Icy Arctic rising as economic, security hot spot
The icy Arctic is emerging as a global economic hot spot — and one that is becoming a security concern for the U.S. as world powers jockey to tap its ...
It really is monkey-see, monkey-do, research shows
You don't have to be a teenager to want to fit in at the school lunchroom. Some wild animals seem to follow similar monkey-see, monkey-do behavior to ...
Antarctic team digs deep to predict climate future
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 ...
Report predicts ever-bigger Lake Erie algae blooms
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 ...
Recent heat spike unlike anything in 11,000 years
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 ...
Coral comeback: Reef 'seeding' in the Caribbean
Mats of algae and seaweed have shrouded the once thick coral in shallow reefs off Jamaica's north coast. Warm ocean waters have bleached out the ...
Study: Asian carp DNA may not signal live fish
Live Asian carp don't necessarily have to be present for their DNA to turn up in the environment, according to a government study released Wednesday ...
Study: Fish in drug-tainted water suffer reaction
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 ...
Calif. great white sharks get protections for now
The most feared predator in the ocean received new protections today when a California commission decided the great white shark should be studied as ...
Iceland investigating mass herring deaths
Researchers in Iceland are blaming low oxygen levels in a shallow fjord for the deaths of tens of thousands of tons of herring. Masses of dead herring ...
Giant squid filmed in ocean depths for 1st time
After a hundred dives deep into the Pacific, scientists and broadcasters say they have captured video images of a giant squid in its natural habitat ...
Study: Like a tree, growth rings show lobster age
For the first time, scientists have figured out how to determine the age of a lobster — by counting its rings, like a tree. Nobody knows how old ...
AP IMPACT: Will NYC act to block future surges?
Think Sandy was just a 100-year storm that devastated New York City? Imagine one just as bad, or worse, every three years. Prominent planners and ...
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