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Scientists: red tide encore not certain
Apr 14 2006 9:09PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The red tide of algae that choked the Massachusetts coast last year may not, as scientists had feared, come back year after year for a recurring summer encore.
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Mich. tries to clamp down on cormorants
Apr 14 2006 9:09PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Jimmie Miller was ready this week when the first of thousands of double-crested cormorants _ large, hook-billed birds accused of swallowing up Michigan's perch and other fish populations _ began their annual return to the Upper Peninsula.
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NASA won't release DART mission report
Apr 14 2006 9:08PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Saying the information is too sensitive, NASA announced Friday that it will not release its report on the failed rendezvous of two spacecraft in what would have been the first such maneuver without human intervention.
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South American rodents found in Seattle
Apr 14 2006 9:08PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A water-loving rodent native to South America that has destroyed thousands of acres of wetlands in the southeast has been spotted near Lake Washington.
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Satellites launched to study weather
Apr 14 2006 9:06PM (CT)
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - A rocket carrying six small weather satellites blasted off Friday evening on a five-year mission to track hurricanes, monitor climate change and study space weather.
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Tiny owl may be taken off endangered list
Apr 14 2006 7:33PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A tiny desert owl is set to be taken off the federal government's endangered species list, drawing praise from developers but protests from environmentalists.
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Predicting earthquakes still elusive
Apr 14 2006 5:59PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The monster earthquake that turned San Francisco into smoky rubble a century ago also gave rise to seismology, but scientists still can't predict when the next Big One will pop.
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Ore. commision OKs plan to control cougars
Apr 14 2006 5:59PM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon wildlife officials are going to start hunting more cougars _ at least in areas where high densities of the big cats threaten people and livestock.
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British expert warns of global warming
Apr 14 2006 5:57PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Global temperatures are likely to rise by 5.4 degrees by the end of the century, sharply increasing drought and water shortages, Britain's chief scientist said.
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1906 S.F. quake shaped state and science
Apr 14 2006 5:42PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A century later, the people who felt the ground rock that Wednesday morning tell the story best. "The prelude, or opening, was a very low rumbling noise, like distant thunder."
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Poll: Big quake coming, readiness lags
Apr 14 2006 4:30PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Seven in 10 Californians believe a big earthquake will strike the state and affect them, but only 22 percent consider themselves well prepared, a poll conducted for The Associated Press found.
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