...
July Cooler Than Expected - If The Year Is 2050
Boston had 8 days of above-90 degree Fahrenheit heat temperatures last month, while New York City had 14, Philadelphia had 17 and Washington, DC had 20. While those numbers are above...
Free Access to U.S. Research Papers Could Yield $1 Billion in Benefits
A new economic analysis finds that making taxpayer-funded scientific papers freely available would yield...
Heat wave kills clams, crabs in Japan
TOKYO, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A heat wave has caused mass deaths of large quantities of clams and crabs in Tokyo Bay, ecological researchers say. ...
Ray of Hope for a Soiled Canal
One of New York City's most polluted waterways has become a bit less off-putting.
Kangaroo evolution linked to climatic change
(PhysOrg.com) -- The evolution of kangaroos is intricately tied to Australia's changing climate, according to new research.
Chilean agriculture 'must adapt to climate change'
A study shows the main impacts and challenges that Chilean agriculture will face due to a temperature increase of up to 3°C by the end of this century.
Obama administration seeks seismic testing for oil drilling in Arctic Ocean
Officials ask a judge in Alaska to narrow a recent ruling against such activities. The move, following White House efforts after the Gulf of Mexico spill to curb exploration, shocks environmentalists. In a...
Gulf oil spill threatens survival of an isolated village
In Grand Bayou, La., wiped out by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, the spill is the latest catastrophe to strike its Atakapa-Ishak people, who have long struggled against oil companies' intrusion. The Atakapa-Ishak people...
Climate Policy is Paralyzed, But the Climate Isn't
A scientist who studies past warm times describes the need to adapt to rising seas.
Another Recession Casualty
An increase in a state's unemployment rate decreases Google searches for "global warming," the authors report.
Hatchlings rescued from oil released
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- More than 2,000 sea turtle hatchlings moved from beaches along the Gulf of Mexico have been released into the Atlantic off Florida...
Fire, Brimstone and Sympathy: The New Drilling Czar
A former prosecutor acknowledges that his background could be "disorienting and maybe a little scary" to employees of the former Minerals Management Service.