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Video: Horseshoe Crabs of Slaughter Beach
This Sunday Morning nature piece takes you to Delaware's Slaughter Beach, a prime mating ground for horseshoe crabs.
Norwegian ship-tracker launched
Norway launches the innovative AISSat-1 spacecraft to monitor shipping in its economically vibrant territorial waters.
Antidepressants make shrimps see the light
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising levels of antidepressants in coastal waters could change sea-life behaviour and potentially damage the food-chain, according to a new study.
Surprisingly regular patterns in hurricane energy discovered
Researchers at Mathematics Research Centre and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona have discovered the mathematical relation between the number of hurricanes produced in certain parts of the planet and the energy...
Australia turns to sea for drinking water
CANBERRA, Australia, July 12 (UPI) -- Australia will spend $13 billion to build desalinization plants to provide up to 30 percent of the country's drinking water from the sea,...
Bruce Power plans to ship waste on Great Lakes
A nuclear safety expert says a plan by an Ontario nuclear plant to transport radioactive waste on the Great Lakes is the safest option.
New study suggests tart cherry juice can be a natural solution for insomnia
LANSING, Mich., July 12, 2010 — Drinking tart cherry juice daily could help reduce the severity of insomnia and time spent awake after going to sleep, according to a...
Salmon struggle in warmer Miramichi River
The hot temperatures that roasted much of New Brunswick last week also caused a tough time for the cold-water loving salmon in the Miramichi River.
Chili peppers stored in Arctic doomsday vault
Seeds from some of North America's hottest chili peppers were recently delivered to the cool Arctic and stored in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, where they'll be safe for centuries...
Shard bears oldest script found in Jerusalem
Archaeologists say a newly discovered clay fragment from the 14th century B.C. is the oldest example of writing ever found in antiquity-rich Jerusalem. Jerusalem - Israel...
Army Engineers Defend Gulf Response
The leader of the Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans pushed back over the weekend against accusations by Louisiana officials that his agency has neglected its responsibilities by failing...
Milestone tiger meeting set to create strong recovery agenda
WWF Indonesia CEO Dr Efransjah and WWF Tiger programme leader Michael Baltzer issued the following statement ahead of the pre-Tiger Summit meeting starting Monday in Bali...
Robots speed up path to discovery
The work force at Lake Nona's Sanford-Burnham Institute includes 90 scientific staffers, 60 administrators and support personnel -- and a team of three robots. The trio is part of a...
Yield projections for switchgrass as a biofuel crop
MADISON, WI, July 12th, 2010 — While scientists have conducted numerous studies on production of biomass from biofuel crops, such as switchgrass, no one has yet compiled this information...
Teams resume burning oil in Gulf of Mexico
The work had been suspended after concerns that sea turtles were being trapped in the flames. Wildlife observers are on the boats now. But confusion and delays continue to plague the program. Wearing...
BP says it's closer to oil containment
Undersea robots are completing tasks necessary to install a new cap. ...
Geo-neutrinos: Discovery of subatomic particles could answer deep questions in geology
An international team has detected subatomic particles -- geo-neutrinos -- deep within Earth's interior. The discovery could help geologists understand how reactions taking place in the planet's interior affect events...
Marine Expert: Clean-Up Efforts, Public Missing Full Impact of Gulf Oil Spill
Paula Mikkelsen, a visiting fellow in Cornell University's department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology who spent 20 years as a marine biologist at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in Fort Pierce,...
Central America asks for funds to fight climate change
The Central American parliament has requested developed nations to provide funds for climate adaptation for its member countries.
Climate Panel Urges 'Distance" From Reporters
Andy Revkin reports at Dot Earth that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, faulted in the past for a siege mentality, has urged its participating researchers to "keep a distance...
Leaving old drilling-rig pieces in the ocean has big support in Legislature
Assembly Speaker John A. Perez is championing the plan. It would save oil companies hundreds of millions and, proponents say, create marine habitat. A plan to let oil companies leave large parts...
Oil unleashed temporarily in attempt to contain it
Robotic submarines working a mile underwater removed a leaking cap from the gushing Gulf oil well Saturday, starting a painful trade-off: Millions more gallons of crude will flow freely into...
Parish president a critic and a comforter
Louisiana's Billy Nungesser has become the unofficial spokesman for the region hit by the gulf oil spill. He criticizes BP and the federal government even as he seeks to allay constituents' concerns. He's...
BP Begins Effort to Contain All Oil From Leaking Well
Engineers removed a cap that had been diverting about 15,000 barrels of oil a day, planning to replace it with a new one to collect more oil.
A New Analysis Triples U.S. Plutonium Waste Figures
The new analysis suggests that a cleanup to protect future generations will be far more challenging than planners had assumed.
Stretch away stress at your desk
Here's a great way to reduce tension in the upper back, neck and shoulders. Practice this stretch at your desk after long hours of sitting in front of the computer...
Research funding changes on hold
Plans to change the way university science research is funded are put on hold after a campaign by Nobel Prize winners and academics.
Indonesia's mud volcano flows on
After two years, spewing about 100,000 tons a day, the Lusi mud volcano in East Java shows no signs of letting up. Initially laid to an earthquake, the spill is now being...