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Drought forces Texas city to turn to toilets for tap water
Environmental | 206936 hits | 9:05 AM on Monday | posted by Zipperfish
Rock snot's not an invasive species, but sign of changing environment: studyEnvironmental | 206658 hits | 11:01 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
It's called rock snot and it's clogging river bottoms from coast to coast. But new research says the green slime is not an invasive species wreaking havoc across Canada and around the world, as once believed. Swelling CO2 Cuts Nutrition in FoodEnvironmental | 206552 hits | 9:00 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
A carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere could strip important food crops of their nutrients, a new study suggests. Wheat, rice, barley and certain legumes like soybeans are classified as C3 plants, which corresponds to their ability as plants to convert carbon d Dancing frogs, newly discovered in India, face extinctionEnvironmental | 206667 hits | 7:56 AM on Thursday | posted by Regina
Scientists have discovered 14 new species of so-called dancing frogs in the jungle mountains of southern India — just in time, they fear, to watch them fade away. First time in 800,000 years: April's CO2 levels above 400 ppmEnvironmental | 206573 hits | 6:59 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Less than a year after scientists first warned that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could rise above 400 parts per million and stay there, it has finally happened. For the first time in recorded history, the average level of CO2 has topped Galapagos finches combat killer maggots with scientists' help
Researchers on Monday described a new method to assist Darwin's finches in combating the larvae of parasitic flies responsible for killing numerous nestlings of the famous birds that helped inspire Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection
Environmental | 206788 hits | 10:54 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
Researchers on Monday described a new method to assist Darwin's finches in combating the larvae of parasitic flies responsible for killing numerous nestlings of the famous birds that helped inspire Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection New strategy promotes hunting as cure to Nunavut hungerEnvironmental | 206591 hits | 10:39 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
A new strategy from the Nunavut Food Security Coalition says helping people hunt and share more caribou, seal and other Inuit traditional food could help tackle the "food security crisis" in the territory. Goblin shark, rare deep-water species, caught off U.S. coastEnvironmental | 206857 hits | 6:44 AM on Monday | posted by Regina
Fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico were shocked last month when they hauled a shrimp net up to discover they had caught a rare, and slightly terrifying, Goblin shark. The mysterious sharks can live at depths of more than 1,300 metres. Cold winter may have killed off 30% of honeybeesEnvironmental | 206576 hits | 8:57 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
Canada's harsh winter, which set cold records in many regions, hasn't just been a trial for humans. Some entomologists are concerned that honeybee and butterfly populations will suffer noticable declines.Lynchburg, Virginia train derailment spills crude oil into James River
Several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along the James River in downtown Lynchburg, Va., leading to the evacuation of nearby buildings, but no injuries, city officials said.
Environmental | 207648 hits | 7:35 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along the James River in downtown Lynchburg, Va., leading to the evacuation of nearby buildings, but no injuries, city officials said. Greater Vancouver Zoo Siberian tiger Hani found deadEnvironmental | 207790 hits | 5:05 PM on Wednesday | posted by Regina
Hani, one of two Siberian tigers brought from South Korea in 2012, was found dead this morning by her keepers at Greater Vancouver Zoo. Severe weather threatens eastern US statesEnvironmental | 207743 hits | 7:26 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Severe weather threatens as many as 73 million Americans, after two days of powerful storms and tornadoes killed up to 28 people.Top climate expert's sensational claim of government meddling in crucial UN report
Harvard professor Robert Stavins (pictured) electrified the worldwide debate on climate change by publishing a letter in which he spelled out the interference.
Environmental | 207768 hits | 12:27 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Harvard professor Robert Stavins (pictured) electrified the worldwide debate on climate change by publishing a letter in which he spelled out the interference. Rotting whale's stench, bloating worry Trout RiverEnvironmental | 207943 hits | 9:03 AM on Monday | posted by Regina
A dead blue whale that is slowly rotting on the beach of the western Newfoundland community of Trout River has the community scrambling to find a way to get rid of it before it explodes.U.S. tornadoes: Arkansas, Oklahoma twisters kill 17
The tornado risk remains high today after a twister laid waste to an Arkansas community Sunday — the largest of several produced by a powerful storm system that rumbled through the central and southern U.S., killing at least 17 people.
Environmental | 207480 hits | 6:46 AM on Monday | posted by Regina
The tornado risk remains high today after a twister laid waste to an Arkansas community Sunday — the largest of several produced by a powerful storm system that rumbled through the central and southern U.S., killing at least 17 people. Lake Superior ice could stick around until mid-MayEnvironmental | 207529 hits | 6:22 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
With less than a week left in April, ice still covers about two-thirds of Lake Superior — more than any year in recent memory, according to an American researcher. Chemical tanker Halit Bey runs aground in St. LawrenceEnvironmental | 206795 hits | 10:57 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
The 160-metre Halit Bey was en route to Trois-Rivières, Que., from Germany when it ran aground just outside of Quebec City. Humpback whale losing 'threatened' status amid Northern Gateway concernsEnvironmental | 206800 hits | 9:38 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
The Canadian government is downgrading the protection of humpback whales off the coast of B.C. under the Species at Risk Act amid fears that the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline will turn the whales' habitat into a major oil shipping corridor. Shipping season begins today, marking latest start everEnvironmental | 206674 hits | 11:11 AM on Monday | posted by Regina
Two ships are due to arrive in the port of Thunder Bay on Monday, marking the latest start to a shipping season there.It's Final -- Corn Ethanol Is Of No Use
Can we stop pretending biofuel from corn is helping the planet and the environment? The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report reversing its previous support of biofuels, stating, “Increasing bioenergy crop cultivat
Environmental | 206622 hits | 7:58 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Can we stop pretending biofuel from corn is helping the planet and the environment? The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report reversing its previous support of biofuels, stating, “Increasing bioenergy crop cultivat Increased CO2 levels make fish unafraid of predatorsEnvironmental | 206512 hits | 7:51 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
SYDNEY, April 15 (RTRS) - Fish on a remote coral reef in the South Pacific have altered their behaviour, as acidification of the ocean changes their natural habits, making them attracted to the smell of their predators and unafraid of approaching them. Air Pollution Intensifies Pacific StormsEnvironmental | 206652 hits | 12:20 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Pollution from China's coal-burning power plants is pumping up winter storms over the northwest Pacific Ocean and changing North America's weather, a new study finds. Northwest Pacific winter storms are now 10 percent stronger than they were 30 years ago,Proof of success of U.S. Clean Air Act shows up in Greenland ice : SCIENCE : Tech Times
Environmental | 206480 hits | 11:54 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Scale Model WWII Craft Takes Flight With Fuel From the Sea ConceptEnvironmental | 206625 hits | 7:28 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Navy researchers demonstrate proof-of-concept in first flight of an internal combustion powered model aircraft fueled by a novel gas-to-liquid process that uses seawater as carbon feedstock.Environmental | 206650 hits | 10:39 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Scientists have discovered a hole in the atmosphere that allows ozone-depleting compounds and other chemicals to bypass the atmosphere’s natural “washing machine” layer. The lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere, known as the troposphere, is full of hydroxyl Greenpeace calls for Elections Canada probe of Ethical OilEnvironmental | 206928 hits | 10:11 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Greenpeace Canada is asking Elections Canada to investigate whether the Ethical Oil Institute is colluding with the Conservative Party in order to get around rules that limit donations to political parties.Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 search shows extent of ocean trash
Search teams scouring the Indian Ocean for evidence of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have thus far only come up with unrelated debris. It's an indication of the vast amount of junk floating in the open seas.
Environmental | 206606 hits | 7:20 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Search teams scouring the Indian Ocean for evidence of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have thus far only come up with unrelated debris. It's an indication of the vast amount of junk floating in the open seas.Japan lets Fukushima evacuees back into nuclear no-go zone
For the first time since Japan's nuclear disaster three years ago, authorities are allowing residents to return to live in their homes within a tiny part of a 20-kilometre evacuation zone around the Fukushima plant.
Environmental | 206542 hits | 12:08 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
For the first time since Japan's nuclear disaster three years ago, authorities are allowing residents to return to live in their homes within a tiny part of a 20-kilometre evacuation zone around the Fukushima plant.Mini Cooper engineers showcase �Cooper T� tea-leaf biofuel composite vehicle
Mini�s scientists, engineers and product designers have stared long and hard at the bottom of their favourite hot beverages and seen the future � a tea-leaf biofuel composite which they have harnessed to power the new MINI Cooper T. Available as �Ch
Environmental | 206819 hits | 11:16 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Mini�s scientists, engineers and product designers have stared long and hard at the bottom of their favourite hot beverages and seen the future � a tea-leaf biofuel composite which they have harnessed to power the new MINI Cooper T. Available as �Ch Changes recommended for heavy oil extraction near Peace RiverEnvironmental | 206462 hits | 7:28 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
U.N. climate author withdraws because the report has become 'too alarmist'
Environmental | 206755 hits | 6:44 AM on Monday | posted by stemmer
Japan's Antarctic whaling program not scientific, world court says
Environmental | 207184 hits | 4:12 AM on Monday | posted by saturn_656
Environmental | 207698 hits | 11:15 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In The Wall Street Journal, Matt Ridley writes that even while it exaggerates the amount of warming, the IPCC is becoming more cautious about its effects.New UN Climate Report Casts Doubt on Earlier Extinction Predictions
In 2007, the IPCC predicted that rising global temperatures would kill off many species. But in its new report, part of which will be presented next Monday, the UN climate change body backtracks. There is a shortage of evidence, a draft version claims.
Environmental | 207604 hits | 4:49 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In 2007, the IPCC predicted that rising global temperatures would kill off many species. But in its new report, part of which will be presented next Monday, the UN climate change body backtracks. There is a shortage of evidence, a draft version claims. 900 Villages families jolted by huge electric bills | Windsor StarEnvironmental | 206738 hits | 4:43 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Japan loses appetite for whaling industry as meat sales decline
The greatest threat to Japan's whaling industry may not be the environmentalists harassing its ships or the countries demanding its abolishment, but Japanese consumers. They've lost their appetite.
Environmental | 207510 hits | 11:31 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The greatest threat to Japan's whaling industry may not be the environmentalists harassing its ships or the countries demanding its abolishment, but Japanese consumers. They've lost their appetite.Biofuels do more harm than good, UN warns
Growing crops to make biofuel harms the environment and drives up food prices, admits the United Nations
Environmental | 207647 hits | 6:29 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Growing crops to make biofuel harms the environment and drives up food prices, admits the United Nations WHO | 7 million premature deaths annually linked to air pollutionEnvironmental | 206390 hits | 6:14 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Frozen Great Lakes deadly for ducks, conservationists sayEnvironmental | 207530 hits | 8:50 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
Frozen lakes have killed hundreds of ducks in southern Ontario and upstate New York, wildlife conservationists say, as ice has made it impossible for many waterfowl to dive for food. Study suggests ancient clam farms worked wellEnvironmental | 207771 hits | 11:22 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Ancient clam farms created by Aboriginal people shelled out a superior amount of clams and the method could be used to nurture today’s food security, says a new study. The three-year study by SFU researchers revealed Thursday ancient rock-walled terraces B.C. hunters given the okay to shoot feral pigs anywhereEnvironmental | 207645 hits | 11:48 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
It is now legal for licensed hunters to harvest feral pigs anywhere in B.C. In a news release issued this morning, the B.C. ministry of forests and lands says feral pigs are invasive animals that have escaped farms and established themselves in the wild.Environmental | 207422 hits | 12:54 PM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
America’s largest industrial accident tore apart the town of Kingston, Tennessee. Five years later, has the industry learned anything?Environmental | 206660 hits | 4:46 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
As more environmentally conscious Americans do their bit to help clear the air by paying up for an eco-friendly Prius or a sporty Tesla, a damaging form of polluted rain is falling in China Davis Strait polar bear habitat higher now than in 1979 and early 1980sEnvironmental | 206727 hits | 12:24 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Davis Strait polar bear subpopulation is said to be 'vulnerable' to the supposed effects of global warming because, like Hudson Bay, Davis Strait sea ice retreats every summer, leaving polar bears on land for several months. However, Davis Strait bearIn U.S., Most Do Not See Global Warming as Serious Threat
Most Americans, 65%, believe global warming is currently happening or will happen in their lifetimes, but far fewer, 36%, predict it will be a serious threat to their way of life.
Environmental | 206773 hits | 11:56 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Most Americans, 65%, believe global warming is currently happening or will happen in their lifetimes, but far fewer, 36%, predict it will be a serious threat to their way of life. Environment Canada braces for cuts to climate programs | Toronto StarEnvironmental | 206725 hits | 8:29 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Canada’s efforts to combat climate change could be scaled down as Environment Canada braces for more budgetary belt-tightening over the next three years. Sea lions rescued from slow death in Fanny Bay, B.C.Environmental | 206686 hits | 10:41 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
A Vancouver Aquarium marine mammal rescue team, in partnership with Fisheries and Oceans, has successfully disentangled several California and Stellar sea lions spotted on log booms in the Fanny Bay area of Vancouver Island. Enbridge Line 9: W5 uncovers unreported spills, alarming communities along 830-km pipeEnvironmental | 206660 hits | 4:53 PM on Monday | posted by BeaverFever
Opinion: Swimming in a sea of disinformation over the Great Barrier Reef
Hoegh-Guldberg is now arguably the world’s most influential reef scientist in global-warming circles, having got big government grants, chaired a $20 million World Bank study of warming, and worked as an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lead auth
Environmental | 206749 hits | 3:33 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Hoegh-Guldberg is now arguably the world’s most influential reef scientist in global-warming circles, having got big government grants, chaired a $20 million World Bank study of warming, and worked as an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lead auth Acrobatic Alta. bear goes out on a line for a tasty treatEnvironmental | 206525 hits | 1:12 PM on Monday | posted by Regina
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