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Tropical Storm Oli kicking up waves in south Pacific
Tropical Storm Oli is headed between the islands of Bora Bora and Raratonga in the South Pacific, while maintaining its intensity as a tropical storm. Infrared satellite data from NASA's...
Computer model demonstrates that white roofs may successfully cool cities
Painting the roofs of buildings white has the potential to significantly cool cities and mitigate some impacts of global warming, a new study indicates. The research, which is the first...
Olga now raining on third of 5 Australia territories
Australians in three of five territories have had enough of Tropical Cyclone Olga. After two landfalls, and three times a tropical storm, and traveling through Queensland and the Northern Territory,...
Were Spies Behind Climate Hack?
Former Top British Science Adviser Says Climate E-mails May Have Been Stolen By Spies
King Coal And The Heat Values Of Fuels
King Coal And The Heat Values Of Fuels A Potted History Of The Human Use Of Coal The term 'coal' covers many different materials with a common property: they are materials high...
Iron-rich soil may feed algae blooms
BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Iron-rich red dirt may play a key role in massive algae blooms that form off Australia's eastern coast during warmer months, scientists say.
Quakes 'decade's worst disasters'
Almost 60% of the people killed by natural disasters in the past decade lost their lives in earthquakes, data shows.
"Economic Mechanism" Key to Climate Deal
Mexican President Urges Executives at Global Economics Summit to Pay More to Fight Warming
AT&T: We'll Fix our Network
Firm to add 2.7 Million Wireless Customers, Blowing Past Verizon, Pledges Service Upgrades
FOR KIDS: Young scientists attend State of the Union address
Two winners of national science contests invited to attend Jan. 27 speech
Microbe produces biofuel from biomass
BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed a microbe that can produce an advanced biofuel directly from biomass.
Regional suppliers laud winter gas supply
BOSTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Excelerate Energy, the U.S. regional partner of German utility RWE, lauded its success in the New England market during one of the harshest winters...
London courting North Sea developers
LONDON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Energy companies will not explore the oil and gas resources near Scotland's Shetland Islands without significant economic incentives, ministers said.
Iran pulls back from Iraqi oil field
AMARAH, Iraq, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Iranian forces withdrew from an oil field in Maysan province to their side of the border following diplomatic negotiations, the provincial governor said.
A New Kind Of Lightning Discovered
When volcano seismologist Stephen McNutt at the University of Alaska Fairbanks's Geophysical Institute saw strange spikes in the seismic data from the Mount Spurr eruption in 1992, he had no...
Proposed Baffin Bay polar bear quota rejected
Nunavut's environment minister has rejected a wildlife regulator's recommendation for how many polar bears should be killed each year in the Baffin Bay region.
Amplification of global warming by carbon-cycle feedback significantly less than thought, study suggests
A new estimate of the feedback between temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration has been derived from a comprehensive comparison of temperature and CO2 records spanning the past millennium. The...
Scientists urge huge B.C. land preservation
A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the B.C. government to conserve 50 per cent of the province's land base to fight climate change.
Glaciers discovered in 'cursed' mountains of Albania
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of geographers from the University of Manchester have discovered a group of glaciers in one of Europe's most inhospitable places.
6.1 magnitude quake hits Philippines region: USGS
A 6.1 magnitude quake hit the Philippines region early Thursday, US scientists said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued.
Arctic marine health focus of circumpolar meeting
Scientists want to bring together people from Canada and other circumpolar nations in Iqaluit next year to talk about the health of the Arctic marine environment.
Arctic 'Melt Season' Is Growing Longer, New Research Demonstrates
New NASA-led research shows that the melt season for Arctic sea ice has lengthened by an average of 20 days over the span of 28 years, or 6.4 days per...
Scoop! Newsflash! No Science At IPCC!
WARNING! Very bad joke alert. Please engage brain before reading further. Scoop! Newsflash! No Science At IPCC! Following hot on the heels of recent news about emails, glaciers and rainforests comes a...
EPA to Visit Calif. Town Near Toxic Dump
Official Says No Plans to Investigate Birth Defects During Visit Near West's Largest Toxic Waste Dump
Patagonia mountains are growing
Mountains along the southernmost swath of South America are growing taller at a record rate, say researchers, who attribute the growth to the accelerating loss of glaciers there. ...
In vitro meat's evolution
With the meat industry's demands on the environment multiplying, New Harvest's Jason Matheny says we're getting closer to creating a processed product that will have significantly less impact. In 1932, Winston Churchill, appalled...
Serving Society by Studying Shifting Soil
Presidential award winner studies soil properties to help plan buildings, bridges.
Perfluorinated Polymers Targeted
Chemical Regulation: Citing concerns about persistence and toxicity, EPA toughens rules.