 Drought threatens drinking water for a million Australians July 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Up to a million people in Australia could face a shortage of drinking water if the country's drought continues, a report on the state of the nation's largest river system revealed Sunday. | |
 Spitzer Reveals 'No Organics' Zone Around Pinwheel Galaxy July 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Pinwheel galaxy is gussied up in infrared light in a new picture from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. | |
 Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night July 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- To coordinate with observations made by an orbiter flying repeatedly overhead, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is working a schedule Monday that includes staying awake all night for the first time. ... | |
Cow power could generate electricity for millions July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three per cent of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse ... | |
 Los Angeles bans plastic bagging in stores July 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The city of Los Angeles announced it will ban all plastic bags from retail stores as of July 1, 2010, following similar anti-pollution regulations already enforced in San Francisco. | |
Amazon powers tropical ocean's carbon sink July 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Nutrients from the Amazon River spread well beyond the continental shelf and drive carbon capture in the deep ocean, according to the authors of a multi-year study. | |
 Tropical Storm Dolly nears hurricane force July 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Forecasters issued a hurricane warning Tuesday as Tropical Storm Dolly churned over the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to land the US-Mexican border region. | |
 Scientists solve 30-year-old aurora borealis mystery 13 hours ago | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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UCLA space scientists and colleagues have identified the mechanism that triggers substorms in space; wreaks havoc on satellites, power grids and communications systems; and leads to the explosive release of ... | |
Researchers find key to saving the world's lakes July 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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After completing one of the longest running experiments ever done on a lake, researchers from the University of Alberta, University of Minnesota and the Freshwater Institute, contend that nitrogen control, in which the European ... | |
 New Project To Develop GPS-Like System For Moon July 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The same Ohio State University researcher who is helping rovers navigate on Mars is leading a new effort to help humans navigate on the moon. | |
The sun could be having a 15% or 20% effect on climate change July 18, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Global warming is mainly caused by greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activities; however, current climatic variations may be affected “around 15% or 20%” by solar activity, according to the researcher Manuel Vázquez ... | |
Why eating less can help the environment July 23, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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An estimated 19 percent of total energy used in the USA is taken up in the production and supply of food. Currently, this mostly comes from non-renewable energy sources which are in short supply. It is therefore of paramount ... | |
Costs of climate change, state-by-state: Billions, says UMD July 23, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Climate change will carry a price tag of billions of dollars for a number of U.S. states, says a new series of reports from the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER). The researchers ... | |
Action needed now for Minnesota to reach goals in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 July 22, 2008 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The state of Minnesota must act now if it wants to reach its Minnesota Next Generation Energy Act goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2015, according to a team of University of Minnesota transportation ... | |
Durham scientists to tackle CO2 storage in global warming challenge July 23, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Scientists at Durham University (UK) are working on new ways of storing CO2 emissions underground to help in the fight against global warming. | |
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