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No damage after 2 quakes hit near Eureka

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:07:03 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Two earthquakes rattled the far Northern California coast Saturday morning, but authorities say there are no reports of damage or injuries.

Grizzly bear researcher retiring

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:04:26 -0400

KALISPELL, Montana - One could say that Kate Kendall is retiring at the end of this month as something of a scientific trailblazer for her work in modern grizzly bear population studies in Northwest Montana.

New study: Fracking hasn't polluted Arkansas water

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:04:39 -0400

PITTSBURGH - Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas hasn't contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas, according to a new study, but researchers said the geology there may be more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas where shale gas drilling takes place.

Forest Service dedicating new lab in Juneau

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:05:26 -0400

JUNEAU, Alaska - The U.S. Forest Service is dedicating its new forestry sciences laboratory in Juneau this weekend.

Report: Feds' warnings about Sandy were confusing

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:39:36 -0400

WASHINGTON - Federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall, but the warnings themselves were confusing, an internal review found.

New mineral named after Utah geologist

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:40:05 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - A newly discovered mineral has been named after a University of Utah scientist who runs a lab that analyzes inorganic compounds.

Budget cuts pare real-time monitoring of volcanoes

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:28:23 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Scientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have been forced to shut down stations that provide real-time tracking of eruptions and forgo repairs of seismic equipment amid ongoing federal budget cuts - moves that could mean delays in getting vital information to airline pilots and emergency planners.

Oregon Editorial Rdp

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:57:57 -0400

Editorials from Oregon newspapers

Project aims to track big city carbon footprints

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:29:42 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward.

Experts: CO2 record illustrates 'scary' trend

Sat, 11 May 2013 20:28:05 -0400

WASHINGTON - The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone.

Greenhouse gas milestone; CO2 levels set record

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:38:20 -0400

WASHINGTON - Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said Friday.

Chambers: Law not needed for Neb. tax study

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:51:08 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - Sen. Ernie Chambers has argued for months that lawmakers don't need a law to study Nebraska's tax climate, and on Wednesday he offered an alternative.

Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:27:19 -0400

TELESCOPE, Grenada - The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean.

Feds withhold records on Wyo. CO2-capture project

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:09:18 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - The U.S. Department of Energy is withholding records involving a Wyoming carbon-capture project on the grounds that a legal investigation is underway and that releasing documents could compromise the probe.

Rising seas clearly evident along SC coast

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:34:48 -0400

GEORGETOWN, South Carolina - Living in a coastal town or city with seawalls and docks on the waterfront, it can be difficult to notice the sea level rise by increments each year. But effects of higher sea level are very clear down a winding dirt road in Georgetown County where acres of what was once a forested wetland have morphed into a salt marsh of dead trees jutting toward the sky.

EPA methane report further divides fracking camps

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:55:21 -0400

PITTSBURGH - The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or hurt the fight against climate change?

Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:02:47 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change.

Nevada quake lab has new $4M research project

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:55:08 -0400

RENO, Nevada - The University of Nevada's world-renowned earthquake laboratory has launched a nearly $4 million research project aimed at making nonstructural parts of buildings more earthquake proof.

Claim that quake caused UT mine disaster rejected

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:25:46 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - A University of Utah study had rejected a company's claims concerning the cause of a 2007 collapse at Utah's Crandall Canyon coal mine that killed nine people.

Earthquake swarm keeps central Okla. all shook up

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:03:01 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Tiny tremors shaking portions of central Oklahoma have proved more annoying than threatening but are still rattling homes and interrupting sleep.

St Cloud State professor is part of NASA project

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:50:26 -0400

ST. CLOUD, Minnesota - A St. Cloud State University physicist has learned he will be part of a NASA project that will study fluctuations in the Earth's atmosphere.