The icy Arctic is emerging as a global economic hot spot—and one that is becoming a security concern for the U.S. as world powers jockey to tap its vast energy resources and stake out unclaimed territories.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 11, 2013 4 / 5 (6) 0

Pelicans and their prey are back in Havana Bay in a sign that efforts to clean up the historic and once splendid port of the Cuban capital are paying off.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 09, 2013 not rated yet 0

Globalisation, with its ever increasing demand for cargo transport, has inadvertently opened the flood gates for a new, silent invasion. New research has mapped the most detailed forecast to date for importing potentially ...

Biology - Ecology

May 05, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0 |

China's wild finless porpoises are heading toward extinction, a conservation group said Thursday, with the dolphin-like animals now rarer than the giant panda.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 2

Researchers have identified areas off southern California with high numbers of whales and assessed their risk from potentially deadly collisions with commercial ship traffic in a study published in the scientific ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 25, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists are delving deep into the travels of whales—thanks to high-tech tracking devices—to try to help protect them.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

The past few years have seen powerful droughts across the U.S., with water shortages threatening crop production, shipping traffic, energy production, and groundwater stores. Water scarcity issues are particularly relevant ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

A survey of endangered porpoises in China's longest river has yielded fewer sightings as intense ship traffic threatens their existence, scientists said Monday.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 24, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Australia on Thursday announced plans to create the world's largest network of marine parks to protect ocean life, with limits placed on fishing and oil and gas exploration off the coast.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 14, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 1

Siemens is using a special water-treatment technique to make ship traffic more environmentally friendly. By disinfecting the ballast water in ships, a system named Sicure protects marine environments from ...

Technology - Engineering

May 11, 2012 not rated yet 0

University of Iowa researchers have found high levels of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the deep sediments lining the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC) in East Chicago, Ind. Scientists say the discovery is cause ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 09, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

TU Delft in the Netherlands is set to conduct a joint research project with the Jiaotong University in Shanghai. Their aim will be to develop a traffic model for shipping in congested port areas. It is hoped that the model ...

Technology - Engineering

May 03, 2011 not rated yet 0

Close to 50 years of data show the Devon Island ice cap, one of the largest ice masses in the Canadian High Arctic, is thinning and shrinking.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 12, 2010 3.6 / 5 (7) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chris Clark discussed his state-of-the-art acoustic animations and the difficulties facing whales Feb. 21 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in San Diego.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 23, 2010 3 / 5 (2) 0

International scientists, researchers and decision makers met at the 'Space and the Arctic workshop' to identify the needs and challenges of working and living in the rapidly changing Arctic and to explore how space-based ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 05, 2009 1 / 5 (1) 1