http://www.mail.com/subjects/32262-environmental-science.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/32262-environmental-science.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2155092-nyc-places-adapting-to-climate-too.html BONN, Germany (AP) — From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people and key infrastructure from more powerful storm surges and other effects of global warming. Some are planning cities that will simply adapt to more water. But climate-proofing a city or coastline is expensive, as shown by New York Mayor Mi... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:27:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2155092-nyc-places-adapting-to-climate-too.html 2013-06-16T19:27:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2011716-satellite-shelved-2000-election-to-fly.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is proposing dusting off and finally launching an old environmental satellite championed by Al Gore but shelved a dozen years by his 2000 rival George W. Bush. Obama proposed Wednesday spending nearly $35 million in his 2014 budget to refurbish a satellite, nicknamed GoreSat by critics, that's been sitting in stora... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:25:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2011716-satellite-shelved-2000-election-to-fly.html 2013-04-10T21:25:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2011242-alarm-vanishing-frogs-caribbean.html PATILLAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — A curtain of sound envelops the two researchers as they make their way along the side of a mountain in darkness, occasionally hacking their way with a machete to reach the mouth of a small cave. Peeps, tweets and staccato whistles fill the air, a pulsing undercurrent in the tropical night. To the untrained ear, it's just a mis... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:12:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2011242-alarm-vanishing-frogs-caribbean.html 2013-04-10T21:12:16Z 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/1948170-mars-rover-planet-supported-life.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drilling into a rock near its landing spot, the Curiosity rover has answered a key question about Mars: The red planet long ago harbored some of the ingredients needed for primitive life to thrive. Topping the list is evidence of water and basic elements that teeny organisms could feed on, scientists said Tuesday. "We have found a habit... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:05:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1948170-mars-rover-planet-supported-life.html 2013-03-12T23:05:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1945974-mysterious-bacterium-antarctic-lake.html MOSCOW (AP) — A new form of microbial life has been found in water samples taken from a giant freshwater lake hidden under kilometers of Antarctic ice, Russian scientists said Monday. Sergei Bulat and Valery Lukin said in a statement that the "unidentified and unclassified" bacterium has no relation to any of the existing bacterial types. They acknowledge... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:10:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1945974-mysterious-bacterium-antarctic-lake.html 2013-03-11T16:10:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1892462-study-fish-drug-tainted-water-suffer-reaction.html BOSTON (AP) — What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social and aggressive, a study found. They even get the munchies. It may sound funny, but it could threaten the fish population and upset the delicate dynamics of the marine environment, scientists say... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:19:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1892462-study-fish-drug-tainted-water-suffer-reaction.html 2013-02-14T19:19:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1886178-zimbabwe-faces-crayfish-crisis-water-ecosystem.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Scientists in Zimbabwe say a fresh water crayfish brought from Australia is breeding out of control in the northern Lake Kariba, devouring the food sources of other fish and putting the nation's entire aquatic ecosystem at risk. Officials at the Zimbabwe University lakeshore research station say the red claw crayfish, introduced a ... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1886178-zimbabwe-faces-crayfish-crisis-water-ecosystem.html 2013-02-12T13:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1814790-report-warming-changing-us-daily-life.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is already changing America from sea to rising sea and is affecting how Americans live, a massive new federally commissioned report says. A special panel of scientists convened by the government issued Friday a 1,146-page draft report that details in dozens of ways how climate change is already disrupting the health, homes... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1814790-report-warming-changing-us-daily-life.html 2013-01-11T22:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1798044-rare-san-francisco-river-otter-stumps-researchers.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rapt crowd followed a trail of bubbles that zipped over the surface of a seaside pond in the ruins of a 19th century bath in San Francisco. San Francisco's newest star — the first river otter seen in the city in decades — surfaced its whiskery head furtively, a mouth full of sea grass. The crowd oohed as large waves pounded rocks ju... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1798044-rare-san-francisco-river-otter-stumps-researchers.html 2013-01-03T23:12:00Z