http://www.mail.com/subjects/40-environment-nature.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/40-environment-nature.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2102246-octogenarians-race-to-oldest-everest-climber.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit of Mount Everest five years ago is back on the mountain to make another attempt at the title. Unfortunately for him, the slightly older man who nabbed the record a day before he could in 2008 is fast on his heels. On Wednesday, Yuichiro... Wed, 22 May 2013 07:36:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2102246-octogenarians-race-to-oldest-everest-climber.html 2013-05-22T07:36:34Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101930-hosseini-discusses-novel-nyc-reading.html NEW YORK (AP) — Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is. "What separates me from someone in the streets of Kabul is such a thin line," says the Afghan-American author of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns." ''What I have is, in many ways, an undeserved gift." Wed, 22 May 2013 06:54:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101930-hosseini-discusses-novel-nyc-reading.html 2013-05-22T06:54:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100092-tornadoes-global-warming.html A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts: Q. Is global warming to blame? A. You can't blame a single weather event on global warming. In any case, scientists just don't know whether there will be more or fewer twisters as global warming increases. Tornadoes arise from very local conditions, and so they're not... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:15:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100092-tornadoes-global-warming.html 2013-05-21T21:15:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2100250-moniz-lng-exports-hold-until-data-reviewed.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on domestic natural gas supplies and prices. Moniz, who was sworn in Tuesday as the nation's new energy chief,... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:47:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2100250-moniz-lng-exports-hold-until-data-reviewed.html 2013-05-21T20:47:28Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099510-justin-biebers-monkey-german-property.html BERLIN (AP) — Justin Bieber's pet monkey is no longer his. The capuchin monkey named Mally was seized by German customs on March 28 when the 19-year-old Canadian pop star failed to produce the required vaccination and import papers after landing in Munich for a European tour. Authorities issued an order Tuesday transferring ownership o... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:03:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099510-justin-biebers-monkey-german-property.html 2013-05-21T16:03:06Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2100268-prince-william-joins-father-conservation-plea.html LONDON (AP) — Britain's Prince William has joined his father Prince Charles in urging global action to tackle the illegal poaching of wild animals. William told a conservation conference at London's St. James's Palace that he is calling on his charity, the Royal Foundation, to engage young people in the cause. The conference brings together policy makers ... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2100268-prince-william-joins-father-conservation-plea.html 2013-05-21T15:52:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100054-jersey-shore-readies-1st-post-sandy-summer.html SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year. The smell of funnel cakes, french fries and pizza will mingle with the salt air, and the screech of seagulls will be heard, but so will the thwack of hammers repairing what can be fixed and the roar of bulldozers and backhoes ... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:11:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100054-jersey-shore-readies-1st-post-sandy-summer.html 2013-05-21T15:11:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2099592-france-plan-to-revive-economy.html PARIS (AP) — The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite. As the country's first-ever minister for industrial renewal, Arnaud Montebourg has told the world's largest steelmaker it is not welcome in France; exchanged angry letters with the head of an Americ... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:38:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2099592-france-plan-to-revive-economy.html 2013-05-21T14:38:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099874-rice-contamination-reported-china.html BEIJING (AP) — Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country's largest cities was contaminated with a toxic metal. The mills in Hunan province's Youxian county were ordered to suspend business and recall their products after samples showed excessive levels of cad... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:01:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099874-rice-contamination-reported-china.html 2013-05-21T13:01:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2099464-slow-pokes-acupuncture-helps-hypothermic-turtles.html QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild — from an acupuncturist. Dexter and Fletcher Moon, juvenile Kemp's Ridley sea turtles, remained calm as acupuncturist Claire McManus gently tapped more than a dozen ne... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:24:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2099464-slow-pokes-acupuncture-helps-hypothermic-turtles.html 2013-05-21T12:24:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099814-thailand-urged-to-explore-edible-insect-market.html BANGKOK (AP) — Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating. The United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization released a study and handbook Tuesday on what they call 'six-legged livestock' — edible bugs and worms that can help meet global food demand that is expected to grow 60 pe... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:22:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099814-thailand-urged-to-explore-edible-insect-market.html 2013-05-21T12:22:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2099360-report-nps-hantavirus-response-policy.html YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to tent cabins and other privately run lodging first be reviewed by National Park Service officials. The report released by the Interior Department's Office of Inspector Gen... Tue, 21 May 2013 04:11:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2099360-report-nps-hantavirus-response-policy.html 2013-05-21T04:11:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098804-judge-tosses-ex-bp-executives-obstruction-charge.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a charge that is the backbone of the case against a former BP executive accused of concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil spewing in 2010 from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. Defense attorney Reid Weingarten called it a huge victory for David Rainey, who was BP's vi... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:35:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098804-judge-tosses-ex-bp-executives-obstruction-charge.html 2013-05-21T00:35:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098600-study-shipwrecks-minor-us-pollution-threat.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Shipwrecks lying deep off America's coasts are more often historical artifacts than present-day threats from leaking old oil tanks, a new federal report says. While 87 of the ships — most sunk during World War II by German submarines — have the potential to leak tens of millions of gallons of oil, the report issued Monday concludes that ... Mon, 20 May 2013 22:32:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098600-study-shipwrecks-minor-us-pollution-threat.html 2013-05-20T22:32:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098724-alaska-unveils-plan-to-assess-gas-oil-anwr.html JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska on Monday proposed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan aimed at determining the true oil and gas potential in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. State officials hope the plan will reinvigorate — and reshape — the debate over whether to drill on the refuge's coastal plain. The plan was announced at an event hos... Mon, 20 May 2013 20:15:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098724-alaska-unveils-plan-to-assess-gas-oil-anwr.html 2013-05-20T20:15:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097304-turkey-2-brazilians-killed-balloon-crash.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A hot air balloon collided with another balloon mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey and crashed to the ground on Monday, killing two Brazilian tourists and injuring 23 other people on board, officials said. The accident occurred above central Turkey's Cappadocia region, when an ascending balloon st... Mon, 20 May 2013 11:01:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097304-turkey-2-brazilians-killed-balloon-crash.html 2013-05-20T11:01:04Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097256-ny-town-eyes-limit-use-plum-island.html MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway. As the federal government proceeds with plans to sell the island 100 miles east of New York Cit... Mon, 20 May 2013 06:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097256-ny-town-eyes-limit-use-plum-island.html 2013-05-20T06:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2094768-denmarks-de-forest-wins-eurovision-song-contest.html MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Juries and television viewers across Europe awarded the barefoot, hippie-chic 20-year-old for the catchy... Sun, 19 May 2013 00:21:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2094768-denmarks-de-forest-wins-eurovision-song-contest.html 2013-05-19T00:21:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095440-reporter-remembers-fear-videlas-argentina.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning. I had trekked out to isolated Neuquen province looking for Maria Estela Martinez de Peron, the constitutionally elected leader that Videla and his military cohorts had just topp... Sat, 18 May 2013 23:57:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095440-reporter-remembers-fear-videlas-argentina.html 2013-05-18T23:57:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095032-sea-turtle-comeback-corner-caribbean.html GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad (AP) — Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their powerful front flippers to move... Sat, 18 May 2013 16:57:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095032-sea-turtle-comeback-corner-caribbean.html 2013-05-18T16:57:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's imperiled coasts and waters. The "Caribbean Challenge" calls for special protected zones along... Sat, 18 May 2013 01:15:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html 2013-05-18T01:15:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2094400-alaska-volcano-shoots-ash-15000-feet-air.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows. An air traffic controller in the region said small planes have flown around the plumes from Pavlof Volcano. Ash would have to rise tens of thousands of feet to threaten... Sat, 18 May 2013 01:12:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2094400-alaska-volcano-shoots-ash-15000-feet-air.html 2013-05-18T01:12:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092740-official-nigeria-military-attacks-camps-kills-21.html MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday. The fighting happened Thursday in the Sambisa Forest Reserve, just south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, which sold... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:26:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092740-official-nigeria-military-attacks-camps-kills-21.html 2013-05-17T20:26:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092632-rising-consumer-demands-aids-organic-industry-sway.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand. That's not going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this week during a late-night House Agriculture Committee debate on f... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:41:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092632-rising-consumer-demands-aids-organic-industry-sway.html 2013-05-17T15:41:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089912-correction-texas-storms-story.html GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — In a story May 16 about tornadoes that swept through North Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the executive director for Trinity Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth. He is Gage Yager, not Yeager. A corrected version of the story is below: Texas tornado devastation includes Habitat homes 16 tornadoes wallop North Texas... Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089912-correction-texas-storms-story.html 2013-05-17T14:24:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092436-alaska-man-runs-frozen-lake-to-avoid-jail.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant. Police spokeswoman Dani Myren says officers were sufficiently concerned about the thickness of the ice covering Cheney lake that none of them wanted to venture onto it... Fri, 17 May 2013 05:26:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092436-alaska-man-runs-frozen-lake-to-avoid-jail.html 2013-05-17T05:26:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2090246-fire-burns-3800-acres-calif-national-forest.html FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) — Cooler temperatures and lighter winds gave hundreds of firefighters a breather from a wildfire that has blackened hills near Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles. The fire that broke out Wednesday in the Los Padres National Forest charred 3,800 acres of dry, thick trees in torrid conditions. But despite a 20-degree dip in heat and... Fri, 17 May 2013 03:48:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2090246-fire-burns-3800-acres-calif-national-forest.html 2013-05-17T03:48:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092354-alaska-volcano-continues-to-erupt-with-lava-ash.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds. The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Thursday a continuous cloud of ash, steam and gas from Pavlof Volcano has been seen 20,000 feet above sea level. The cloud was moving to the southeast Thursday. John Power, the U.S. Geological Survey scientist in charge at ... Fri, 17 May 2013 03:26:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092354-alaska-volcano-continues-to-erupt-with-lava-ash.html 2013-05-17T03:26:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089454-bangladesh-myanmar-relieved-cyclone-fizzles.html COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in preparation for a far worse storm. Cyclone Mahasan lost power as it shed huge amounts of rain and then veer... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089454-bangladesh-myanmar-relieved-cyclone-fizzles.html 2013-05-17T02:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2091338-interior-issues-drilling-rule-public-land.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a draft proposed last year that was withdrawn amid industry complaints that federal regulation could hinder an ongoing boom in natu... Thu, 16 May 2013 22:38:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2091338-interior-issues-drilling-rule-public-land.html 2013-05-16T22:38:04Z