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A Siberian section of the Arctic Ocean seafloor that stores vast amounts of frozen methane is showing signs of instability and is venting the potent greenhouse gas, an international research team reported last week.
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- Scientists have identified a novel antifreeze molecule in a freeze-tolerant Alaska beetle able to survive temperatures below minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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- Mount Mayon, the Philippines' most active volcano, is shooting columns of ash more than a kilometer above the summit and red hot lava is "fountaining" to a height of 500 meters - signs that an eruptio...
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- Sea pigs, giant sea spiders, ice fish, octopus, rare rays and basket stars that live in the seas of Antarctica's continental shelf are revealed in a series of new photographs released by the British A...
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- A physicist whose work is often highlighted by climate-change skeptics is refusing to provide the software he used to other climate researchers attempting to replicate his results.
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- Snow and ice across the planet are melting much faster than anticipated finds a new report presented Tuesday at the United Nations Climate Summit by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
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- In the first federal lawsuit challenging an industrial wind energy project on environmental grounds, a federal court ruled Tuesday that a wind farm under construction in Greenbrier County, West Virgin...
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- This year is likely to be the fifth warmest on record and the first decade of this century the hottest since records began, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday.
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 The quake has killed at least 708 people and displaced hundreds of thousands, causing widespread damage to homes, hospitals, schools, roads, bridges and commercial buildings. Some two million people have been affected by the quake, according to government data.
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 The moose population in northeastern Minnesota declined again this year, according to results of an aerial survey released by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. |
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 The U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not immediately shut down shipping locks near Chicago that link the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes, denying a request by Michigan that was aimed at keeping away invasive Asian carp. |
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 Group of world scientists warn that proposed oil development in Yasuní threatens to destroy one of the world's last high-biodiversity wilderness areas. |
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 The Twins and Pentair, a Minneapolis-based worldwide leader in water solutions, are partnering to deliver what officials say will be a new standard for water use in sports facilities. |
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 In an attack captured on film, the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru No. 2 on Thursday rammed and sank the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's new high-speed trimaran, the Ady Gil. |
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 A two-month roundup of about 2,500 wild horses from public and private lands in northern Nevada began on Monday amid protests that the plan is unnecessary and inhumane. |
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