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Resilient storm Fay could hit Florida a third time
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay swept into Florida from the Gulf of Mexico and soaked the state on Tuesday while growing strong enough that forecasters said it could become...
Rapid Growth Found in Oxygen-Starved Ocean ‘Dead Zones’
Researchers report that the coastal seafloor of many of the world’s oceans can barely sustain marine life due to human activity.
Ancient Cemetery Found In Sahara
The graveyard, uncovered by hot desert winds, is near what would have been a lake at the time people lived there. It's in a region called Gobero, hidden away in...
Aerosols' link with climate discovered
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. and Israeli scientists say they've discovered how aerosols from human activities affect cloud cover and the Earth's climate.
Up, Up and Away: Studying Volcanoes With Balloons
Researchers from Michigan Technological University took the first in situ measurements of volcanic gases from an erupting volcano, using controlled meteorological balloons.
New BlackBerry expected within month in N. America
(AP) -- The new BlackBerry model should be coming to North America within a month now that Research In Motion Ltd. has started selling it in Germany and Chile.
Avian botulism killing Canadian ducks
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Provincial environment officials in Manitoba, Canada, say avian botulism is behind a spate of duck deaths in rivers in Winnipeg.
Olympic logo: 15,000 times in 3/10 inch
EVANSTON, Ill., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. nanoscientist has created a printing technique capable of mass producing the 2008 Summer Olympics logo 15,000 times in just 1...
Norway agrees $60 million carbon capture research
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian research groups and industrial company Aker ASA agreed on Thursday to invest 317 million Norwegian crowns ($58.97 million) in a research project to capture greenhouse gases.
Arsenic-munching bacteria found
In the warm, bubbling pools of Mono Lake in California, scientists have isolated a bacterium that fuels itself on arsenic.
Exploring Sichuan Fault
Scientists are to explore the fault lines that caused the May 12th earthquake in China that killed 69,000 people.
Scientists 'listen' to plants to find pollution
Scientists in Israel have discovered a new way to test for water pollution by "listening" to what the plants growing in water have to say.
Trees, Forests And The Eiffel Tower Reveal Theory Of Design In Nature
What do a tree and the Eiffel Tower have in common? According to a Duke University engineer, both are optimized for flow. In the case of trees, the flow is...
"Going Green" When Cleaning Clothes
Eco-friendly laundry products and methods help your health and wallet, not to mention -- the planet! Plenty magazine's green living expert, Jessica Tzerman offered pointers, on The Early Show.
U.S. publication wins an excellence award
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy says its "Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada" has won a publication excellence award.
Canada issues a futon flammability warning
OTTAWA, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Health Canada issued a warning that some Masters-brand futons might pose a flammability hazard.
Oceans on the Precipice: Scripps Scientist Warns of Mass Extinctions and 'Rise of Slime'
Threats to marine ecosystems from overfishing, pollution and climate change must be addressed to halt downward trends .
Climate change hot spots are identified
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A sophisticated U.S. climate modeling system suggests southern California, northern Mexico and western Texas will be this century's climate change hot...
Our greening vocabulary - 'carbon footprint', 'electrosmog' and 'eco-village' get dictionary status
Environmental terms "electrosmog", "eco-village" and "carbon footprint" make it into the latest edition of the Chambers Dictionary.
Successful Series Of Measurements In Arctic Sea Ice
The results of the last year's research have shown that changes in the ice cover have caused a decrease of some groups of animals living at the bottom of the...
Lionfish Prowls Fragile Caribbean Waters
A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean's warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on an ecologically delicate region.
PHOTOS: Arctic Ice Loss in Japan Hits Tourism, Wildlife
In northern Japan, declines in drifting Arctic sea ice are raising fears that global warming will impact wildlife and tourism at Shiretoko National Park.
Scientists say oil exploration threatens Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Oil exploration in the Amazon rain forest represents the latest, perhaps greatest, threat to preserving what remains of the world's...
A recipe for saving the world's oceans from an extinction crisis
Jeremy Jackson, senior scientist emeritus of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, asserts in the Aug. 12 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National...
Opinion: Regional areas must seize control of greener future
The Government’s new green paper shields regional areas from the initial financial blows of reducing carbon emissions, allowing them time to prepare for the future – an opportunity that should...
Submersible robot used in seafloor project
SEATTLE, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The newest in a class of unmanned submersible robots has helped locate optimal locations for seafloor observation sites off the northwestern United States.
Earthwatch Institute Launches "Beat the Heat" Climate Change Campaign in Boston
Earthwatch Institute is kicking off a two-month regional campaign to support global climate change research at Boston's Museum of Science this Thursday evening. The Climate Change Campaign--a "first" for...
MIT upgrades Sputnik-era antenna
(PhysOrg.com) -- A mammoth MIT antenna installed in 1957 as the first radar system to conduct space surveillance (it observed the Sputnik satellite) is poised for many more years of...