TODAY'S TOP NEWS STORIESFlashback: Images From the Week's News» More Animals News Carbon Dioxide: sources outpacing sinks Galloping increases in human fossil fuel emissions now appear to be outrunning the ability of the world's oceans to absorb them. The first year-by-year accounting of the oceans' role as a carbon sink shows that, even as they soak up ... Saving The Sharks That Bit Us A new guest post from shark advocate and shark attack victim Debbie Salamone of the Pew Campaign to End Overfishing in the Southeast: My fellow shark attack victims and I are celebrating today because the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted ... Winds Blow Stronger Over Warming Lake Superior Increasingly blustery weather over the lake may be changing ecosystems and spreading air pollution. Cigarette Butts Toxic to Fish Need another reason to quit smoking? Army Corps Liable For Katrina Flooding A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina, a decision that could make the federal government vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims. More Garbage Patches Waiting to Be Found You've likely heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- two enormous bodies of trash trapped in a swirling confluence of currents. The Pacific patch has gotten a lot of press this year from the planned expedition of banking heir ... MORE NEWS STORIES
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03 Nov Over 17,000 Animals Near Extinction 03 Nov Snows of Kilimanjaro May Soon Be Lost 03 Nov Remote Albatrosses Feed on Garbage Patch 02 Nov Probe to Track Warming's Effects on Water 02 Nov Air Pressure Changes Trigger Landslides 29 Oct Economic Crisis Could Spread Invasive Species 28 Oct Swimming Pools Kept Clean by Going Green 28 Oct Volcanic Air Pollution Chokes Locals 27 Oct Drinking Water Wells Contaminated with Zinc 27 Oct Megaquake Looms Over Seattle 26 Oct 'Coral Bank' Safeguards Threatened Reefs 22 Oct World Not Ending in 2012, Says NASA 22 Oct Americans Cool on Global Warming: Poll 22 Oct New Moon Origin Theory Rewrites History 21 Oct Ocean Garbage Causing $1 Billion in Damage 21 Oct Melting Arctic Could Unleash Vast CO2 Stores 21 Oct Flower Power: Blooming Plants Spawned Forests 20 Oct Sperm Whales Act as Carbon Sink 20 Oct Tsunami Threat Looms Over Pacific Northwest 19 Oct Indian Crater Hints of Another Dino-Killer 19 Oct Sub-Soil Creatures Shrank With Warming 16 Oct Hurricane History Recorded in Earth's Noise 15 Oct Arctic Ice Cap to Vanish During Summers 14 Oct Natural Nukes May Have Crippled Early Life |
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