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Himalayan ice melt estimates get major downsizingAre global warming skeptics being armed with a new weapon? Estimates from satellite monitoring suggest the melt rate from the Himalayas has been much less than predicted. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:24:27 GMT (image) Are global warming skeptics being armed with a new weapon? Estimates from satellite monitoring suggest the melt rate from the Himalayas has been much less than predicted. (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) Are global warming skeptics being armed with a new weapon? Estimates from satellite monitoring suggest the melt rate from the Himalayas has been much less than predicted.
Trump slams Scotland's leader over wind farmDonald Trump claims Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond, seems "hell-bent on destroying Scotland's coastline" with a wind farm near his golf resort, British media report. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:13:10 GMT (image) Donald Trump claims Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond, seems "hell-bent on destroying Scotland's coastline" with a wind farm near his golf resort, British media report. (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) Donald Trump claims Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond, seems "hell-bent on destroying Scotland's coastline" with a wind farm near his golf resort, British media report.
US licenses first nuclear reactors since 1978It's been 34 years -- and several nuclear accidents later -- but a divided federal panel on Thursday licensed a utility to build nuclear reactors in the U.S. for the first time since 1978. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:54:15 GMT (image) It's been 34 years -- and several nuclear accidents later -- but a divided federal panel on Thursday licensed a utility to build nuclear reactors in the U.S. for the first time since 1978. (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) It's been 34 years -- and several nuclear accidents later -- but a divided federal panel on Thursday licensed a utility to build nuclear reactors in the U.S. for the first time since 1978.
Rhino dies in anti-poaching demo by conservationistsA conservation group demonstrating an anti-poaching method for reporters in South Africa accidentally killed the rhinoceros they were using in the demonstration. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 19:33:26 GMT (image) A conservation group demonstrating an anti-poaching method for reporters in South Africa accidentally killed the rhinoceros they were using in the demonstration. (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) A conservation group demonstrating an anti-poaching method for reporters in South Africa accidentally killed the rhinoceros they were using in the demonstration.
WWF: Toilet paper destroys tiger, elephant habitatIs your toilet paper wiping out forests used by tigers, elephants, orangutans and other wildlife? The World Wildlife Fund alleged that a major paper supplier is clearcutting in Indonesia. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 23:12:02 GMT (image) Is your toilet paper wiping out forests used by tigers, elephants, orangutans and other wildlife? The World Wildlife Fund alleged that a major paper supplier is clearcutting in Indonesia. (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) Is your toilet paper wiping out forests used by tigers, elephants, orangutans and other wildlife? The World Wildlife Fund alleged that a major paper supplier is clearcutting in Indonesia.
Killer whales denied anti-slavery protection Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:33:59 GMT A judge dismissed a lawsuit that sought to give killer whales at SeaWorld constitutional rights.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Calif. mine owner told he's operating illegally Wed, 8 Feb 2012 19:14:58 GMT (image) California's Gold Rush was more than a century-and-a-half ago, but its Wild West spirit lives on in a dispute between government agencies and a landowner in the Sierra Nevada foothills. (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Satellites show how our icy world is melting Wed, 8 Feb 2012 19:47:13 GMT (image) The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 18 inches (46 centimeters) of water, according to new research based on the most-comprehensive analysis of satellite data yet. (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
January warmest on record? The answer is...Hard as it may be to believe if you live in the Northeast or upper Midwest, last January was not the warmest on record across the lower 48 states, federal recordkeepers announced Tuesday. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 17:45:16 GMT (image) Hard as it may be to believe if you live in the Northeast or upper Midwest, last January was not the warmest on record across the lower 48 states, federal recordkeepers announced Tuesday. (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) Hard as it may be to believe if you live in the Northeast or upper Midwest, last January was not the warmest on record across the lower 48 states, federal recordkeepers announced Tuesday.
Quieter oceans make for less-stressed whales Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:38:32 GMT (image) Quiet oceans make for calmer right whales, new research suggests. When fewer ships sail the Bay of Fundy, the big baleen whales are less stressed — as evidenced by hormone levels in their poop. (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
PhotoBlog: Fishermen reel in shark the size of a school busPakistanis reel in one of the biggest fish in the sea: a whale shark. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:15:03 GMT (image) Pakistanis reel in one of the biggest fish in the sea: a whale shark. (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) Pakistanis reel in one of the biggest fish in the sea: a whale shark.
Fatal shark attacks in 2011 at 20-year high Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:37:42 GMT Fatal shark attacks across the globe reached a 20-year high in 2011, researchers report, while attacks in the U.S. were the lowest over the last decade and none were fatal.(image) (image)
Vulture 'restaurants' cater to endangered birds Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:59:12 GMT (image) Nepal has opened vulture "restaurants" to save the birds from extinction — and at the same time help impoverished villages become self-sufficient. (image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Cape Cod dolphin beachings at 129; more expectedNearly 130 dolphins have beached themselves on Cape Cod in the last three weeks, with 92 dying in what's become "the single largest stranding" in at least two decades in the Northeast. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:08:04 GMT (image) Nearly 130 dolphins have beached themselves on Cape Cod in the last three weeks, with 92 dying in what's become "the single largest stranding" in at least two decades in the Northeast. (image) (image) (image) (image) (image) Nearly 130 dolphins have beached themselves on Cape Cod in the last three weeks, with 92 dying in what's become "the single largest stranding" in at least two decades in the Northeast.
Mountain lion attacks 6-year-old in Texas park Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:26:52 GMT Officials at Big Bend National Park in Texas were looking for a mountain lion that attacked and injured a 6-year-old boy as he walked with three other people.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Are SeaWorld's killer whales slaves? Judge weighs caseThe stars of SeaWorld were the main attraction in federal court as a judge weighed PETA's claim that they are being treated like slaves. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 20:35:33 GMT (image) The stars of SeaWorld were the main attraction in federal court as a judge weighed PETA's claim that they are being treated like slaves. (image) (image) The stars of SeaWorld were the main attraction in federal court as a judge weighed PETA's claim that they are being treated like slaves.
Reports: China environmental crises, costs rising Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:56:23 GMT Environmental accidents are on the rise in China, mainly due to chemicals industry-related traffic and industrial mishaps, and the costs of such damage to the economy are rising.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image)
Protest over plans to protect Northwest caribou Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:24:47 GMT Woodland caribou, rarely-seen creatures that with their antlers stand as tall as a man, are struggling to survive in the United States, precariously occupying one remote area of the Northwest as a final toehold in the Lower 48.(image) (image) (image) (image) (image) |
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