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Augustine Volcano showing more unrest
Jan 6 2006 9:57PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Augustine Volcano continued to show increased unrest this week with small steam explosions and small ash bursts coming from the summit.
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Scientist urges deep cuts in emissions
Jan 6 2006 9:56PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A leading Australian scientist believes the world has just 20 years to turn the tide on global warming and that leaders at a summit in Sydney next week must take concrete steps to tackle the problem.
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Official: Genesis pre-launch test skipped
Jan 6 2006 9:54PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lockheed Martin, builder of the Genesis probe that crashed in the Utah desert in 2004, skipped a critical pre-launch test that would have uncovered a design flaw, an investigator said Friday.
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Closing coal plant may better canyon views
Jan 6 2006 9:49PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Scientists at the Grand Canyon plan to spend the next few years measuring air quality to see whether the closure of an aging coal-fired power plant improves the views.
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Expert: Resources needed for Mont. bears
Jan 6 2006 7:30PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A federal grizzly bear expert contends wildlife managers desperately need more resources to monitor the threatened bears in northwestern Montana, where he says the 11 known illegal grizzly killings last year were the highest in recent memory.
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Fishermen say Chinook salmon are smaller
Jan 6 2006 7:23PM (CT)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Tanana fisherman Charlie Campbell doesn't need scientific studies or empirical data to prove Yukon River chinook salmon _ the mighty king of the species _ are getting smaller. All he has to do is walk into his smokehouse.
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New Orleans Dolphins flown to resort
Jan 6 2006 7:18PM (CT)
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Sixteen dolphins from a marine park that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina _ including several that were swept out to the Gulf of Mexico and later rescued _ have been moved to a resort in the Bahamas.
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Expert blames dog disease for Wolf decline
Jan 6 2006 5:07PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Most of the gray wolf pups born in Yellowstone National Park last year have died, a federal wolf expert says, and he believes a dog disease _ parvo virus _ may be behind the dramatic loss.
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Aquarium opens invasive species exhibit
Jan 6 2006 4:28PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The huge Asian carp are real, the gape-mouthed round gobies are real, but organizers of a new exhibit that opened this week at the Shedd Aquarium decided not to mess with real zebra mussels _ they're just replicas.
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Study: Boaters damaging seagrass in Fla.
Jan 6 2006 9:39AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Negligent and inexperienced boaters are damaging fragile seagrass in the shallow Florida Bay, destroying habitat crucial to the state's fishing industry, a conservation advocacy group said Thursday.
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Conservationists sue to protect butterfly
Jan 6 2006 9:39AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Conservationists sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday seeking protection for a rare butterfly they say is threatened by off-road vehicles at one of the largest sand dunes in the West.
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