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Speeding train kills four elephants in eastern India

May 30, 2013 (AFP)

A speeding passenger train Thursday killed four elephants in eastern India after the driver failed to see them in time, a state government minister said. The ex...

Wind Energy Continues to Grow

Mar 20, 2013 (SPX)

From that cool breeze off the ocean to the gust that lifts your kite, wind is a dynamic force. For centuries, wind has been captured for its powerful benefits. ...

Summer Wildfires Sweep Europe Again

Aug 20, 2012 (AFP)

An Italian firefighter died and another was injured on Monday when they were overcome by fumes from one of dozens of wildfires raging in the country as a heatwa...

First direct evidence that elemental fluorine occurs in nature

Jul 10, 2012 (SPX)

Fluorine is the most reactive chemical element. That is why it is not found in nature in its elemental form, but only in compounds, such as fluorite - that was ...

Seismic survey at the Mariana trench will follow water dragged down into the Earth's mantle

Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)

Last month, Doug Wiens, PhD, professor of earth and planetary science at Washington University in St. Louis, and two WUSTL students were cruising the tropical w...

New understanding of Earth's mantle beneath the Pacific Ocean

Mar 26, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists have long speculated about why there is a large change in the strength of rocks that lie at the boundary between two layers immediately under Earth's...

Venice hasn't stopped sinking after all

Mar 23, 2012 (SPX)

The water flowing through Venice's famous canals laps at buildings a little higher every year - and not only because of a rising sea level. Although previous st...

How heavy and light isotopes separate in magma

Feb 28, 2012 (SPX)

In the crash-car derby between heavy and light isotopes vying for the coolest spots as magma turns to solid rock, weightier isotopes have an edge, research led ...

Taking the Earth's pulse with new economic and environmental index

Feb 22, 2012 (SPX)

A growing world population, mixed with the threat of climate change and mounting financial problems, has prompted University of British Columbia researchers to ...

Using the past to improve ecological forecasting

Feb 22, 2012 (SPX)

To better predict the future, Jack Williams is looking to the past. "Environmental change is altering the composition and function of ecological communities," s...

New supercontinent in Earth's future

Feb 09, 2012 (UPI)

The earth's next supercontinent will form as North and South America fuse together and head for an eventual collision with Europe and Asia, U.S. scientists say....