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Medical isotope supplies dwindle
Nuclear-reactor shutdowns will cripple global isotope production next month.
Future earthquake risk in Haiti: Startling images of ground motion help scientists understand risk of aftershocks
Analyzing images captured using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) by Japan's ALOS satellite before and just after Haiti's earthquake on Jan. 12, scientists are making new discoveries. The images show that...
Some Champ-brand pork patty mix recalled
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service says about 750-pounds of Champ-brand frozen cured pork patty mix is being recalled because of a labeling...
Alternative futures of a warming world: Potential human responses to climate change will be integrated into future models
An international team of climate scientists will take a new approach to modeling Earth's climate future. The next set of models will include, for the first time, tightly linked analyses...
New Delhi has role in pipeline, Iran says
NEW DELHI, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- India is welcome to join a long-delayed pipeline project from the South Pars gas field, but Iran's patience is running out, Iranian officials...
Bizarre giant oarfish filmed (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A rare giant oarfish, probably the largest bony fish in the ocean, has been filmed off the Gulf of Mexico. This is possibly the first time the fish...
China declares new national food-safety campaign
(AP) -- China declared a new food-safety campaign Wednesday after contaminated milk products from an earlier scandal showed up repackaged in several places around the country, exposing weaknesses in...
Researcher creates 'boutique' fish farms to combat Lake Victoria's depleted fish supplies
In a unique project to combat depleted fish supplies in Lake Victoria, researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Makerere University in Kampala, have established 'boutique' fish farms in...
Report from Haiti
PARISIEN, Haiti — Nearly a month after a massive earthquake devastated Haiti, paramedic Anthony Croese looked into the crowd outside a destroyed orphanage near Port-au-Prince and spotted an emaciated baby cradled in his...
Earlier Springs May Throw Nature Out Of Step
A collaborative study involving scientists from 12 UK research institutions, universities and conservation organizations suggests that the trend towards earlier UK springs and summers has been accelerating. The study, published...
London advances emissions reduction scheme
LONDON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office expressed its formal commitment to an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent by year's end.
New method for measuring fluid flow in algae could herald revolution for fluid mechanics
Researchers in fluid dynamics have studied algae to illuminate fluid mechanics. One of the researchers said, "Nature has long inspired researchers in fluid mechanics to explore the mechanical strategies used...
High-altitude climbs may cause corneal swelling, but do not appear to affect vision
Swelling commonly occurs in the corneas of mountain climbers, but does not appear to affect vision at altitudes of up to 6,300 meters (about 20,670 feet), according to a new...
Australia, Antarctica Linked by Climate
Carbon dioxide emissions could be leading to record drought and snowfalls [Read more]
Australia-China $60 billion coal deal
CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Australian mining company Resourcehouse announced Saturday it reached a record $60 billion coal supply agreement with Chinese power stations.
The case for climate action must be remade from the ground upwards | Ian Katz
With the science under siege and the politics in disarray, it may fall to civil society to keep this still crucial fight aliveWhat a difference three months makes. Back in November, the...
Japan to fund Bolivia’s glacier studies
Japan has given Bolivia US$3.8 million to study the evolution of glaciers that impact the water supply of the cities of La Paz and El Alto.
City Dwellers Drive Deforestation in 21st Century
Globally, roughly 13 million hectares of forest fall to the blade or fire each year. Such deforestation has long been driven by farmers eking out a slash-and-burn living...
Alaskan Glacial Melt Rate Overestimated, New Study Suggests
Researchers analyzing recent data from the SPOT 5 and ASTER satellites say that previous studies have largely overestimated mass loss from Alaskan glaciers over the past 40 years. Writing in...
Iran in domestic venture for Kish gas
TEHRAN, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Iran is embarking on one of its first domestic ventures to help develop the giant Kish natural gas field in the Persian Gulf, executives...
U.N. deflects climate-change criticism
ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Scientific evidence from the environmental community suggests global warming trends are the result of human activity, a U.N. official said in Ankara.
Shtokman gas field delayed, Gazprom says
MOSCOW, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Market conditions for liquefied natural gas prompted a decision to delay activity at the Shtokman gas field for several years, Russian gas giant Gazprom...
FOR KIDS: Watering the air
Crop irrigation and farming practices could mean a cooler, wetter Midwest
Groundwater Cleanup at Superfund Site
(PhysOrg.com) -- A chain of chemical reactions between organic waste and naturally occurring chromium appears to explain the long-standing elevated levels of the chemical chromium-6, a human carcinogen, in groundwater...
Sea lion colony leaves Galapagos
A group of sea lions have moved from the Galapagos Islands to the warming waters of northern Peru, experts say.
Snowpocalypse Seen from Space
The storm dumped snow on Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia but largely spared New York City.
Arctic Melt 2010 Is Faster Than Models Predicted
Arctic Melt 2010 Is Faster Than Models Predicted The National Snow And Ice Data Center - NSISC - reports: Despite cool temperatures over most of the Arctic Ocean in January, Arctic sea...
Urban growth, farm exports drive tropical deforestation
The biggest causes of deforestation in tropical countries are population growth in cities and agricultural exports, a finding that should shape decisions on preventing forest loss, experts said Sunday.