A to E

AGRICULTURE 

1. •Transgenic Crops: How Genes Jump from Crop to Crop
   

2. •UK in £37m overseas farming boost
   

3. •U.S. judge orders destruction of Monsanto GMO sugar beet seed plants
   

4. •Wild food crops to be 'rescued'
   

5. •Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: New Global Search to Save Endangered Crop Wild Relatives
   

6. •How Hard Are We Pushing the Land? Plant Consumption Rising Significantly as Population Grows and Economies Develop
   

ANTARCTICA

1. •Mapping the Rocks Under Antarctica’s Ice
   

ARCTIC 

1. •Greenland Ice Sheet Flow Driven by Short-Term Weather Extremes, Not Gradual Warming, Research Reveals
   

2. •Arctic Oscillation Temperature Shifts
   

3. •Arctic Environment is Lost Forever
   

BIODIVERSITY 

1. •Ecological Effects of Biodiversity Loss Underestimated
   

CARTOGRAPHY / MAPPING

1. •Phones used to redraw UK regions
   

2. •Redrawing the Map of Great Britain Based on Human Interaction
   

CLIMATE – also see EL NINO and  WEATHER

1. •Cloud 'Feedback' Affects Global Climate & Warming
   

CLIMATE CHANGE 

1. •Worst Case Scenario: Can We Adapt to a World 2 to 4 Degrees Warmer?
   

2. •Soil Microbes Define Dangerous Rates of Climate Change
   

3. •2010 sets new temperature records
   

4. •Poorer nations 'need carbon cuts'
   

5. •Global Sea-Level Rise at the End of the Last Ice Age Interrupted by Rapid 'Jumps'
   

6. •Anesthetic Gases Heats Climate as Much as One Million Cars, New Research Shows
   

7. •Media (mis)representations of abrupt climate change
   

8. •Northern Wildfires Threaten Runaway Climate Change, Study Reveals
   

9. •China is world’s best hope, worst fear regarding climate crisis
   

10. •Carbon Monoxide Trapped in Ice Cores Reveals Unexpected Trends Regarding Burning Biomass
    

11. •Northern Wildfires Threaten Runaway Climate Change, Study Reveals
    

12. •'Greener' Climate Prediction Shows Plants Slow Warming
    

13. •Tigers and Polar Bears Are Highly Vulnerable to Environmental Change
    

14. •Continued Death of Forests Predicted in Southwestern US Due to Climate Change
    

15. •Polar bears can be saved by emissions cuts
    

16. •California carbon trading passed
    

17. •Thoreau's Study of Birds at Waldon Pond Aids Biologists in Climate Change Research
    

18. •Arctic Oscillation Temperature Shifts
    

CLIMATE TALKS - CANCUN

1. •Climate Change Talks Hinge on “Green Growth,” says De Boer
   

2. •Climate talks see compromise mood
   

3. •Kyoto impasse could torpedo climate talks
   

4. •Climate warning at Cancun summit
   

5. •Seeking a key to climate deadlock
   

6. •The post-Cancun challenge: putting words into actions
   

EARTHQUAKES & SEISMOLOGY

1. •How Earthquakes Can Be Predicted: Researchers Reveal New Means
   

2. •Researchers Find Mathematical Patterns to Forecast Earthquakes
   

3. •Assessing the seismic hazard of the central eastern United States
   

4. •Array of Arrays' Coaxing Secrets from Unfelt Seismic Tremor Events
   

5. •The Canterbury Earthquake Was Expensive!
   

EARTH SCIENCE

1. •Colombia landslide 'buries many'
   

2. •Colombia evacuates landslide area
   

1. •Using Chaos to Model Geophysical Phenomena
   

2. •Tiny 3-D Images Shed Light on Origin of Earth's Core
   

EL NINO and LA NINA

1. •Effects of El Nino Land South Pacific Reef Fish in Hot Water
   

2. •El Nino: Better Understanding of Long-Term Changes in Climate System
   

ENDANGERED SPECIES 

1. •Electrocution of Birds and Collision With Power Lines: Solutions to a Global Problem
   

2. •Giant panda breeding breakthrough
   

3. •Mountain gorilla numbers increase
   

4. •Warning over supply of mistletoe
   

5. •Unique Orangutan Reintroduction Project Under Imminent Threat
   

ENERGY

1. •Power Grid of the Future Saves Energy
   

2. •Study Assesses Nuclear Power Assumptions
   

3. •Extending the Life of Oil Reserves: Greener, Cheaper More Efficient Oil Extraction Made Possible
   

4. •Tracking Down Particulates from wood-burning stoves
   

5. •The ethics of biofuels
   

6. •US sues BP over Gulf oil disaster
   

ENERGY ALTERNATIVES

1. •Biofuels Production Has Unintended Consequences on Water Quality and Quantity in Mississippi
   

2. •Champion Hydrogen-Producing Microbe
   

3. •Tidal Power
   

4. •Seaweed as Biofuel? Metabolic Engineering Makes It a Viable Option
   

EXPLORATION

1. •Antarctic crossing record for UK expedition
   

2. •Desert lives: The photography of Sir Wilfred Thesiger
   

F to R

FARMING  see AGRICULTURE

FISHING INDUSTRY

1. •'No Fish Left Behind' Approach Leaves Earth With Nowhere Left to Fish, Study Finds
   

2. •Satellites help Colombian fishermen chase fish
   

FOOD SECURITY

1. •Africa Can Feed Itself in a Generation, Experts Say
   

2. •How Africa 'can feed itself'
   

FORESTRY

1. •Natural Reforestation in Southern Pyrenees Favours Orchid
   

2. •Israel  Foreign fire crews to help Israel
   

3. •Israeli wildfire 'out of control'
   

GEOLOGY

1. •Geologist's Discoveries Resolve Debate About Oxygen in Earth's Mantle
   

GEOPOLITICS

1. •Could you have open diplomacy?
   

2. •How social media changed protest
   

3. •Mid-East talks in crisis: Abbas
   

4. •China conducts Nobel crackdown
   

5. •China’s Wen Goes to India: Can Asia's Powers Make Peace?
   

6. •N. Korea warns S. Korea to cancel firing drills
   

7. •Afghan mission on track: Obama
   

8. •Japan warning over China military
   

9. •Special report: North Korea
   

HABITAT 

1. •Sri Lanka turns war zone into wildlife sanctuary
   

2. •California's Controlled Fires Boost Biodiversity
   

3. •Restoration Activities Speed Seagrass Recovery in the Florida Keys
   

4. •Arctic Environment is Lost Forever
   

HAITI

1. •OAS says Haiti election was valid
   

HAZARDOUS WASTE

1. •Using Earthworms to Process Hazardous Materials Containing Heavy Metals
   

INVASIVE SPECIES

1. •Ravenous Foreign Pests Threaten U.S. National Forests
   

2. •Non-native species 'cost £1.7bn'
   

LIFE ON EARTH

1. •NASA-Funded Research Discovers Life Built With Toxic Chemical
   

2. •'New form of life' loves arsenic
   

MAPPING - see CARTOGRAPHY

MICROCLIMATES

1. •Satellites pinpoint drivers of urban heat islands in the northeast
   

OCEANOGRAPHY

1. •The graveyard of giant icebergs
   

2. •Mission to sense ocean magnetism
   

OZONE LAYER

1. •Ozone Hole Affects Upper-Atmosphere Temperature and Circulation
   

PALEONTOLOGY

1. •Brave new reptilian world
   

2. •First Horned Dinosaur from South Korea Discovered
   

3. •Ice-Age Reptile Extinctions Provide a Glimpse of Likely Responses to Human-Caused Climate Change
   

4. •Bizarre Reptile Challenges Notion of Crocodiles as 'Living Fossils'
   

5. •Oldest Fossils Found in Cordillera Bética Mountain Range, Spain
   

6. •How life survived Snowball Earth
   

7. •Ancient Forest Emerges Mummified from the Arctic: Clues to Future Warming Impact
   

POLLUTION – also see WATER POLLUTION

1. •Long-Term Exposure to Pesticides May Be Linked to Dementia
   

POPULATION

1. •American Indian Hit Europe in 1000?
   

2. •Australia probes asylum shipwreck
   

RAINFORESTS 

1. •Rainforest Conservation Needs a New Direction to Address Climate Change
   

2. •Protecting the Amazon Rainforest: Extensive Inventory Forms Basis for Legislation Governing When Trees in the Brazilian Rainforests Can Be Logged
   

RIVERS

1. •Rivers Cut Deep Notches in the Alps' Broad Glacial Valleys
   

S to Z

SEISMOLOGY see EARTHQUAKES

SETTLEMENT PATTERNS: 

1. •Water Resources Played Important Role in Patterns of Human Settlement
   

SOLAR SYSTEM 

1. •New Insights Into Formation of Earth, the Moon, and Mars
   

2. •'Ice volcano' identified on Titan
   

3. •Moon's mighty ridge stirs debate
   

4. •Predicting Solar and Lunar Eclipses – in 100 BC
   

SUSTAINABILITY

1. •Sweet and Biodegradable: Sugar and Cornstarch Make Environmentally Safer Plastics
   

TECHNOLOGY

1. •GPS Not Working? A Shoe Radar May Help You Find Your Way
   

TOXIC WASTE

1. •Soil Needs Decades to Recover from a Spill
   

TRANSPORTATION

1. •What Closed the Panama Canal?
   

TRAVEL & TOURISM - DESTINATIONS

1. •Erosion leaves beach destination beachless
   

2. •Egypt Red Sea beaches to reopen after shark attacks
   

3. •Mini guide to Prague One of the most attractive historic settlements
   

4. •Kayaking the Florida Keys
   

5. •Spain in 'alert' over air chaos
   

6. •The Top End: Journey along one of Australia’s epic highways
   

7. •A perfect day in Singapore
   

8. •A tale of two Berlins
   

9. •Top 10 Travel Stories of 2010
   

10. •Ten secret islands: Romantic spots that are (almost) all yours
    

TRAVEL & TOURISM - TRAVEL TIPS

1. •Travel light: Avoid checked baggage fees with these easy tips
   

2. •Buyer Beware: 10 Common travel Scams
   

3. •Insider frequent flyer tips: Speed through security and earn free flights
   

4. •Using cell phones, on the cheap: How to stay in touch while on the go
   

5. •Gift guide: Luggage The best new luggage for the modern traveller
   

6. •Roadside Geology Guides
   

TROPICAL STORMS - HURRICANES - TYPHOONS

1. •Threshold Sea Surface Temperature for Hurricanes and Tropical Thunderstorms Is Rising
   

URBAN GEOGRAPHY

1. •Creating 'Living' Buildings
   

VOLCANOES

1. •Tharsis Rise could be a gigantic volcano
   

2. •New way found of monitoring volcanic ash cloud
   

3. •Magma at Shallow Depth Under Hawaii
   

WATER ISSUES

1. •Rain Gardens Are Sprouting Up Everywhere
   

2. •Method Developed to Simultaneously Desalinate Water, Produce Hydrogen and Treat Wastewater
   

3. •Southeastern U.S., With Exception of Florida, Likely to Have Serious Water Scarcity Issues
   

4. •Hot With Decades of Drought: Expectations for Southwestern United States
   

WATER POLLUTION 

1. •Arsenic-Polluted Water Toxic to Bangladesh Economy
   

2. •Pacific Sperm Whales Exposed to PAHs, Pesticides, Other Pollutants
   

3. •Tiny Protozoa May Hold Key to World Water Safety
   

WEATHER

1. •EUROPE  Snowfall disrupts northern Europe
   

2. •More chaos in UK as big freeze goes on
   

3. •Deaths rise in European cold snap
   

4. •Snow covered Europe: Your pictures
   

5. •Heavy snow shuts Paris airport, causes chaos across Europe
   

1. •Why do we get so excited about snow?
   

2. •Hurricanes and Other Swirling Natural Phenomena Explained
   

3. •Extreme World: Russian winter in pictures
   

4. •Decline of West Coast fog brought higher coastal temperatures last 60 years
   

WETLANDS

1. •Many Coastal Wetlands Likely to Disappear This Century, Scientists Say
   

2. •Coastal Wetlands Could Disappear this Century
   

WILDLIFE – also see ENDANGERED SPECIES

1. •Why Israel is such a busy place for migratory birds
   

2. •Giant bird found on hobbit island
   

3. •New lemur found in Madagascar
   

4. •Crop raiding elephants 'stressed'
   

5. •High-Tech Software, Unmanned Planes Allow Scientists to Keep Tabs on Arctic Seals
   

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