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Mighty mouse study on St Kilda
Researchers begin a three-year study to uncover the secrets of St Kilda's super-sized field mice.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 3 Sep 2010 | 11:08 am
BP says oil spill cost up to $8bn
BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 3 Sep 2010 | 9:29 am
Sharks swarm off Australian coast
Hundreds of sharks have been spotted off the Queensland coast.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 3 Sep 2010 | 9:07 am
Hurricane Earl hits North Carolina coast
Hurricane Earl has battered North Carolina's coast with rain, winds and waves and is swirling up the US east coast towards New England.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 3 Sep 2010 | 9:07 am
Oil rig fire extinguished
A fire on an oil platform that exploded off the Louisiana coast has been put out, the Coast Guard has confirmed.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 3 Sep 2010 | 8:47 am
Earl weakens as it nears US coast
Hurricane Earl weakens as it nears the US East Coast, though officials warn it remains "large and powerful".
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 3 Sep 2010 | 5:16 am
Thai firm rejects Indonesian oil spill cash claim
SYDNEY (AFP) - A Thai-owned firm Friday rejected Indonesia's 2.4 billion US dollar compensation claim over a major oil spill off Australia's north which campaigners say hit the livelihoods of thousands of poor fishermen.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 3 Sep 2010 | 5:06 am
Fuel tanker runs aground in Canadian Arctic
OTTAWA (AFP) - A fuel tanker has run aground in Canada's far north, carrying nine million liters (2.4 million gallons) of diesel fuel but Canadian officials said Thursday none has spilled into the Arctic waters.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 3 Sep 2010 | 3:52 am
Technique to trace persistent CFCs
Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 3 Sep 2010 | 1:49 am
Openness urged on UK's emissions
The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 3 Sep 2010 | 1:49 am
Amazon river level at 40-year low
The River Amazon has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years in north-eastern Peru, leaving boats stranded.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 3 Sep 2010 | 1:49 am
Once bitten
Why bed-bugs are on the march again
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 3 Sep 2010 | 12:42 am
Did the Universe need a creator?
There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, the physicist and mathematician Professor Stephen Hawking has said.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 3 Sep 2010 | 12:27 am
African livelihoods at risk as species threatened: IUCN
GENEVA (AFP) - Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed Thursday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 2 Sep 2010 | 11:38 pm
Creation was Godless says Hawking
There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking concludes in a new book.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 2 Sep 2010 | 11:25 pm
'Lights out' help migratory birds
A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:52 pm
Ants protect trees from elephants
A species of acacia tree found in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephant damage - by the ants that live on it.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:34 pm
Worm brain clue to evolution
Researchers map the nervous system of worms to try and understand how the human cerebral cortex evolved.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:29 pm
Amazon at lowest level in over 40 years in Peru: experts
LIMA (AFP) - The Amazon, the world's biggest river, is at its lowest level in over 40 years near its source in northeastern Peru, causing havoc in a region where it is used as the only form of travel, authorities said.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:04 pm
Memristor revolution backed by HP
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:33 pm
Another tropical storm forms
A new tropical storm - Gaston - has formed, in what is turning into a very active storm season in the Atlantic.
Source: Met Office News Releases | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:20 pm
Rare tree flowers after 23 years
A rare Chinese tree has flowered for the first time in 23 years at Kew's country estate in West Sussex.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:29 pm
Free kick study boost for footballers
Dr Andy Harland of Loughborough University analyses what new free-kick trajectory findings mean for footballers.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:25 pm
Rare Roman lantern found in field
A metal detecting enthusiast finds what is believed to be the only intact Roman lantern made out of bronze ever discovered in Britain.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:20 am
Making money from Peruvian bird poo
An island off Peru is making money from selling bird poo to use as organic fertiliser.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:24 am
Let it snow
Rare weather events caused last winter's freak snow storms
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 2 Sep 2010 | 1:34 am
Miracle free-kick 'was no fluke'
Physicists explain one of football's most spectacular free-kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos's 1997 "impossible goal" was not a fluke.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 2 Sep 2010 | 1:15 am
Old star wallows in 'steam bath'
Europe's Herschel space telescope spies an aging star that has surrounded itself in hot water vapour.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 1 Sep 2010 | 6:46 pm
'Cancer-immune' Tasmanian devil proves mortal
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian researchers Wednesday mourned the death of Cedric, a Tasmanian devil thought at first to be immune to a devastating cancer which is threatening to wipe out the species.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 1 Sep 2010 | 5:08 pm
Hurricane Season gets active
After a relatively quiet start to the Atlantic tropical storm season, there has been a marked increase in activity over the last week.
Source: Met Office News Releases | 1 Sep 2010 | 4:20 pm
Helping charities in Pakistan
Charities in flood-hit Pakistan are being helped by daily forecasts from us.
Source: Met Office News Releases | 1 Sep 2010 | 4:20 pm
Stone Age funeral feast unearthed
The remains of a huge 12,000 year old feast have been found in a cave in Northern Israel.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 1 Sep 2010 | 3:17 pm
Ancient reef uncovered in Pacific
An ancient reef may provide scientists with clues about what will happen to coral when sea temperatures rise.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 1 Sep 2010 | 12:58 pm
Earthquake recorded in North Sea
An earthquake is recorded in the North Sea about 155 miles east of Aberdeen.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 1 Sep 2010 | 12:31 pm
Facial cancer hits Tasmanian devil Cedric
A Tasmanian Devil who experts hoped was immune to a facial cancer that threatens the marsupial species is euthanised after developing tumours.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 1 Sep 2010 | 11:41 am
Darwin's secret
Darwin's artificial rainforest in the South Atlantic
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 1 Sep 2010 | 11:39 am
GM potatoes beating killer blight
Researchers working on trials of genetically modified crops in Norfolk have grown potatoes which resist disease.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 1 Sep 2010 | 11:27 am
Floods swamp south Sudan region
Some 57,000 people have been forced from their homes because of dramatic floods in south-western Sudan over the past month, officials say.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:53 am
Greenpeace occupy Greenland drilling rig
Protesters from Greenpeace have boarded a drilling rig operated by UK oil explorer Cairn Energy, halting its search for new reserves.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 31 Aug 2010 | 10:42 pm
Nasa booster rocket passes test
One of the giant booster rockets intended to power the first stage of flight on Nasa's next rocket has been tested in the US.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 31 Aug 2010 | 9:52 pm
Clue to ancient Antarctic seaway
Scientists have found evidence for an ancient sea passage linking currently isolated areas of Antarctica.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 31 Aug 2010 | 8:13 pm
Big rocket booster in second test
A further test ignition takes place on the giant booster intended to power Nasa's next big rocket.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 31 Aug 2010 | 7:09 pm
Beaches in India's Goa hit by mystery oil slick
PANAJI, India (AFP) - A clean-up operation was under way in Goa on Tuesday after some beaches in the Indian resort state were found covered in a thick layer of oil.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 31 Aug 2010 | 4:59 pm
Killer space blast 'off the hook'
The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 31 Aug 2010 | 3:08 pm
UK biofuels 'fail on green goals'
The vast majority of biofuels sold on UK forecourts are imported and do not conform to environmental standards, figures show.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 31 Aug 2010 | 2:04 pm
Indonesia demands payout over oil spill
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia has demanded 2.4 billion dollars in compensation from a Thai oil company for damages related to a spill off the northwestern coast of Australia last year, a minister said Tuesday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 31 Aug 2010 | 6:38 am
Stricter checks for climate body
The UN's climate science body needs stricter checks to prevent damage to its credibility, an independent review concludes.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 30 Aug 2010 | 11:00 pm
Plants send SOS signal to insects
Plants are able to summon insects to their aid to avoid being eaten by caterpillars, scientists discover.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 27 Aug 2010 | 10:31 am
Wheat genome boost to food supply
The draft sequences of the wheat genome released by UK scientists may prove to be a vital contribution to the efforts of securing global food supply.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 27 Aug 2010 | 12:25 am
Weather set to improve into next week
The weather is set to improve for most as we head through the bank holiday weekend and in to next week.
Source: Met Office News Releases | 26 Aug 2010 | 4:20 pm
Corporate Responsibility report
Our first Corporate Responsibility report is now available online.
Source: Met Office News Releases | 11 Aug 2010 | 9:15 am
Businesses must plan for climate change
UK businesses need to be ready to face the risks and benefit from the opportunities that climate change could bring, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has announced.
Source: Met Office News Releases | 5 Aug 2010 | 6:00 pm
Unmistakable signs of a warming world
Scientific evidence that our world is warming is unmistakable has been released today in the '2009 State of the Climate' report, issued by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Source: Met Office News Releases | 28 Jul 2010 | 6:00 pm
Google Earth zooms in on climate change
A new interactive Google Earth map showing some of the impacts of a 4 °C warmer world is launched.
Source: Met Office News Releases | 14 Jul 2010 | 4:30 pm
Gorillas 'play tag like humans'
Great apes play tag in similar way to humans, an international team of scientists finds.
Source: BBC News - Science & Environment | 14 Jul 2010 | 5:00 am
Hot weather triggers Heat-Health alert
The forecast of high temperatures trigger the first Heat-Health Watch of the summer.
Source: Met Office News Releases | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:30 pm
Met Office wins BBC Weather contract
Met Office to suppply BBC weather services following competitive tender.
Source: Met Office News Releases | 7 Jul 2010 | 4:30 pm
Driest start for decades
The UK has had one of the driest first six months of the year for 100 years.
Source: Met Office News Releases | 7 Jul 2010 | 3:00 pm
US/UK research centres announce collaboration
Leading research centers in the United States and United Kingdom are embarking on a new set of collaborations involving weather and climate research.
Source: Met Office News Releases | 6 Jul 2010 | 3:10 pm
Driest start for more than 80 years
The UK has had the driest first six months of any year since 1929.
Source: Met Office News Releases | 30 Jun 2010 | 4:00 pm
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