Salmon_hungry sea lions facing euthanasia
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 04:08 AM - 20 hours, 36 minutes ago
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Salmon
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SC Newsvine
Wildlife officials have tried everything to keep sea lions from eating endangered salmon, dropping bombs that explode under water and firing rubber bullets and beanbags from shotguns and boats.
Public input period for federal fishery strategy has ended
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 04:06 AM - 20 hours, 37 minutes ago
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Salmon
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SC Newsvine
The Obama administration will accept no more public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing some of the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters.
Earthquake in Chile: A complicated fracture
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 08:00 PM - 1 day, 4 hours ago
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Climate
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SDclimate
The extremely strong earthquake that struck Chile Feb. 27 was a complicated rupture process, scientists say. Quakes with such magnitude virtually penetrate the entire Earth's crust. After closer analysis of the seismic waves radiated by this earthquake during the first 134 seconds after start of the rupture, the researchers came to the conclusion that only the region around the actual epicentre was active during the first minutes.
Increased solar radiation requires additional CO2 reduction of 50 million tonnes, analysis finds
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 11:00 AM - 1 day, 13 hours ago
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Climate
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SDclimate
The recently observed reduction in air pollution implies that more solar radiation reaches Earth’s surface. This could lead to a far more rapid increase in Earth’s temperature in the coming decades than has previously been expected. In order to successfully combat global warming, it is crucial that scientists incorporate increases in CO2 emissions reductions as well as reductions in air pollution in the calculations, according to a new analysis based on unique solar radiation data collected from weather stations between 1959 and 2002.
