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WASHINGTON, DC, May 20, 2010 (ENS) - "Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for - and in many cases is already affecting - a broad range of human and natural systems," the National Research Council advised Wednesday in one of three separate r...
Lighter-than-water crystals called hydrates have thwarted BP's attempts to contain the gulf oil leak with a 100-ton funnel. The extreme pressure and low temperatures at the sea floor are creating tiny shards of crystallized gas that clogged the steel and concrete cofferdam and threatened to make the...
Cleanup workers in the Gulf of Mexico discovered that a well head left exposed by last week's tragic oil platform explosion is leaking about 42,000 gallons of crude oil a day. Once thought to be a minor environmental issue, the leaking oil has made a rainbow-colored surface slick that measures about...
CORVALLIS, Oregon, April 19, 2010 (ENS) - A tiny Asian fly that is new to North America is threatening much of the West Coast fruit industry and has been detected in Florida too, warn state and federal agricultural experts.
The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, an invasive vinegar fly nat...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 16, 2010 (ENS) - President Barack Obama Thursday announced a new direction for America's space program that he says will "ramp up our capabilities to reach - and operate at - a series of increasingly demanding targets, while advancing our technological capabilities wit...
The United States formally introduced a plan crafted in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida last March during a meeting of the International Whaling Convention. The plan would allow whaling nations to do so legally within the IWC. Currently, Norway and Iceland whale in objection to the moratorium placed b...
Solar Impulse, the solar powered plane that a Swiss team hopes to fly around the world, soared to an altitude of 5,500 feet during its 1 ½ hour test flight yesterday. After touching back down at a military airfield, project leader Betrand Piccard and his team had a champagne celebration to ma...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 8, 2010 (ENS) - A new species of early man that dates back almost two million years has been discovered in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, about 170 miles northeast of Johannesburg.
A team led by Professor Lee Berger, a palaeoanthropologist from the Un...
In a pair of breakthrough announcements, president Obama announced that 2011 will usher in new fuel economy standards and new leasing eligibility for offshore oil development projects. This duo of announcements came with equal parts applause and disapproval from environmentalists; while a reduction...
In yesterday's meeting of the UN Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES), member countries could not rally enough support to pass protection measures for commercially fished sharks. Hunted for the namesake of shark fin soup, some groups estimate that as many as 73 million are...
