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Putin receives 'prehistoric' water from Antarctic lake

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was given a water sample Friday taken from a pristine lake hidden under Antarctic ice for over a million years, after Russian scientists drilled down to its surface.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Expansion of the Panama Canal has knock-on effect for the environment

Expansion of one of the world's most important shipping routes brings with it a unique opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint of the marine industry, experts claim.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Stricken New Zealand cargo ship breaks up

A cargo ship that caused New Zealand's worst maritime pollution disaster when it ran aground three months ago broke in two in a storm on Sunday, raising fears of a fresh environmental crisis.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Sunlight and bunker oil a fatal combination for Pacific herring

The 2007 Cosco Busan disaster, which spilled 54,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, had an unexpectedly lethal impact on embryonic fish, devastating a commercially and ecologically important species for nearly ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Report: We control many breast cancer risk factors

Women concerned about breast cancer should worry less about cellphones and hair dyes and worry more about weighing or drinking too much, exercising too little, using menopause hormones and getting too much ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan nuclear meltdown 'maybe worse than thought'

Molten nuclear fuel at Japan's Fukushima plant might have eaten two thirds of the way through a concrete containment base, its operator said, citing a new simulation of the extent of the March disaster.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 13

Most oil emptied from stricken New Zealand ship

Salvage crews have pumped almost all the oil from a container ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef and caused the country's worst maritime pollution disaster, authorities said Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why do neurons die in Parkinson's disease?

Current thinking about Parkinson's disease is that it's a disorder of mitochondria, the energy-producing organelles inside cells, causing neurons in the brain's substantia nigra to die or become impaired. A study from Children's ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New break up fears for stricken N. Z. ship

Officers from a ship stuck on a New Zealand reef faced fresh charges Wednesday as fears were raised the vessel was close to breaking up and could spill more oil, worsening the environmental disaster.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Environmental toxin Bisphenol A can affect newborn brain

Newborn mice that are exposed to Bisphenol A develop changes in their spontaneous behavior and evince poorer adaptation to new environments, as well hyperactivity as young adults. This has been shown by researchers at Uppsala ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

More oil spills from stricken New Zealand ship

Fresh oil leaked from a container ship stuck on a New Zealand reef Tuesday, as bad weather halted both salvage work on the vessel and a massive pollution clean up on the coast.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Zealand counts wildlife cost from oil spill

In a wildlife rescue centre on New Zealand's Bay of Plenty, volunteers grimly bag the oil-soaked bodies of dead birds, victims of the country's biggest sea pollution disaster.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Salvage crew lands on 'creaking' N.Z. oil slick ship

A salvage crew on Thursday made a daring landing on a crippled container ship leaking oil off New Zealand, as the vessel's owners apologised for the country's worst sea pollution crisis.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oil-slick ship at risk of breaking up: NZealand PM

Fears grew Wednesday that a ship stuck on a New Zealand reef may break up and release a new tide of oil, as its captain was charged over the nation's worst maritime pollution disaster.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fresh oil spills in N.Z's worst sea pollution disaster

New Zealand on Tuesday declared its worst maritime pollution disaster, as oil gushed into a pristine bay from a stranded container ship which was being pounded in heavy seas.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0