Air/Climate
Greenland’s Extreme July Meltdown
WASHINGTON, DC, July 24, 2012 (ENS) – Virtually the entire ice sheet covering Greenland – from its coastal edges to its two-mile-thick center – experienced some degree of melting [...]
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At Risk
Five Die as Vacationers Flee Fires in Spain, Croatia
BARCELONA, Spain, July 24, 2012 (ENS) – Four people have died in two giant wildfires now devastating northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region. Since they blazed up on the weekend, the [...]
Energy
U. Michigan Car Wins Fourth Straight American Solar Challenge
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 23, 2012 (ENS) – The 2012 American Solar Challenge, an eight-day 1,650-mile competition for solar-powered vehicles, ended in St. Paul on Saturday with the University [...]
RSS
Landsat at 40: Longest Continuous View of Earth From Space
WASHINGTON, DC, July 23, 2012 (ENS) – Today marks the 40th anniversary of NASA’s Landsat program, the world’s longest-running Earth-observing satellite program. The first satellite in the Landsat [...]
Energy
B.C. Premier Sets Conditions for Tar Sands Pipelines
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, July 23, 2012 (ENS) – The British Columbia government today outlined five minimum requirements for the province to consider the construction and operation of [...]