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Editorial: Climate Change
Yvo de Boer’s resignation as chief of the United Nations’ climate change negotiations reminds us that countries must pursue parallel tracks to reduce emissions.
Projection shows water woes likely based on warmer temperatures
Several Midwestern states could be facing increased winter and spring flooding, as well as difficult growing conditions on farms, if average temperatures rise. Scientists ran simulations that show Indiana, Illinois,...
Helmets must be part of skiing and snowboarding culture, doctors urge
While the world's best skiers and snowboarders at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games compete with helmets on, many other skiers and snowboarders are choosing to forgo this important piece...
Compostable plastics have a sweet ending
Food packaging and other disposable plastic items could soon be composted at home along with organic waste, thanks to a new sugar-based polymer. The degradable polymer is made from sugars...
Upside-down answer for deep Earth mystery
HOUSTON -- (Feb. 17, 2010) -- When Earth was young, it exhaled the atmosphere. During a period of intense volcanic activity, lava carried light elements from the planet's molten interior...
New method makes vaccines stable at tropical temperatures
A cheap and simple way of making vaccines stable – even at tropical temperatures – has been proven to work by scientists at Oxford University.
NOAA National Weather Service to Use New Hurricane Wind Scale
(PhysOrg.com) -- NOAA's National Weather Service will use a new hurricane scale this season called the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The scale keeps the same wind speed ranges as...
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
Discovery launch delayed until April … Botox may help some with migraines … NASA: Greenland's glaciers melting quickly … FDA warns of mixing Maalox products ... Health/Science news from UPI.
'Funny Or Die' Web Show to get HBO Run
Will Ferrell And Adam McKay's 'Funny Or Die' Grows Longer-form In New HBO Series
Can We Dispose of Radioactive Waste in Volcanoes?
Paging Frodo Dumping all our nuclear waste in a volcano does seem like a neat solution for destroying the roughly 29,000 tons of spent uranium fuel rods stockpiled around the world. But...
NASA: Greenland's glaciers melting quickly
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- NASA scientists say glaciers in west Greenland are melting 100 times faster at their end points beneath the ocean than they are at...
Carbon sequestration: Buried trouble
Protesters saying "no to CO" are just one roadblock facing carbon sequestration — a strategy that could help prevent dangerous climate change. Richard Van Noorden investigates.
James Bay Region Permafrost Rapidly Receding
The southern limit of permafrost in the James Bay Region in northern Quebec, Canada is now 130 kilometers further north than it was 50 years ago, according to two researchers...
American songbirds evolve with forests
Songbirds are rapidly changing their tune, figuratively speaking, to cope with deforestation and regrowth. Deforestation - Environment - Biodiversity - School Time - Kids and Teens
ATS, ERS issue official standards for the quantitative assessment of lung structure
The ATS and the European Respiratory Society have issued official standards for the quantitative assessment of lung structure.
Fundy lobster deaths blamed on pesticide
Fishermen are furious a pesticide normally used for agriculture ended up in the Bay of Fundy and may have contributed to the death of hundreds of weak and dead lobsters.
Manatees struggling with Florida winter
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A state wildlife official in Florida said the state's lengthy winter has wrought havoc on the manatee population, killing dozens and leaving...
EPA to Staunch Flood of Stormwater Runoff Polluting U.S. Waterways
Little Black Creek has a long history of abuse.The stream in western Michigan runs through an industrialized area, and its sediment has some of the highest levels of cadmium found...
Asian pollution delays inevitable warming
Dirty power plants exert temporary protective effect.
Managing moose: Listen to the natives for better environmental monitoring
Modern methods can answer a multitude of questions, but sometimes traditional techniques are superior. Authorities in northern Quebec, Canada, found this to their cost, when they relied upon statistical data...
Discovery of the Nutrient 'Mining Machine' in Plants
Scientists have discovered which genes control the specialized nutrient mining machine that develops on the surface of plant roots. The discovery could help breeders develop crops that can grow on...
Netanyahu loses interest in Russian gas
MOSCOW, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- There is less interest in a stronger energy relationship with Russia because of large gas deposits off the Israeli coast, the Israeli prime minister...
Wall, war, wealth: 30 years of science
Montreal, QC (CNW) February 17, 2010 -- A Discussion Paper released today by Science-Metrix Inc.
Top U.S. Climate Negotiator: IPCC Woes "Shouldn't" Slow Emission Efforts
Speaking yesterday in Washington, D.C., U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern was asked whether recent... [Read more]
Roundup 2/11: Attention Getters Edition
A climate scientist disputes that he ever said, "Unless we announce disasters, no one... [Read more]
Take a Deep Breath, Beijing! U.S. Embassy Deploys Ozone Monitor
BEIJING—For many of the expats here in one of the world’s most polluted cities,... [Read more]
Pielke Jr. on Weather vs. Climate
While the debate over the East Coast "snowpocalypse" rages—does it disprove global warming, or... [Read more]
Cold weather kills deer across UK
The coldest January in years is wreaking havoc among deer, but the National Trust says this year's spring promises to be the most spectacular in yearsThe "big chill" has delayed the arrival...