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Scientists call for curbing coal burning
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've determined curbing carbon dioxide emissions from coal might avert climate danger.
Ice Core Studies Confirm Accuracy Of Climate Models
An analysis has been completed of the global carbon cycle and climate for a 70,000 year period in the most recent Ice Age, showing a remarkable correlation between carbon dioxide...
Investor Support Of Climate Action Grows
Shareholder resolutions related to climate change more than doubled over the past five years. Moreover, the Boston-based coalition Ceres says support for those measures averaged more than 23 percent in...
New York Aims To Be The Real Windy City
Michael Bloomberg's "windmill power plan" is the boldest environmental proposal yet from the billionaire independent, who has been trying to make energy efficiency a legacy of his administration
Bigger sea reserve needed
Marine researchers are asking for the whole Coral Sea, east of the Great Barrier Reef, to be made a no-fishing area in response to declining populations.
Saltwater solution to save crops
Technology under development at the University of New South Wales could offer new hope to farmers in drought-affected and marginal areas by enabling crops to grow using salty groundwater. read more
Africa's climate tied to northern hemisphere
Ocean temperatures seem to control rainfall in tropical Africa.
Jordan: Iraqi cholera outbreak feared
AMMAN, Jordan, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Jordanian authorities fearing a cholera outbreak say they have banned the entry of uncanned goods from Iraq for the next two months.
World's water ecosystems under threat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Human activities such as fishing and water use are over-riding the effects of global warming on the ecosystems that support the world`s water and fish supplies, experts have...
Physicists estimate how fast Usain Bolt could have run
(PhysOrg.com) -- By the record books, Jamaican runner Usain Bolt is the fastest human being on earth, and yet no one knows for sure exactly how fast he really is....
Blue Danube? We're getting there, says study
The waters of the Danube may not quite be blue, but they are definitely becoming cleaner thanks to cooperation between the countries through which it flows, a new study revealed...
Phone service restored in southeast Alberta
Phone service was restored to about 7,500 Telus customers in southeastern Alberta on Wednesday night.
Potential New Threat For Coral Reefs And Health Of Communities In The Tropics
Human activities bear a large part of the responsibility for coral reef degradation. Several threats hang over this complex ecosystem with its extraordinary biodiversity, whether in the form of anthropogenic...
Study could boost forecasts for Vesuvius eruptions
LONDON (Reuters) - The magma pool feeding the Italian volcano that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79 has shifted in the past 2,000 years, a discovery that could help in predicting...
China's big quake doubles chances of more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's giant earthquake in May near Chengdu caused so much geologic stress in the Tibetan Plateau that it doubled the chance of more big quakes along three...
Expedition to Explore Seamounts in Sea Of Cortez
Widow of late novelist Peter Benchley who had written the bestseller "The Girl of the Sea of Cortez" to join voyage to further the legacy of her husband's conservation work.
New battle over Arctic oil plans
As petrol prices rise in the US, pressure is growing to open up new areas of Alaska for oil exploration.
Why are geology students the happiest at university?
Students on geology courses are the happiest with their degrees, while those on cinematics and photography courses are the least content
San Antonio is going green with sewage
(AP) -- The city plans to turn the stench of its residents' waste into sweet green cash and renewable energy.
Feds set fish shipment rules for Great Lakes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Federal regulators trying to contain a fish-killing virus in the Great Lakes region have issued rules for shipping live fish across...
World's First Synthetic Tree: May Lead To Technologies For Heat Transfer, Soil Remediation
In Abraham Stroock's lab at Cornell, the world's first synthetic tree sits in a palm-sized piece of clear, flexible hydrogel -- the type found in soft contact lenses. Stroock and...
New Russian Cargo Ship Launches Toward Station
Russia's unmanned Progress 30 cargo ship launched toward the ISS Wednesday.
Why can't you take the weather data with you?
Call for free weather data as Met Office profit soars
Conflict fear over Arctic borders
A senior US Coast Guard commander warns of conflict in the Arctic unless border disputes are resolved.
'Extreme waves' worry Australia
Australia's coastline is being battered by extreme waves that are driven in part by climate change, scientists say.
Great Lakes Reports Flawed, Institute Says
Committee cites problems with data and conclusions of CDC study
Meteorites 'behind volcanic eruptions' say scientists
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gases that cause volcanoes to erupt may have spewed from meteorites that smashed into the earth billions of years ago, according to research presented at The BA Festival...
Change at the top for climate panel
Rajendra Pachauri keeps post, but working groups gain fresh leadership.