http://www.mail.com/subjects/1812-earth-science.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1812-earth-science.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2080100-project-aims-to-track-big-city-carbon-footprints.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. Halfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the Eiffel Tower and elsewhere around Paris keep a pulse on emissions from smokestacks and aut... Mon, 13 May 2013 08:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2080100-project-aims-to-track-big-city-carbon-footprints.html 2013-05-13T08:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2079354-experts-co2-record-illustrates-scary-trend.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone. The chief greenhouse gas was measured Thursday at 400 parts per million in Hawaii, a monitoring site that sets the world's benchmark. It's a symbolic mark that scientists and environmentalists hav... Sun, 12 May 2013 00:25:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2079354-experts-co2-record-illustrates-scary-trend.html 2013-05-12T00:25:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069034-encroaching-sea-threat-caribbean.html TELESCOPE, Grenada (AP) — The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean. For Desmond Augustin and other fishermen living along the shorelines... Tue, 07 May 2013 18:23:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069034-encroaching-sea-threat-caribbean.html 2013-05-07T18:23:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2044242-ohioans-promoting-richter-scale-developer-legacy.html CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio native Charles Richter's scale for measuring the power of earthquakes isn't as widely used as before, but he has fans determined to make sure his name and legacy don't fade away. A road roundabout will be dedicated in his name Friday, the late physicist and seismologist's birthday. A group of historians and Richter supporters, with ... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:56:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2044242-ohioans-promoting-richter-scale-developer-legacy.html 2013-04-25T16:56:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022690-quake-hits-iran-pakistan-dozens-killed.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An earthquake toppled homes and shops on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, killing dozens of people and causing skyscrapers to sway in Dubai. It also forced Iranian officials — for the second time in less than a week — to issue assurances that its main nuclear reactor wasn't damaged. At least 34 people were killed in a si... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:37:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022690-quake-hits-iran-pakistan-dozens-killed.html 2013-04-16T19:37:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015156-greenhouse-gases-high-temps-hotter-china.html WASHINGTON (AP) — China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to one country's rise in its daily temperature spikes. China emits more of the greenhouse gas than the next two biggest carbon polluters — the U.S. and ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:48:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015156-greenhouse-gases-high-temps-hotter-china.html 2013-04-12T14:48:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2014356-report-global-warming-big-us-drought.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year's huge drought was a freak of nature that wasn't caused by man-made global warming, a new federal science study finds. Scientists say the lack of moisture usually pushed up from the Gulf of Mexico was the main reason for the drought in the nation's midsection. Thursday's report by dozens of scientists from five different federa... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:26:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2014356-report-global-warming-big-us-drought.html 2013-04-11T22:26:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2010698-feelin-queasy-air-turbulence-atlantic.html LONDON (AP) — Tourists, exchange students, masters of the financial universe and other business travelers: It's time to buckle up. More pollution is likely to mean bumpier flights for trans-Atlantic travelers, researchers say, predicting increased turbulence over the North Atlantic as carbon dioxide levels rise. University of East Anglia climate expert Ma... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:13:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2010698-feelin-queasy-air-turbulence-atlantic.html 2013-04-10T17:13:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2002390-antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-future.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Nancy Bertler and her team took a freezer to the coldest place on Earth, endured weeks of primitive living and risked spending the winter in Antarctic darkness, to go get ice — ice that records our climate's past and could point to its future. They drilled out hundreds of ice cores, each slightly longer and wider than a base... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:20:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2002390-antarctic-team-digs-deep-to-predict-climate-future.html 2013-04-06T12:20:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1991334-report-predicts-ever-bigger-lake-erie-algae-blooms.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — It was the largest algae bloom in Lake Erie's recorded history — a scummy, toxic blob that oozed across nearly one-fifth of the lake's surface during the summer and fall of 2011. It sucked oxygen from the water, clogged boat motors and washed ashore in rotting masses that turned beachgoers' stomachs. It was also likely an omen ... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:06:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1991334-report-predicts-ever-bigger-lake-erie-algae-blooms.html 2013-04-01T20:06:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1986698-qa-europes-freezing-easter-global-warming.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — Is it Easter or Christmas? Many Europeans would be forgiven for being confused by winter's icy grip on lands that should be thawing in springtime temperatures by now. Britain is on track for the coldest March since 1962, according to national weather service the Met Office, which also says daily low temperatures in London are going to rem... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:00:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1986698-qa-europes-freezing-easter-global-warming.html 2013-03-29T15:00:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1985342-americans-oppose-paying-storm-ravaged-beaches.html WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 4 out of 5 Americans want to prepare now for rising seas and stronger storms from climate change, a new national survey says. But most are unwilling to keep spending money to restore and protect stricken beaches. The poll by Stanford University released Thursday found that only 1 in 3 people favored the government spending mill... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:31:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1985342-americans-oppose-paying-storm-ravaged-beaches.html 2013-03-28T22:31:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1980798-report-big-okla-quake-2011-man-made.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusual and widely felt 5.6-magnitude quake in Oklahoma in 2011 was probably caused when oil drilling waste was pushed deep underground, a team of university and federal scientists concluded. That would make it the most powerful quake to be blamed on deep injections of wastewater, according to a study published Tuesday by the journal ... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:04:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1980798-report-big-okla-quake-2011-man-made.html 2013-03-26T23:04:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1957882-global-warming-change-tornado-season-too.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With the planet heating up, many scientists seem fairly certain some weather elements like hurricanes and droughts will worsen. But tornadoes have them stumped. These unpredictable, sometimes deadly storms plague the United States more than any other country. Here in tornado alley, Oklahoma City has been hit with at least 147 tornadoe... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:07:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1957882-global-warming-change-tornado-season-too.html 2013-03-15T20:07:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1956812-global-warming-fueled-somali-drought.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Global warming may have contributed to low rain levels in Somalia in 2011 where tens of thousands died in a famine, research by British climate scientists suggests. Scientists with Britain's weather service studied weather patterns in East Africa in 2010 and 2011 and found that yearly precipitation known as the short rains failed in ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:37:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1956812-global-warming-fueled-somali-drought.html 2013-03-15T16:37:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1954082-zealand-suffering-biggest-drought-30-years.html CARTERTON, New Zealand (AP) — Dairy farmer John Rose has sent more than 100 of his cows to the slaughterhouse over recent weeks as a severe drought browned pastures in New Zealand's normally verdant North Island. He had to thin his herd so the remaining 550 cows have enough to eat, and he's supplementing their diet with ground palm kernel as the grass in ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:58:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1954082-zealand-suffering-biggest-drought-30-years.html 2013-03-15T00:58:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1938934-heat-spike-unlike-11000-years.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study looking at 11,000 years of climate temperatures shows the world in the middle of a dramatic U-turn, lurching from near-record cooling to a heat spike. Research released Thursday in the journal Science uses fossils of tiny marine organisms to reconstruct global temperatures back to the end of the last ice age. It shows how the... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:57:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1938934-heat-spike-unlike-11000-years.html 2013-03-08T21:57:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1913870-2nd-major-snowstorm-paralyzes-parts-midwest.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — For the second time in a week, a major winter storm paralyzed parts of the nation's midsection Tuesday, dumping a fresh layer of heavy, wet snow atop cities still choked with piles from the previous system and making travel perilous from the Oklahoma panhandle to the Great Lakes. The weight of the snow strained power lines and cut ... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:56:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1913870-2nd-major-snowstorm-paralyzes-parts-midwest.html 2013-02-27T00:56:46Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1909958-iran-selects-16-sites-suitable-nuclear-plants.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has selected 16 locations as suitable for new nuclear power plants it intends to build to boost its energy production over the next 15 years, authorities said on Saturday. The Islamic republic says it needs 20 large-scale plants to meet its growing electricity needs over the next one-and-a-half decades. It currently operates a 1,0... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:04:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1909958-iran-selects-16-sites-suitable-nuclear-plants.html 2013-02-23T13:04:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1899320-climate-contradiction-snow-blizzards.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists point to both scant recent snowfall in parts of the country and this month's whopper of a Northeast blizzard as potential global warming signs. How can that be? The answer lies in atmospheric physics. Experts say the warmer atmosphere can hold, and dump, more moisture. Two new studies find there are more big blizzards but less... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:17:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1899320-climate-contradiction-snow-blizzards.html 2013-02-18T16:17:29Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1893804-meteor-explodes-russia-1100-injured.html MOSCOW (AP) — With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in a city of 1 million. While NASA estimated the meteor was only about the size of a bus and weighed an estimated 7,0... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:00:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1893804-meteor-explodes-russia-1100-injured.html 2013-02-15T23:00:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1885204-north-korea-conducts-third-atomic-test.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea apparently conducted a widely anticipated nuclear test Tuesday, strongly indicated by an "explosion-like" earthquake that monitoring agencies around the globe said appeared to be unnatural. There was no confirmation from Pyongyang that it had conducted the underground test, which it has been threatening for weeks. Any... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1885204-north-korea-conducts-third-atomic-test.html 2013-02-12T04:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1872088-uks-space-age-antarctic-base-slide-ice.html LONDON (AP) — British researchers have unveiled a futuristic Antarctic research base that can move, sliding across the frozen surface to beat the shifting ice and pounding snow that doomed its predecessors. The British Antarctic Survey said Wednesday that the Halley VI Research Station is the sixth facility to occupy the site on the Brunt Ice Shelf — a fl... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1872088-uks-space-age-antarctic-base-slide-ice.html 2013-02-06T15:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1870886-report-warming-bringing-big-changes-to-forests.html GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Big changes are in store for the nation's forests as global warming increases wildfires and insect infestations, and generates more frequent floods and droughts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture warns in a report released Tuesday. The compilation of more than 1,000 scientific studies is part of the National Climate Assessment an... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1870886-report-warming-bringing-big-changes-to-forests.html 2013-02-05T23:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1849492-study-distant-rural-areas-feel-cities-heat.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Heat rising up from cities such as New York, Paris and Tokyo might be remotely warming up winters far away in some rural parts of Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, a surprising study theorizes. In an unusual twist, that same urban heat from buildings and cars may be slightly cooling the autumns in much of the Western United States, Eastern Eu... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1849492-study-distant-rural-areas-feel-cities-heat.html 2013-01-27T17:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1844134-buoyed-obama-leaders-press-climate-action.html DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Hurricanes, floods, droughts and a newly climate-conscious Barack Obama are helping boost efforts around the world to fight climate change. Top political and financial leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos say recent natural disasters, along with Obama's inauguration announcement this week that he's making the battle again... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1844134-buoyed-obama-leaders-press-climate-action.html 2013-01-24T19:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1836898-obama-climate-pledge-faces-test-oil-pipeline.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental groups say President Barack Obama's warning about climate change will soon be tested as he decides whether to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast. Obama pledged in his inaugural speech Monday to respond to what he called the threat of climate change, saying: "Failure to do so would betray our ... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1836898-obama-climate-pledge-faces-test-oil-pipeline.html 2013-01-22T20:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836742-strong-quake-kills-girl-ruins-homes-indonesia.html BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake rocked parts of western Indonesia early Tuesday, killing a 9-year-old girl, panicking residents and ruining homes. Several other people were injured. Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency put the preliminary magnitude at 6.0 and said the inland quake caused no tsunami. It was centered south... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836742-strong-quake-kills-girl-ruins-homes-indonesia.html 2013-01-22T05:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1822496-world-warm-year-record-us-heat.html WASHINGTON (AP) — While the U.S. was smashing heat marks last year, the world as a whole barely slipped into the top 10 hottest years on record, two American science agencies said Tuesday. The global average temperature for last year would have been a record 15 years ago, an indication that what used to be unusual heat is more commonplace. Now it merely r... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1822496-world-warm-year-record-us-heat.html 2013-01-15T19:45:00Z