Earth

  1. Earth

    EPA: Music to My Ears

    Obama's pick for EPA administrator pledges to put science first.

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  2. Humans

    Life expectancy up when cities clean the air

    Study shows people live longer after fine-particulate air pollution is reduced.

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  3. Earth

    Antarctica is getting warmer too

    Satellite data show most of the continent is following worldwide trend.

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  4. Earth

    Clearing some air over warming in Europe

    A decline in fog and haze clears the air but also fuels 20 percent of the warming in Europe, a new study concludes.

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  5. Earth

    Top of Everest is an ozone overdose

    Wafts from lower atmosphere, polluted regions bathe the peak in amounts that exceed EPA limits.

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  6. Tech

    Stimulus bill doesn’t ignore R&D

    Featured blog: Here's where the economic-stimulus bill would attempt to revamp and reinvigorate federally financed research.

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  7. Earth

    Livestock manure stinks for infant health

    Megafarm production associated with infant illness and death rates.

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  8. Humans

    Salazar I: The Value of Science at Interior

    Flawed Endangered Species Act decisions brought out a request for the Interior Secretary nominee to promise to ground future decisions by the agency firmly on the science.

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  9. Earth

    World’s windiest ocean locale

    News briefs from the American Meteorological Society annual meeting being held January 11–15 in Phoenix.

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  10. Earth

    Steven Chu’s Senate Confirmation Looks Certain

    Senate energy committee appreciates Obama's pick for Secretary of Energy.

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  11. Earth

    More Signs of Endangered Journalism

    The grim reaper strikes again.

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  12. Computing

    Googling: Your Cup of Tea?

    In aggregrate, Internet searches can be fairly polluting.

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