Harvey's toll on energy industry shows a Texas vulnerability.
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS and HIROKO TABUCHIAugust 29, 2017HOUSTON — For years, much of the nation’s refinery capacity and chemical production have been concentrated along the swamps and narrow...
Harvey's damage in heart of Texas oil country creates quandary for Congress.
Even as the floodwaters continue to rise in East Texas, it's clear that Hurricane Harvey will force a new reckoning over major energy and...
Houston’s polluted Superfund sites threaten to contaminate floodwaters.
Signs south of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits U.S. EPA Superfund Site warns people not to consume fish from the area Friday,...
Leaf sensors can tell farmers when crops need to be watered
Plant-based sensors that measure the thickness and electrical capacitance of leaves show great promise for telling farmers when to activate their irrigation systems, preventing...
Wolf behavior undeterred by tailings ponds and pit mines
New research shows that predation rates of moose have increased near areas of high human disturbance, but low human activity, such as tailings ponds...
Methane emissions tackled with gas-guzzling bacteria
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Century-old seal pelts reveal changes in Ross Sea ecosystem
Scientists sampled a pile of frozen pelts left in a hut by Antarctic explorers for Weddell seal tissue from a century ago, at the...
A new estimate of biodiversity on Earth
A new research article estimates there are about a thousand times more species than people thought existed, most of them bacteria.
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