Articles related to "Oil Exploration"

Correctly planning for the many important development issues faced in the north will positively effect both the environment and its inhabitants.

Students use minds-on problem-based learning science investigation to find and drill for simulated oil, using sounding techniques similar to those used by geoscientists.

USFWS proposes polar bears for Threatened status under the ESA while Udall Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act seeks to further protect critical denning habitat.

It's intuitive for children to wonder how things work and why things are in nature. Encouraging this type of curiosity can create future earth scientists.

Beaufort Sea and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge protected, at least temporarily. Ongoing struggle over North Slope oil moving in favor of conservation.

Military activity, oil exploration and algal blooms being examined, as multiple cetacean mass stranding incidents in the UK, Madagascar, Senegal and Japan trigger concern

When the Everglades was nothing but swamp and sawgrass, a few brave folks came to tame the wilderness.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has been controversial since its inception, yet few know much about the refuge beyond its potential for oil production.

The combined effects of poor governance, corruption and conflicts have turned Africa's vast natural resource endowment into a curse rather than a blessing.

The Sensitive Wilderness Around Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska, is About to be Opened to Alaska oil Exploration and Development. Birds, Wildlife, and Native People Will Suffer.

U.S. Department of the Interior admits that global warming has forced it to label polar bears as "threatened," but wants nothing done about it.

On the 5th Day from Bergen, The Norwegian Coastal Steamer reaches Tromso, famous for its Arctic Ocean Cathedral and Polaria Arctic Experience Centre.

Persistent pollutants enter waterways via air, affecting wildlife habitats. Ecosystem protection needs air and water agencies to control organics, mercury and nitrogen.

Windmills, especially older ones, in the wrong places can cause many bird deaths. Newer technology and thoughtful location of wind farms can minimize the death toll.

A disease so rare it hurts fewer people than lightning may soon reduce the annual Florida oyster harvest and the Gulf Coa seafood purveyors are questioning the reason.

Much of Iraq's potential as a world oil export leader is unrealized. As George Bush's war rages on, America's trade deficit with Iraq continues to rise.

The Amazon rainforest is one of the most biologically diverse places on earth and a critical part of our planet.

It's intuitive for children to wonder how things work and why things are in nature. Encouraging this type of curiosity can create future earth scientists.

All four living members of the Order Sirenia, which includes West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus), are classified as "endangered" or "vulnerable".

Traveling to Africa remains the dream of several Europeans, Americans and Asians who want to see the rich African cultural practices, tourism sites and natural resources.

Because of its oil interests, Gabon's cities are expensive for tourists, but the pristine national parks and the rainforests are unique in this green lung of Africa.

China and India may have to battle it out in the dark continent. But the FDI flow from them has significant long term benefits for the industrialization of Africa.

Karl F. Cohen showcases Brainwashed! Cartoons that Tell Us What to Think at the 2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival

The United Arab Emirates sits atop the "rhinoceros horn" of the Arabian peninsula. A small prosperous federation of tribal states, the UAE was founded on 2 December 1971.

Intended to be jokes, those lists of "useless inventions" may actually contain real, useful, and clever products.