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Subtropical Water Melts Greenland's Fjords
Warmer, subtropical waters flowing into Greenland fjords, contributing to acceleration of glacier melt.
Alaska sees China as energy partner
JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- China has a role to play in the Alaskan plans to develop its oil and natural gas ambitions, said Alaskan Lt. Gov. Craig...
Lusi volcano eruption blamed on mining
New research finds exploratory gas well responsible for deadly blast in Indonesia as boiling mud continues to flowBritish scientists have revealed evidence that a mining company drilling for gas was responsible for unleashing...
Antarctic ice shelf collapse possibly triggered by ocean waves
Depicting a cause-and-effect scenario that spans thousands of miles, a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California - San Diego and his collaborators discovered that ocean...
Research challenges models of sea level change during ice-age cycles
Theories about the rates of ice accumulation and melting during the Quaternary Period - the time interval ranging from 2.6 million years ago to the present - may need to...
Plant breeding helps revive western rangelands
For more than two decades, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have been developing new grasses and forages that can hold their own on the rugged rangelands of the western United...
Is Ethanol from Corn Bad for the Climate?
The Obama administration last week gave the green light to corn ethanol as a low-carbon renewable fuel – in apparent contradiction to California's declaration last summer that the...
Marshall Islands research could lead to resettlement after nuclear tests
Through Laboratory soil cleanup methods, residents of Bikini, Enjebi and Rongelap Islands -- where nuclear tests were conducted on the atolls and in the ocean surrounding them in the 1950s...
Dramatic changes in agriculture needed as world warms and grows
Scientists are urging dramatically changed ideas about sustainable agriculture to prevent a major starvation catastrophe by the end of this century among more than 3 billion people who live in...
Providing Climate Information
Commerce Department proposes a climate agency akin to the National Weather Service.
Falklands dispute hits oil cargo
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Argentina prevented a ship from loading its oil cargo because of a lingering dispute over the Falklands, which Buenos Aries says is British-occupied...
Zonal swishing at the Earth's core
Japanese simulation sheds new light on the Earth's magnetic field
Putting climate science in the spotlight is not such a bad thing
The recent scandals demonstrate a wide misunderstanding of climate science, and of science more generallySo climate change is in the news. But now the media is discussing stolen emails, hacking, the shifting Chinese...
Moderate fertilizer use could double African banana yields, study shows
A fertilizer-use study by researchers on East African highland bananas showed that moderate application of mineral fertilizers could double the production of the crop. However, the study also found that...
Arizona Quits Western Cap-and-Trade Program
The state said financial worries caused it to leave a broad effort to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
Curling Science
Since becoming an official Winter Olympic sport in 1996, the sport of curling has draws a surprisingly large TV audience for an event that features slick-shoed competitors sweeping brooms in...
Snowstorm and climate change
After a dumping in the Washington area, critics are delighting in the irony, and supporters are saying the snow fits the pattern of global warming. ...
Questions About Biofuels’ Environmental Costs Could Alter Europe’s Policies
Studies by the European Commission are intended to determine the emissions created when forest or land is cleared to replace food production lost to biofuel crops.
Can Sea Level Rise and Fall With Lightning Speed?
Researchers find a sudden ocean surge in the middle of the last glacial period [Read more]
Fertilizer Is Acidifying Chinese Land
Overuse could be stunting plant growth and harming crops [Read more]
Voracious lionfish wreaks havoc in Florida Keys
At French Reef, 30 feet below the ocean's surface, Sea Dwellers dive instructor Dave Jefferiss was on a mission to find and capture one of the gorgeous but dreaded new...
New investments in agriculture likely to fail without sharp focus on small-scale 'mixed' farmers
A new paper published today in Science warns that billions of dollars promised to fund programs to boost small-scale agriculture in developing countries are unlikely to succeed in feeding the...
Finding a Secret Map to Erosion (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- On the northeast coast of New Zealand's North Island, the Waipaoa River drains into the dazzling sea. Upriver, things are not so pretty. More than a century of...
'Supra-glacial lakes' are the focus of a new Penn State study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising temperatures on the Greenland ice sheet cause the creation of large surface lakes called supra-glacial lakes. Now a Penn State geographer will investigate why these lakes form...
Stellar Baby Boom of Early Universe Explained
Stellar baby boom in early universe fueled by pools of cool gas, new observations show.
Inquiry begins into leaked climate emails in Britain
An independent investigation began Thursday into leaked emails from a British climate research centre which appeared to show scientists trying to manipulate the data, and sparked a major global row.
Scientists freeze water with heat
Imagine water freezing solid even as it's heating up. Such are the bizarre tricks scientists now find water is capable of. Water - Heat - Freezing...
Momentum Shifts to Skeptics on Global Warming Debate
Momentum has shifted in the debate over global warming as skeptics gain the upper hand.