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Everglades on Unesco danger list
A UN panel adds the Florida Everglades and Madagascar's tropical rainforest to a list of world heritage sites at risk.

Mammals decline in Chernobyl zone
The largest wildlife census of its kind conducted in Chernobyl reveals evidence of mammals declining in the exclusion zone.

Further Chile quakes 'possible'
Land in the north of Chile is "ready" for another major earthquake, say researchers, adding that authorities did not act on previous warnings.

How Prospects Cooled for U.S. Global Warming Bill
Political stalemate means the world?s largest historic contributor to the greenhouse gas problem faces international talks?again--without a plan. ..

"Spacequakes" Discovered in Earth's Upper Atmosphere
The space weather phenomenon swirls auroras and can spawn magnetic "twisters" that can knock out power lines, a new study says. ..

Photos: Algae Blankets China Beaches; Dead Zone Brewing?
Mats of green algae have covered miles of coastline in China, creating foul odors and possibly choking life underneath the waves. ..

Spinrag als wondermateriaal
Zijde van rupsen wordt al duizenden jaren gebruikt voor kleding, maar de zijderevolutie voor de industrie moet nog komen. De grote uitdaging is om de supersterke en elastische zijden draden van spinnen kunstmatig na te maken.

De grote ontgroening
De afgelopen eeuw zijn de oceanen drastisch veranderd. Zonder dat iemand het merkte is het water veel minder groen geworden, wat erop wijst dat het hele ecosysteem sterk is verarmd. Waarschijnlijk is opwarming van het zeewater de belangrijkste oorzaak.

Stroom uit rookgordijn
? Wetenschappers maken stroom uit rook?, kopten alle nieuwswebsites en de journaals van RTL-4 en NOS maandag. Een nieuw apparaat wekt uit elke puffende uitlaat stroom op en vangt zelfs de uitlaatgassen af. Werkelijk? Noorderlicht zocht uit hoe het echt zit.

Predators and Prey, and Catching Turtles
Dr. Sterling discusses the complex species interactions that could help explain the high predator to prey ratios, and describes the effort to capture, tag and recapture sea turtles as the expedition winds down.

U.S. Nuclear Forensics Skill Is Declining, Report Says
A lack of resources and organizational problems are hampering America?s ability to identify nuclear weapons used in a terrorist attack, researchers say.

Regulators Warned Enbridge About Monitoring of Pipeline Corrosion
Enbridge was warned in January by federal regulators about insufficient monitoring of the pipeline that officials say leaked more than one million gallons of oil into a major waterway this week.

Cities may be attracting hurricanes
Modelling shows that a built-up coast can alter the path of tropical cyclones

A global map of forest heights
US researcher sees the wood for its trees

'Straintronics' debuts in graphene
'Wonder material' has yet another wondrous property

BP to try well kill Tuesday
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - BP said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as the House of Representatives voted to toughen regulation of offshore energy drilling. ..

House approves oil spill reform bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. ..

U.S. worried more secret documents may be released
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are worried about what other secret documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without success to avoid their release, the State Department said on Friday. ..

Blowing in the wind: Cassini helps with dune whodunit on Saturn's moon Titan
The answer to the mystery of dune patterns on Saturn's moon Titan did turn out to be blowing in the wind. It just wasn't from the direction many scientists expected.

New cellular 'armor' developed to prevent infection by AIDS virus
Researchers have developed a novel method of attack against the AIDS virus that involves creating a prevention system, i.e. an "armor" in the cells that are likely to be infected and thus impede the virus from accessing them and starting to act on their immunological system...

Decontaminating dangerous drywall
A nanomaterial originally developed to fight toxic waste is now helping reduce debilitating fumes in homes with corrosive drywall.