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The $2.2 Billion Bird-Scorching Solar ProjectThe giant $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar-power project opening this week in the California desert is the first of its kind, and it may be among the last, because of growing evidence that the technology is killing birds.
By rights, Mann v Steyn should be the 21st-century equivalent of the Scopes monkey trial, with believers in free speech, proponents of the scientific method and sympathetic millionaires and billionaires all piling in to Steyn�s defence with op eds, learne
Hundreds of Thousands Lose Power as Ice Paralyzes SouthGeorgia residents who went to bed worried about Gov. Nathan Deal�s ominous warning that the state was about to be iced over woke Wednesday to find out that he was right: An ice storm of what meteorologists say could be historic scope had begun as the Deep
Deadliest Mushroom Is Spreading Worldwide : Discovery NewsIt�s big, meaty, looks innocuous, grows near-edible mushrooms and smells delicious, but the name reveals its toxicity: the death cap. Native to Europe, the death cap is now an invasive species on every continent except Antarctica, Cat Adams, a Harvard gra
Iconic island study on its last legsSince 1958, ecologists have watched wolf and moose populations on Isle Royale in Lake Superior wax and wane in response to each other, disease and the weather. But for the longest predator�prey study in the world, the wolf is now at the door. Devastated b
Climate Change Proves a Survival Experiment for WildlifeIn the 1993 blockbuster movie "Jurassic Park," a sleazy scientist played by Jeff Goldblum quips that "life finds a way." For real biologists, climate change is like a massive, unplanned experiment, one that may be too fast and strange for some species to
Alaska's Arctic icy lakes lose thicknessTwenty years of satellite data indicate many more of the icy lakes that dominate Alaska's Arctic coastal plain no longer freeze right through to the bottom in winter.
Woolly mammoth diet mystery solved by DNA analysisHow did huge mammals like woolly mammoths sustain themselves when they roamed the Arctic during the last Ice Age? A DNA analysis has solved that mystery and helps explain the rise and fall of giant mammals.
Hunters angered by poached grizzliesIn the snarly debate about how many grizzlies roam Alberta, it's an undeniable fact: there are now a whole lot less of them, thanks to poachers. Thirty-one dead grizzly bears for 2013 is the gruesome tally announced Tuesday by Alberta Environment and Sust
Greenland Glacier Breaks Speed RecordDuring the summer of 2012 the Greenland glacier Jakobshavn Isbr� flowed into the ocean at the fastest speed ever observed for a glacier in Greenland or Antarctica, according to a paper published February 3 in The Cryosphere. At its speediest, satellite da
First cold-water coral reef discovered off GreenlandA reef of living cold-water corals has been discovered for the first time in Greenland waters - at a depth of almost 3,000 feet below sea-level. There are several species of coral in Greenland, but this is the first time that an actual reef has
Bees Are Building Nests with Our Waste Plastic | MotherboardIf you picture a bee nest (yes, bees build nests), you probably think of a natural haven of leafy comfort. Normally, you�d be right, but biologists studying two types of bee recently found that the insects have moved with the times: They�re now incorporat
Three months after making the wild, near-apocalyptic claim, the environmentalist did not seem to go so far as to renege the claim, which has baffled nuclear scientists
Climate change: 2013 ranked 4th warmest yearLast year was one of the warmest ever recorded on Earth since scientists began keeping global average temperature stats 134 years ago, climate experts from two U.S. agencies revealed today.
Made in China: Up to a quarter of California smogWhat goes around comes around � quite literally in the case of smog. The US has outsourced many of its production lines to China and, in return, global winds are exporting the Chinese factories' pollution right back to the US.
Alison Redford to debate Al Gore over oilsandsAlberta Premier Alison Redford will spar with former U.S. vice-president Al Gore over his oilsands "myths" during this week's World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Both Redford and Gore are scheduled to take part in a private session discussion on "the fut
Cracks in Arctic ice churn up mercury concernAtmospheric scientists have discovered a �pumping� process that is drawing mercury, a neurotoxin, into remote Arctic ecosystems. They also warn that �profound changes� underway in the North have the potential to increase levels of the potent contaminant c
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