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GE Plastics Seminar Includes Environmental Component
GE Plastics, a subsidiary of General Electric, sponsored the New York City Innovation seminar last week, with a strong environmental component comprising part of the program. >> Read the Full Article
Warming Causes Record Arctic Ice Melt, U.S. Report Says
The Arctic ice shelf has melted for the fourth straight year to its smallest area in a century, driven by rising temperatures that appear linked to a buildup of greenhouse gases, U.S. scientists said Wednesday. >> Read the Full Article
Scientists Capture Giant Squid on Camera
Japanese scientists have taken the first photographs of one of the most mysterious creatures in the deep ocean -- the giant squid. >> Read the Full Article
No One Can Say If Warming Caused Katrina, Rita
Scientists say it's not easy to tell if global warming caused hurricanes Katrina and Rita but Monday they forecast more unpredictable weather as Earth gets hotter. >> Read the Full Article
Early Snowmelts Heating Alaska Arctic, Study Suggests
Spring snowmelt in Alaska's Arctic is occurring progressively earlier, accelerating the region's climate change and helping produce its warmest summers in at least 400 years, according to a new study. >> Read the Full Article
Scientists Say Trying To Modify Hurricane Behavior Is Futile Because Storms Are Too Strong
Atmospheric scientists say it's wishful thinking that we could destroy or even influence something as huge and powerful as a hurricane. They abandoned such a quest years ago after more than two decades of inconclusive government-sponsored research. >> Read the Full Article
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Partners with Los Angeles Unified School District in Fall Teacher Workshop Series
the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is partnering with the Los Angeles Unified School District in sponsoring a series of teacher training workshops this fall, including sessions on electricity, water science, ecology and general environmental subjects >> Read the Full Article
China Releases Endangered Sturgeons Implanted with Microchips in Migration Study
More than 1,000 endangered Chinese sturgeons implanted with micro chips have been released into the Yangtze River as part of a project to study their migration habits, a newspaper reported Tuesday. >> Read the Full Article
U.N. Says Ozone Layer Should Keep Healing
The hole in the ozone layer this year will probably be slightly smaller than the all-time largest of 2003, in line with the general trend of a gradual healing of the ozone layer's depletion, a U.N. agency said Friday. >> Read the Full Article
Singapore To Open First Desalination Plant in Bid for Water Self-Sufficiency
For decades, Singapore has relied on Malaysia to supply a huge portion of a vital resource: water. But the two neighbors sometimes disagree, and resource-scarce Singapore wants to be less reliant. Aiming for self-sufficiency in water, Singapore says its first desalination plant -- billed as one of the biggest in the world -- will meet at least 10 percent of the nation's water needs. >> Read the Full Article