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Anti-whalers, Japanese Fleet Clash at Sea
Anti-whaling Activists, Japanese Whalers Fire Water Cannons In Latest Antarctic Confrontation
Is climate change hiding the decline of maple syrup?
Human-related carbon emissions may skew isotope analysis for food-quality control.
The Price Of Arctic Ice
The Price Of Arctic Ice Putting an economic value on the loss of the Arctic's climate regulating abilities A report by the Pew Environment Group entitled An Initial Estimate of the Cost...
Preparations for Olympic games in Russia not meeting environmental standards
Despite a recent visit by the United Nations Environment Programme, preparations for the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia are failing to meet proper environmental standards, according...
Apathy to climate change high amongst Bangladeshi businesses
Aston Business School (ABS) has embarked on a three year research project to gauge corporate attitudes to climate change in Bangladesh - one of the world's most at risk countries...
India successfully tests nuclear-capable missile
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India again successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile Sunday that can hit targets across much of Asia and the Middle East, an official...
Despite the sceptics, climate change must remain a priority | Editorial
Public confidence will be inspired more by frankness about what science cannot explainIn trying to avert dangerous climate change, governments are aiming for something extraordinary. They want to transform the global economy because...
Robin McKie v Benny Peiser
Has the science of climate change been undermined by email leaks and the IPCC's glacier error?Dear RobinGlobal warming science and climate policy face a severe and deepening crisis of credibility. The whole climate...
Effort underway to suspend California's global-warming law
Conservatives propose an initiative that would delay curbs on greenhouse gas emissions until the state's unemployment rate drops to 5.5%, a level not seen since 2007. ...
What Is a Blizzard?
A blizzard as a storm with considerable falling or blowing snow and winds in excess of 35 mph and visibilities of less than 1/4 mile for at least 3 hours.
Dirty Coal And Boring Science
Dirty Coal And Boring Science There was a time when, through the proliferation of steam power, coal extraction in vast quantities became economically viable. Throughout the U.K. coal was burned to...
Arctic climate changing faster than expected
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Climate change is transforming the Arctic environment faster than expected and accelerating the disappearance of sea ice, scientists said on Friday in giving their early findings...
This week: Rajendra Pachauri, Pope Benedict and Katie Price and Alex Reid
Lucy Mangan on the people hitting the headlines this weekTaking the heatRajendra PachauriThe head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been under fire ever since it was revealed that a glacier...
Climate science: Truth and tribalism
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. It is the mantra of the courtroom, but it is also the motivating ideal of good science – as well as good...
Sweat Lodges Can Be Deadly But Not Cleansing
Steam rooms and sweat lodges can be warm and relaxing — but are they cleansing?
Hawaii aims to become green energy leader
HONOLULU, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Hawaiian officials have concluded that the resource-rich tropical state has little choice but to pursue green ambitions, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Melt from Alaskan glaciers largely overestimated in previous studies, glaciologists show
Glaciologists have shown that previous studies have largely overestimated mass loss from Alaskan glaciers over the past 40 years. Recent data have enabled researchers to extensively map mass loss in...
New Facility Expected to Clarify Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change
Scientists hope to get a glimpse of the future with a proposed experiment facility in northern Minnesota that would allow them to adjust temperatures and levels of carbon dioxide across...
Stephen Hawking to Visit Canada's Perimeter Institute
Dr. Neil Turok, Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), is pleased to announce that Prof. Stephen Hawking will visit the institute in Waterloo, Ontario, this summer to...
Brown pelicans struggling to survive
Shelters in Oregon and California are filling up as the formerly endangered seabirds starve and die at a high rate. The cause is unclear. ...
Labrador gets new national park
The federal government will announce the establishment of the Mealy Mountain National Park in Labrador on Friday.
Scientists suggest tyres and straw for rebuilding Haiti
Haiti can use low-tech materials such as straw and rubber tyres to protect buildings from future earthquakes, say engineers.
Moscow affirms support for Kyoto Protocol
MOSCOW, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- With the United Nations in New Delhi tackling a climate-change initiative, Moscow said it remains committed to its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol.
East African pipeline doubts linger
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Plans to extend an oil pipeline to Uganda from its African neighbors are in doubt as concerns over the funding for the project...
Algae advocates praise EPA findings
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A decision from Washington and the Environmental Protection Agency on the clean-energy future for biofuels supports industry findings, advocates said.
If you're going to do good science, release the computer code too
Programs do more and more scientific work - but you need to be able to check them as well as the original data, as the recent row over climate change documentation showsOne...
Winter crops reduce phosphorus runoff
BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The use of winter cover crops to reduce phosphorus runoff into Lake Champlain could be applied to other U.S. watersheds, Vermont scientists said.
Defusing the Methane Greenhouse Time Bomb
Methane trapped in Arctic ice (and elsewhere) could be rapidly released into the atmosphere as a result of global warming in a possible doomsday scenario for climate change, some...