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Researchers warn about coral reef deaths
Oct 24 2006 10:08PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) - Researchers warn that more than half of the world's coral reefs could die in less than 25 years, killed off by a deadly cocktail of rising sea temperatures, silt runoff from construction sites, algae and other toxic ingredients.
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Study: LA has state's worst beach water
Oct 24 2006 8:21PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A study released Tuesday found that once again Los Angeles County has the state's most polluted beaches, but this time a new city has been anointed as the county's biggest loser _ Long Beach.
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Ethiopia fossils to be displayed in U.S.
Oct 24 2006 7:30PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - One of the world's most famous fossils _ the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 _ will go on display abroad for the first time in the United States, officials said Tuesday.
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Panel: New Great Lakes water deal needed
Oct 24 2006 6:59PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A landmark U.S.-Canadian pact to clean up the Great Lakes has run its course after more than 30 years and should be scrapped in favor of a more modern strategy, a panel of officials from both nations said Tuesday.
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Regulators may cut red snapper quotas
Oct 24 2006 5:50PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Years of overfishing have left so few red snapper that almost none reach full maturity, scientists say. To avoid eliminating the highly sought-after species, federal regulators said Monday they plan to cut the numbers of red snapper that may be caught by almost 30 percent next year.
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Decision soon on Hubble repair mission
Oct 24 2006 5:45PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The fate of what some scientists dub "the people's telescope" is again up in the air as NASA decides soon whether to squeeze in a last astronaut repair mission to extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Vt. moose population high in some areas
Oct 24 2006 5:45PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - State wildlife biologists are hoping an aggressive moose hunt this season will help cut in half the number of animals in the Northeast Kingdom where the population has far exceeded the ability of the land to provide for them and moose conflicts with people are increasing, officials say.
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WWF: Humanity using resources too fast
Oct 24 2006 5:44PM (CT)
GLAND, Switzerland (AP) - The Earth's ecosystems are being run down faster than ever because humanity is using more natural resources than our planet can replenish, the World Wildlife Fund said Tuesday.
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Small quakes reported near Old Faithful
Oct 24 2006 5:33PM (CT)
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - A swarm of more than 70 small earthquakes shook the ground near Old Faithful geyser earlier this month. The largest was a magnitude 2.4, barely enough to be felt. The swarm of 74 quakes lasted several hours Oct. 14, according to information released by the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.
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