http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- House Republicans pointed to controversial e-mails leaked from climate scientists and said it was evidence of corruption. Top administration scientists looking at the same thing found no such sign, saying it doesn't change the fact that the world is warming. http://www.physorg.com/news179052414.html Other Sciences Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:47:32 EST news179052414 The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite named GOES-14, is being placed in on-orbit storage this month to await its call to duty. http://www.physorg.com/news178819478.html Space & Earth Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:00:02 EST news178819478 (AP) -- Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book. http://www.physorg.com/news175783212.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:50:02 EST news175783212 (AP) -- New pressures on the nation's oceans, from wind turbines to fish farms, are increasingly sparking conflicts with more traditional activities such as shipping and recreational boating and show the need for better planning, the head of the agency overseeing federal ocean research services said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news167373736.html Space & Earth Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:43:39 EST news167373736 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today published a final rule in the Federal Register prohibiting the harvesting of krill in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington. The rule goes into effect on August 12, 2009. Krill are a small shrimp-like crustacean and a key source of nutrition in the marine food web. http://www.physorg.com/news166720076.html Biology Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:40:02 EST news166720076 (AP) -- Fishery managers trying to protect rare sea turtles from dying in fishing nets have tapped a Cape Cod company to build a device they think can help balance turtle protection with profitable fishing. http://www.physorg.com/news164735717.html Biology Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:00:01 EST news164735717 A handful of ravenous, venomous lionfish, a species native to the western Pacific, were spotted off North Carolina in 2000. Turns out they like it here. A lot. http://www.physorg.com/news159706864.html Biology Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:01:42 EST news159706864 (AP) -- A second try is about to get under way at sending a little yellow submarine gliding across the Atlantic Ocean to collect scientific data from beneath the waves. http://www.physorg.com/news159345965.html Space & Earth Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:46:39 EST news159345965 An ambitious project to explore the origin, structure and evolution of tornadoes will take place from May 10-June 13, 2009, across the central United States. http://www.physorg.com/news158332962.html Space & Earth Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:23:19 EST news158332962 Thousands of merchant ships chug in and out of South Florida's bustling ports each year, bringing boatloads worth of economic benefit to the region. http://www.physorg.com/news157744326.html Space & Earth Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:52:41 EST news157744326 (AP) -- Ice cover on the Great Lakes has declined more than 30 percent since the 1970s, leaving the world's largest system of freshwater lakes open to evaporation and lower water levels, according to scientists associated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. http://www.physorg.com/news157053733.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:03:50 EST news157053733 (AP) -- The new head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will not only be talking the talk on global warming, she will be walking the walk - eight blocks from the Metro station to her office. http://www.physorg.com/news156714484.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:49:55 EST news156714484 A yearlong federal study has determined levels of contaminated sediment found under obsolete, rotting government ships anchored in Suisun Bay, in central California, are no higher than those found elsewhere in local waters, according to documents released Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news156164307.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:23:47 EST news156164307 (PhysOrg.com) -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-O, arrived this morning by a C17 military cargo aircraft at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility from the manufacturing plant in El Segundo, Calif. http://www.physorg.com/news155397372.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:57:05 EST news155397372 (PhysOrg.com) -- About half of the oil in the ocean bubbles up naturally from the seafloor, with Earth giving it up freely like it was of no value. Likewise, NASA satellites collect thousands of images and 1.5 terrabytes of data every year, but some of it gets passed over because no one thinks there is a use for it. http://www.physorg.com/news154263841.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:06:01 EST news154263841