11+ hour, 18+ min ago  (710+ words) Drilling through 500 feet of floating ice into the Antarctic Ocean floor, climate scientists have retrieved a rare 23-million-year record of sediments that helps demonstrate why the planet's southern ice shield could determine the fate of distant low-lying coastal areas. The…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (957+ words) The top scientist for the Geneva-based United Nations Environmental Programme said the organization is exploring the topic of climate engineering because "growing concerns about the lack of global efforts to cut emissions" is driving more interest in technological fixes that…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1408+ words) A bill drastically reducing the scope of the Clean Water Act passed through committee in the U.S. House and will likely reach the floor for debate later this month." The legislation would narrow the definition of bodies of water that qualify…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (626+ words) Hidden between volcanic cones in the Patagonian Steppe lies Laguna Blanca, an oasis-like lake in an otherwise arid region. Home to black-neck swans, red-eyed silvery grebes and dark-spotted endemic frogs, the serene body of water is the main attraction of…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1303+ words) Cuts to a major water-quality program in Ohio's biennial budget will likely weaken efforts to control the spread of toxic blue-green algae in Lake Erie." Large blooms of cyanobacteria cause problems for pretty much everything that isn't algae. They block…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago  (84+ words) United States Geological Survey. USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey Environmentalists worry the report will be used to justify an increase in ... USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (923+ words) Add to the long list of global warming concerns that melting ice caps could trigger more volcanic eruptions." Worse, researchers said Monday at a scientific conference in Prague, the increasing volcanic activity holds the potential for a range of long-term…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (829+ words) Minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel and copper are essential to building clean energy technology. Without them, there can be no solar panels, no electric vehicles, no wind turbines and no batteries." As more sectors and countries invest in renewable energy…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1569+ words) The new devices, which are part of a slew of planned infrastructure upgrades, will help the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho improve their disaster warning system. ETHETE, Wyo.Travis Shakespeare and Lokilo St. Clair of the Northern Arapaho tribe were…...