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Stay or go? Some towns are eyeing retreat from sea

(AP) — Years of ferocious storms have threatened to gnaw away the western tip of a popular beachfront park a two hours drive north of Los Angeles. Instead of building a 500-foot (150 meter)-long wooden defense next to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

US senator slams White House over cyber leaks

US Senator John McCain on Saturday accused President Barack Obama's administration of leaking details of a reported cyber attack on Iran and other secret operations to bolster the president's image in an election year.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 02, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The first pilot wastewater treatment plant with integrated wood production opened in Mongolia

Long winters with low temperatures of -40°C and extended hot and dry periods with sand storms are significant challenges for people and infrastructure in Mongolia. Funded by the German Ministry of Education ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tendency of operational routines to falter is widespread but fixable

New research by a University of Illinois expert who studies process management points to the potential role of regulatory oversight in preventing deterioration of operational routines that are used to complete day-to-day ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Current focus of veterinary medical profession leaves research, food security, public health needs underserved

Without immediate action, a new National Research Council report warns, the academic veterinary community could fail to prepare the next generation of veterinarians for faculty teaching and research positions as well as for ...

Biology / Other

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recovering water from tailings ponds

(Phys.org) -- As Alberta faces increasing pressure to make the oil industry more sustainable, one University of Alberta researcher may have found a natural solution to a problem that has been plaguing oil companies for years.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study takes novel 'back-casting' approach to transform cities for healthier lives

Researchers at four of the country's leading universities are embarking on a low carbon engineering project that could transform the way cities are built, as well as the way we live in them, by taking a novel 'back-casting' ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Groundwater depletion in semiarid regions of Texas and California threatens US food security

The nation's food supply may be vulnerable to rapid groundwater depletion from irrigated agriculture, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Did ancient Mars have a runaway greenhouse?

Cosmic impacts that once bombed Mars might have sent temperatures skyrocketing upward on the Red Planet in ancient times, enough to set warming of the surface on a runaway course, researchers say.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nomads of the galaxy

A recent study proposes the galaxy is crowded with nomad planets adrift in space. If this is the case, nomad planets may play a dynamic role in the universe.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 7


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