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U.S. mayors agree to adhere to Kyoto pact
Jun 13 2005 9:32PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. Conference of Mayors unanimously passed a resolution Monday requiring their cities to try to meet or surpass emissions standards set by the Kyoto Protocol, the international global-warming treaty ratified earlier this year without the United States.
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Study: Fertilizers harm freshwater lakes
Jun 13 2005 9:11PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Farmers' routine application of chemical fertilizers and manure to the land poses a far greater environmental problem to freshwater lakes than previously thought, potentially polluting the water for hundreds of years, according to research published Monday.
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Kansas dig may have found early campsite
Jun 13 2005 9:06PM (CT)
GOODLAND, Kan. (AP) - Archaeologists have returned to a dig near the Colorado-Kansas border for a third summer, but this year's dig has taken on new importance. Radiocarbon dating results finished in February showed that mammoth and prehistoric camel bones found at a rural site near Kanorado, about a mile from the Colorado border, dated back to 12,200 years ago.
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Ariz. officials may import endangered owls
Jun 13 2005 9:00PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Wildlife officials are considering importing endangered owls from Mexico to boost the dwindling population in Arizona. To protect endangered cactus ferruginous pygmy owls, development already has been slowed or altered on thousands of acres of old-growth, ironwood-saguaro forest.
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Research: Snakes have interesting habits
Jun 13 2005 8:56PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - It may not matter to people who hate snakes, but researchers at Washington University have discovered that rattlers are adaptable and have some interesting habits.
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Rare cave crawfish spurs environment study
Jun 13 2005 8:53PM (CT)
ELM SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - The rare cave crawfish, which lives in an area near Elm Springs, has spurred a study of the nearby environment in the hope of preventing development-related changes to the ecosystem that enables the blind crustacean to survive.
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Museum 'Iceman' might be contaminated
Jun 13 2005 8:48PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Researchers suspect the corpse of a 5,000-year-old mummy frozen in the Italian Alps might have been contaminated by bacteria since its discovery in 1991, a doctor who cares for the body said Monday.
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Endangered condors soar over Grand Canyon
Jun 13 2005 8:48PM (CT)
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) - The South Rim of the Grand Canyon has long been a favorite of human visitors gawking at the stunning views and taking advantage of the manmade services. As it turns out, the South Rim also is a favorite of endangered California condors _ for many of the same reasons. The large birds often gather to watch people, socialize with one another and drink from a leaky water pipe.
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Date palm grown from 2,000-year-old seed
Jun 13 2005 8:47PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli researchers have germinated a sapling date palm from seeds 2,000 years old, hoping its ancient DNA could reveal medicinal qualities to benefit future generations, one of the scientists leading the project said Sunday.
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Jamestown remains excavated in England
Jun 13 2005 1:33PM (CT)
SHELLEY, England (AP) - Archaeologists hoping to determine whether an unearthed skeleton belongs to one of the founders of the first permanent English settlement in North America began work Monday to excavate his sister's 360-year-old remains in eastern England.
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After years of drought, Salt Lake rising
Jun 13 2005 6:28AM (CT)
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) - The water in the Great Salt Lake has begun rising again after years of drought, changing the landscape and starting to submerge one of Utah's best-known artifacts: an enormous earth sculpture called the Spiral Jetty.
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NASA sends up balloon carrying telescope
Jun 13 2005 6:28AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - NASA launched a scientific helium balloon from northern Sweden on Sunday with a telescope for studies of star formation, a spokesman for the Esrange launch pad said.
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