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NASA satellites turning gaze to Calif. drought

NASA scientists will use satellites to help California assess and manage the state’s record drought.Associated Press file photo The California…

This is a sweet deal for Midwest honeybees

$3M to be invested in habitat restoration

Uranium’s seductive power

Naturita juggles promise of economic salvation, environmental menace

Plastic bags: A new endangered species?

Push for California ban follows cities’ lead

For fishes’ sake, Dolores River flow may be increased

Final decision set for 2015

Do you like local food? Try this

Homegrown Food Retreat to address how to grow market

200 national birds perch at plant

Eagles make Michigan power facility warm winter home

As the Arctic darkens, Earth warms

As ice disappears, ocean traps heat

Bumblebees are stung by honeybee sickness

Sick domesticated honeybee populations are infecting the world’s wild bumblebees, which is a problem because wild bees handle a significant…

Russians go nuts for pet squirrels

Moscow authorities bolstered security last week for all of the city’s green areas after city official Alexei Gorelov said he…

To save elephants, U.S. targets ivory trade

Extinction looms amid record-high demand for wildlife products

Chinese villagers attack polluting factory

Residents of Baha, a village in Yunnan province, said Wednesday that police were arresting people involved in Friday’s clash at…

Colored roofs cool off cities

White, green coverings can limit warming in metropolitan areas

Will farmers ‘like’ Facebook?

Free workshop could transform social media wallflowers into tycoons

Earth Briefs

Farmers and ranchers in La Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel and Archuleta counties may be eligible for low-interest emergency loans…

Wind turbines to rise off Ore. coast

The country’s first floating wind turbine is off the coast of Castine, Maine. Oregon and federal officials announced Wednesday that…

Bears, eagles and owls: How are they faring?

A group of House Republicans say that’s translated into just 2 percent of protected species taken off the list. They…

Climate hubs to help rural residents

Obama administration says farmers hurt

Tapping sun’s power

Solarize La Plata begins panel project in Bayfield

Mexican gray wolf population growing

Numbers have doubled since 2009 in Southwest

Gene-silencing pesticides raise fears, hopes

By zeroing in on a genetic sequence unique to one species, the technique has the potential to kill a pest…

January 29, 2014

Florida’s mangroves marching north

Warmer world helps tropical tree grow its presence

January 29, 2014