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In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth

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10 hours ago | 3 / 5 (3) | 1

(AP) -- Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head.

New climate targets may not change daily life much

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11 hours ago | 3.8 / 5 (10) | 2

(AP) -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.

Marine ecosystems get a climate form guide

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11 hours ago | 1 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first-ever Australian benchmark of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and options for adaptation is being released in Brisbane today.

NASA Aircraft Flies Calif. Wildfire Post-Burn Mission

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Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's remotely piloted Predator B aircraft, named Ikhana, recently conducted post-burn assessments of two Southern California wildfire sites, the Piute Fire in Kern County and the Station Fire in the Angeles ...

It's not just dirt!

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Nov 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Soil is the linchpin of the environment, where atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere meet. Despite that, many students see soil as "just dirt" - a place to grow plants, but nothing more. Soil science educators are challenged ...

Mankind using Earth's resources at alarming rate

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Nov 24, 2009 | 3.1 / 5 (15) | 40

Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday.

CO2 emissions continue significant climb

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Nov 24, 2009 | 2.6 / 5 (10) | 3

The annual rate of increase in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels has more than tripled in this decade, compared to the 1990s, reports an international consortium of scientists, who paint a bleak picture of the Earth's ...

NASA Releases Climate Change Multimedia Resource Reel

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Nov 24, 2009 | 1 / 5 (3) | 3

In advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, NASA has released a new multimedia climate change "resource reel" showcasing free downloadable videos, data visualizations, animations, and still images ...

Dead Sea needs world help to stay alive

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 24, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (5) | 2

The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.

Does carbon labelling give developing countries a bad deal?

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Nov 24, 2009 | 1 / 5 (2) | 2

Carbon labelling could unfairly disadvantage economies in the developing world, and mislead consumers, according to an interdisciplinary project carried out by the UK Research Councils' Rural Economy and Land Use Programme. ...

The e-waste dilemma

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Nov 24, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic devices could create significant environmental and health problems after they are thrown away. UC Irvine researchers are working with engineers, manufacturers and public health ...

Global study of salmon shows: 'Sustainable' food isn't so sustainable

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Nov 24, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 1

Popular thinking about how to improve food systems for the better often misses the point, according to the results of a three-year global study of salmon production systems. Rather than pushing for organic or land-based ...

Is global warming unstoppable?

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Nov 23, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (34) | 51

In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions - the major cause of global warming - cannot be stabilized unless the world's economy collapses or society builds the ...

Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling

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Nov 23, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (17) | 24

(AP) -- A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's ...

How green is your house? Recycling favorite activity among Brits says new survey

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Nov 23, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 3

Seventy percent of households always separate their rubbish for recycling, but only 2 percent buy their energy on a green tariff, according to the early findings of a major new annual household survey, called "Understanding ...

Lose the fat: Targeting grease to curtail sewer overflows

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Nov 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Sewer overflows are a nasty business, posing dangers to human health and the environment. North Carolina State University is launching a new project with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that targets ...

Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit

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Nov 22, 2009 | 2 / 5 (4) | 2

(AP) -- Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.

Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage

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Nov 21, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

Australia has issued "catastrophic" alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said Saturday.