Sci/Tech

Global Warming to Require More Robust Disaster Monitoring
Global warming will require more robust monitoring of hurricanes, typhoons and other disasters, mirroring systems in place to watch for tsunamis, a top United Nations official said on Wednesday. >> Read the Full Article
Horse Teeth Give Details of Ancient Big Chill
Details on the largest climate change since the age of dinosaurs come straight from the horse's mouth, as equine teeth provide clues to how long, how cold and when the big chill was, scientists reported Wednesday. >> Read the Full Article
Professor Wins One Million Dollars for Arsenic Filter
A professor who developed an inexpensive, easy-to-make system for filtering arsenic from well water has won a $1 million engineering prize -- and he plans to use most of the money to distribute the filters to needy communities around the world. >> Read the Full Article
Climate Report Spurs Immediate Calls for Drastic, Speedy Change
The bleak outlook of a major new report on climate change shifted the onus onto governments, even mankind, to stop prevaricating and truly act, with warnings Friday from around the world that drastic, rapid change is needed -- not least from the United States. >> Read the Full Article
Kentucky Researchers Count Endangered Bats
The Indiana bat has been on the federal endangered species list for decades, with less than 500,000 individuals and declining. Many thousands hibernate in Bat Cave here, listed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife authorities as one of two "critical habitats" in Kentucky. >> Read the Full Article
Worrying Report on Climate Change Released in Paris
Scientists from 113 countries issued a landmark report Friday saying they have little doubt global warming is caused by man, and predicting that hotter temperatures and rises in sea level will "continue for centuries" no matter how much humans control their pollution. >> Read the Full Article
U.N. Climate Report Will Shock the World, Chairman Says
A forthcoming U.N. report on climate change will provide the most credible evidence yet of a human link to global warming and hopefully shock the world into taking more action, the panel's chairman said on Thursday. >> Read the Full Article
Warming to Raise Seas for 1,000 Years
World sea levels will keep rising for more than 1,000 years even if governments manage to slow a projected surge in temperatures this century blamed on greenhouse gases, a draft U.N. climate report says. >> Read the Full Article
Five Komodo Dragons Born at British Zoo
A British zoo announced Wednesday the virgin birth of five Komodo dragons, giving scientists new hope for the captive breeding of the endangered species. >> Read the Full Article
Navy Can Keep Using Sonar for Two Years
The Defense Department gave the Navy permission Tuesday to keep training with sonar for another two years, a move denounced by activists who say the sound waves can harm dolphins and other marine mammals. >> Read the Full Article