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June 24, 2011 4:39 PM
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Growing Evidence on Climate Change Affecting U.S. Gardens
Federal climate scientists are teaming up with horticulturalists to inform the public about the potential effects of climate change on gardens. Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...
June 17, 2011 2:28 PM
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Arabian Oryx Comes Back From the Brink
Almost 40 years ago, the last wild Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), a large, cream-colored antelope with striking black horns, met its end in the deserts of Oman—shot by a...
June 16, 2011 6:00 AM
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Biomedical Institute Adds 15 Plant Biologists to Its Roster
Philip Benfey didn't start out as a plant biologist; neither did Jeff Dangl, nor Elliot Meyerowitz, who worked on fruit flies until he decided to develop a plant as...
June 10, 2011 3:50 PM
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Restaurant Photos Help Nail Sprouts in German Outbreak
BERLIN—Snapping pictures of your restaurant meal may be an odd habit—but what if it helps save lives? Today, German officials announced that they are now certain that organic sprouts*...
Germany's Withdrawal of Funding Threatens Plan to Save Ecuador Forest
The Ecuadorian government's plan to keep oil in the ground in Yasuni National Park in exchange for compensation from world governments has taken a severe blow in recent days....
Updated: Marine Scientists Begin Cruise Off Fukushima
Three months after the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant began leaking unprecedented amounts of radioactive isotopes, an interdisciplinary group of scientists will begin measuring the radioactivity in the ocean east...
June 2, 2011 2:29 PM
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Brazil Gives Green Light to 'Monster Dam'
Brazil's environment agency gave final approval this week for the construction of the Belo Monte Dam, an immense hydroelectric station that has become a cause celebre in Hollywood. The...
May 26, 2011 3:50 PM
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Cucumbers May Be Culprit in Massive E. coli Outbreak in Germany
German researchers suspect cucumbers from Spain are the source of a massive enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) outbreak that has hit the northern parts of the country. According to the...
May 26, 2011 11:59 AM
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Furor Over Proposed Brazilian Forest Law
The passage on Tuesday by Brazil's Chamber of Deputies of an amended forest law favorable to ranchers and loggers has brought an outpouring of concern from environmentalists, with some...
May 12, 2011 6:55 PM
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Director of Ecological Think Tank to Depart
The head of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) is leaving after 16 months on the job. Edward McCauley will return to the University of Calgary in...
May 5, 2011 5:37 PM
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Science Is Lacking in California Bay Delta Conservation Plan
A draft plan to restore endangered habitat and fish species in the California Bay Delta east of San Francisco is incomplete and contains major scientific gaps, according to a...
May 4, 2011 5:54 PM
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Chesapeake Recovery Hampered by Sparse Data, Academy Finds
For decades, the Chesapeake Bay—the largest estuary in the United States—has suffered from excess nutrients and sediments that pour into its waters. In 2009, six states and the District...
Fuel Costs, Budget Woes Cut U.S. Ocean Drilling
The continuing high cost of ship fuel and budget constraints at the National Science Foundation (NSF) have forced scientific ocean drillers to tie up their drill ship for a...
Geographers Had Predicted Osama's Possible Whereabouts
Could Osama bin Laden have been found faster if the CIA had followed the advice of ecosystem geographers from the University of California, Los Angeles? Probably not, but the...
April 27, 2011 4:36 PM
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Scientists Urge Greater Protection for Arctic as Ice Recedes
A group of scientists and representatives of indigenous Arctic communities has identified areas around the Arctic Ocean that they consider especially worthy of consideration for protection as sea ice...
April 25, 2011 12:29 PM
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Science Publishes Replication of 2007 Hauser Study
An investigation at Harvard University last year found prominent cognitive scientist Marc Hauser guilty of research misconduct and raised questions about several publications, including a 2007 Science paper on...
April 19, 2011 6:31 PM
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Can States Sue on Greenhouse Gas as a 'Nuisance'? High Court Asks
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is busy girding itself for a fight over new greenhouse gas emissions rules, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case...
April 14, 2011 5:31 PM
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Congress Delists Endangered Wolf: A Roundup
As part of the 2011 budget bill passed today by the House of Representatives, Congress for the first time removed a species from the Fish and Wildlife Service's list...
April 6, 2011 6:16 PM
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Primer: Will Radiation Lay Waste to Japan's Fish?
Although radioactive leaks in the Fukushima plant are now plugged, Japan's coastal waters have taken a beating. Authorities dumped some of the waste seawater used to cool the reactors...
March 30, 2011 4:46 PM
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Patent Foe Sues Monsanto on Modified Crops
The Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), an opponent of patents with very expansive claims, has sued St. Louis, Missouri-based company Monsanto, makers of various genetically modified seeds. PUBPAT is a...
Indian Survey Finds More Tigers, but Some Wonder
A new survey by the Indian government reports a 12% increase in the country's adult tiger population. But some tiger experts think the numbers don't really add up. A...
Radioecologists Developing Japan-Response Recommendations
Two months ago, to little fanfare, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a new research center at its Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) in Georgia. Now, thanks to the...
March 23, 2011 2:00 PM
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Researchers Challenge E. O. Wilson Over Evolutionary Theory
Online today in Nature, nearly 150 evolutionary biologists challenge Harvard University's Edward O. Wilson, one of the world's most preeminent scientists, and two colleagues. At issue is the usefulness...
March 22, 2011 5:43 PM
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Bug Expert Snags Enviro Prize
For more than 35 years, May Berenbaum has been a champion of insects, studying how they interact with plants and humans and conveying her fascination with bugs to the...
March 15, 2011 5:15 PM
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Comparing Earthquakes, Explained
How can one compare the magnitude-9.0 earthquake in Japan with the magnitude-6.3 quake that struck New Zealand? News stories about the disaster in Japan bandy around two sorts of...
Japanese Engineers Offer Quake Data
The Coastal Engineering Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers has set up a Web page to share information and post modeling and computational results of studies of...
March 14, 2011 11:22 AM
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Could Amateur Taxonomists Catalog Earth's Fauna?
Taxonomy has a reputation as one of science's least glamorous fields, and experts have been sounding an alarm over declining funding and a global dearth of practitioners. With extinctions...
February 24, 2011 5:41 PM
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Report Calls for Broad Reforms in Managing California’s Water
If California hopes to prevent further extinctions of native species of endangered fish, the state should abandon efforts to take desperate measures to save individual species under the Endangered...
February 22, 2011 4:44 PM
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Meet the Mastermind Behind That E. coli Google Logo
In a cage match between basketball star Amar'e Stoudemire and a duo of microbiologists, who will emerge victorious? Only time and users' votes will tell.
Japan's Research Whalers Head Home Early
TOKYO—Japan officially called an early halt to this year's research whaling expedition to Antarctic waters, blaming the activist group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for making it impossible to continue....
February 11, 2011 5:07 PM
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Feds Propose Flexible Plans for Resilient Forests
With climate change posing new threats—more frequent forest fires, for example, and plagues of tree-killing beetles—the U.S. Forest Service is proposing to change the way it makes its management plans...
February 9, 2011 5:32 PM
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Can the U.S. Farm Fish Offshore Safely?
Worried about the U.S. trade deficit? After crude oil and natural gas, the third largest contributor to the deficit is seafood—the U.S. imports some $9 billion worth each year....
February 7, 2011 4:21 PM
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Sealed-Off Lake Still Tantalizingly Out of Reach
The Russian team that has been drilling for 24 hours a day to reach the sub-glacial Lake Vostok that lies at the bottom of a 3750-meter-thick ice sheet in...
February 4, 2011 4:29 PM
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Embattled Author and Critics Agree: Gulf Recovery Assessment 'Not Based on Data'
With the fate of the commercial seafood industry in the Gulf of Mexico hanging in the balance, the manager of the $20-billion victims compensation fund has issued this week...
February 4, 2011 2:57 PM
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Exclusive: Tanzania Park 'Highway' to Remain Undeveloped
Researchers and conservationists around the world have been reacting with dismay to news that the Tanzanian government will forge ahead with plans to build a highway bisecting Serengeti National...
February 3, 2011 4:18 PM
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Russians Approach Pristine Antarctic Lake
Russian scientists drilling toward Lake Vostok, an enormous body of fresh water sealed off beneath Antarctic ice for 35 million years, have until Sunday to reach their goal before...
February 2, 2011 5:42 PM
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EPA to Regulate Rocket Fuel Chemical in Drinking Water
In a decisive move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will begin regulating perchlorate in drinking water sources. Backed by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), EPA...
February 1, 2011 5:39 PM
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Did FEMA Expect Midwest MegaQuake by 2014?
Is an earthquake the size of the 1811 New Madrid quake, the largest ever to hit the eastern United States, imminent in the next 3 years? Most seismologists believe...
January 26, 2011 4:44 PM
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But Seriously, Mr. President, About Those Salmon …
In his State of the Union speech last night, President Barack Obama got some laughs while talking about the need for reorganizing government to make it more efficient. From...
January 25, 2011 5:30 PM
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Study Says Rethinking Cities Is Key to Climate Change
Cities generate most of the world's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. So changing their configuration and altering the lifestyles of urban dwellers can have a major impact on mitigating those...
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