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- The cartoon character Popeye the Sailor Man was known as much for smoking a corn cob pipe as he was for eating spinach. Growing corn, however, became more difficult in last summer's drought, which among its other effects hampered production of large...
- Among all marine habitats, coral reef ecosystems support the highest concentration of marine biodiversity. Yet, corals are declining around the world at an alarming rate.
- Last year was an expensive year for insurers. Hurricane Sandy alone caused $70 billion worth of damage. On Climate Cast, Kerri Miller and MPR News' Chief Meteorologist Paul Huttner talk about the economic impact of climate change.
- Colombia, where preliminary studies show that rethinking garbage disposal might actually be good business, is one country that's interested in tackling short-lived climate pollutants.
- Against the backdrop of Substation 41 — a critical power source for trains that was knocked out by Sandy’s floodwaters, federal officials on Thursday announced new standards designed to protect infrastructure and commuters against future super...
- Climate change will increase the occurrence of diarrhoea and the burden of disease among vulnerable populations in Botswana and similarly affected regions in sub-Saharan Africa, a scientific study has found.
- Ahead of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season and in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the National Weather Service announced Thursday that it is changing its policy on the issuance of tropical storm and hurricane watches and warnings.
- Glacial ice in the Peruvian Andes that took at least 1,600 years to form has melted in just 25 years, scientists reported Thursday, the latest indication that the recent spike in global temperatures has thrown the natural world out of balance.
- As torrential rains stopped and the waters receded, the crisis shifted to guaranteeing public health and safety in the provincial capital of nearly 1 million people. Safe drinking water was in short supply, and more than a quarter-million people...
- At least some Asian carp probably have found their way into the Great Lakes, but there's still time to stop the dreaded invaders from becoming established and unraveling food chains that support a $7 billion fishing industry, according to a...
- Fort Bliss will start construction of the largest solar energy farm in the U.S. military. Once completed, the 20-megawatt solar farm is expected to power all of the 1st Armored Division headquarters and most of East Fort Bliss.
- Silent-running electric cars sneak up on you on street corners and parking lots. Are they also creeping up on a U.S. car market?
Federal judge admonishes Halliburton for delays in turning over evidence in BP Gulf oil spill trial.
The federal judge overseeing the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill trial blasted lawyers for Halliburton on Thursday for delays in turning over possible evidence, including test results on the cement used to try to seal BP's Macondo well.- The oil that spewed into the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon disaster three years ago killed off millions of amoeba-like creatures that form the basis of the Gulf's aquatic food chain, according to scientists at the University of South...
- Clean air advocates and the oil industry on Thursday released dueling studies with radically different conclusions on the effects of newly proposed sulfur limits for gasoline meant to reduce pollution.
- A northern Ontario spill of oil from a derailed train is 100 times larger than Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. initially reported. The company said Wednesday that only four barrels spilled. It now estimates 400 barrels spilled.
- When does a trade secret become dangerous to your health? One answer: when it is secret drilling chemicals spilling onto well sites, roads and waterways and endangering you by crippling your doctor's ability to treat you.
- Medical experts and even companies that once made nPB had long warned that the chemical can cause neurological damage when inhaled at low doses for long periods. So how could it happen that Royale Comfort’s workers were exposed to it? There is...
- China's mysterious pig, duck, and people deaths could be connected. And that should worry us. Here's how it would happen. Children playing along an urban river bank would spot hundreds of grotesque, bloated pig carcasses bobbing downstream. Hundreds...
- The EPA's new rules would prevent 2,400 premature deaths each year, the agency says, and 23,000 cases of childhood respiratory ailments. Since the new regulations would also help ease pollution pressure on the Chesapeake Bay watershed, we can all...
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