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Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY

(AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_sc/us_invasive_clams"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100903/capt.a6a07f2037554800a2d8bdd9ecaa25bc-a6a07f2037554800a2d8bdd9ecaa25bc-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8iALYJ_jI5gZ7LRhh1tMdg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Aug. 30, 2010 photo, Dan Marelli, of Tallahassee, Fla., a biologist and scuba diver specializing in mollusks, holds Asian clams found in Lake George, in Bolton Landing, N.Y. Scientists consider the clams arrival a stroke of bad luck that could cause ecological and economic harm. They hope to smother the rapidly reproducing mollusks before they spread. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)" border="0" /></a>AP - A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its limpid, spring-fed waters.</p><br clear="all"/>

Earl's path along northeast is not well-worn

(AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_sc/us_sci_earl_path"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.53537f35a8a94cafbec64ca934007b7d-53537f35a8a94cafbec64ca934007b7d-1.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=ZUHGKn5IQDeDuorPRfl1dw--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Graphic shows the location and projected path of Hurricane Earl as of 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday" border="0" /></a>AP - Pushed by an ill-timed trough of low pressure, Hurricane Earl is heading uncomfortably close to an area relatively few hurricanes tend to go: the Northeast coastline.</p><br clear="all"/>

UN: Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid

(AP)

AP - The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief.

Drone Buzzes Hurricane Earl

(LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Hurricane Earl is losing steam as it tracks up the East Coast of the United States, though wary residents are still looking out for its whipping winds and pounding waves.

Greater clarity on climate finance at 46-nation forum

(AFP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100903/sc_afp/climatewarmingfinance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100903/capt.photo_1283536073503-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=IUWWETAIaPQHPr9bj99xWw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pictured is a general view of the opening of an informal ministerial meeting on September 2, in Geneva ahead of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which is scheduled take place in Cancun, Mexico, at the year's end.(AFP/File/Sebastien Feval)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Forty-six countries gained a clearer view on Friday of what it may take to secure a deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars in climate aid, an issue that threatens hopes for a treaty on global warming.</p><br clear="all"/>

BP spill costs 5.8 billion pounds as crews unearth clues

(AFP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100903/wl_uk_afp/usoilenvironmentpollutionbp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100903/capt.photo_1283502426719-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=isETsTCGqZUk6x6cKszwuQ--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Vessels work at the site of the Deepwater Horizon accident off the shore of Louisiana in August 2010. British oil giant BP revealed Friday it has so far spent 5.1 billion pounds to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, as its crews worked to retrieve key evidence from the seabed.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Oil giant BP revealed Friday it has so far spent 5.1 billion pounds to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, as its crews worked to retrieve key evidence from the seabed.</p><br clear="all"/>

Some Ancient Galaxies Had Wild Youth

(SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Ancient galaxiesmay be cosmic senior citizens today, but some have a wild streak in their past,one packed with frenetic star birth, astronomers say.

Aqua Bounty biotech salmon OK to eat: FDA staff

(Reuters)

Reuters - Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said in a preliminary analysis released on Friday as they weigh whether to approve the fish for Americans' dinner plates.

Famed Tasmanian devil euthanized after tumor found

(AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_sc/as_australia_tasmanian_devils"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100901/capt.6db4b27a342f4855bfbc4afa856f4deb-6db4b27a342f4855bfbc4afa856f4deb-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=UuDqzBZLEkoGD49LgwNBCw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday, May 21, 2008 file photo, a Tasmanian devil searches for food in his enclosure at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. The Tasmanian devil population has plummeted by 70 percent since Devil Facial Tumor Disease was first discovered in 1996. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Tasmanian devil named Cedric, once thought to be immune to a contagious facial cancer threatening the iconic creatures with extinction, has been euthanized after succumbing to the disease, researchers said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>

Japan whale meat case echoes apartheid: Greenpeace chief

(AFP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100903/wl_asia_afp/japanjusticeenvironmentwhalinggreenpeace"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100903/capt.photo_1283499669073-1-0.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=.9Oi3Uxg5B4J44yH.rO1vA--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo speaks to the press with Greenpeace Japan member Junichi Sato beside him, in Tokyo, on September 3. Two japanese activists, includung Sato, are to face possible jail terms for stealing a box of whale meat in a trial the environmental group says will test the country's limits on political activism.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Greenpeace chief Kumi Naidoo on Friday likened Japan's treatment of two of its anti-whaling activists to the tactics of the former apartheid regime he once campaigned against in his native South Africa.</p><br clear="all"/>

Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button?

(LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramaticallychanged the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, accordingto a comprehensive study of fossil records. The findings suggest humans willlive in a very different future if they drive animals to extinction, becausethe loss of each species can alter entire ecosystems.

Shipping companies eye fabled Asia route as ice melts

(AFP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100903/bs_afp/norwayrussiachinaarcticshippingenergyclimate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100903/capt.photo_1283533464743-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=nLl.KPKUIBdrOSHWUijs4w--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A recent picture released by Nordic Bulk Carriers shows the Nordic Barents bulk carrier near the port of Kirkenes, Norway. On Saturday the first non-Russian vessel to make an intercontinental commercial voyage through the Arctic Northeast passage will set sail from Norway for China.(AFP/Nordic Bulk Carriers)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Shipowners are showing growing interest in a fabled trade route to Asia which climate change is beginning to open up at last as polar ice recedes.</p><br clear="all"/>

The nation's weather

(AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100903/capt.5c605feaa7b64f7aa07f4c423fca7f5b-5c605feaa7b64f7aa07f4c423fca7f5b-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=FIbfnFJT3L0Gx_ydIPWkiA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Earl taken at 3:15 a.m. EDT Friday Sept. 3, 2010. National Weather Service meterologist Jeremy Schulz said early Friday morning that rain bands stretched about 140 miles inland in North Carolina and up to the southern tip of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Sustained winds of about 30 mph were whipping the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/NOAA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hurricane Earl had lost some of its strength and was at category 2 strength with winds up to 105 mph early Friday off North Carolina's coast.</p><br clear="all"/>

Top 10 Summer Sky Objects to See Before Fall

(SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - As the summer night sky draws nearits close, there are still some cosmic objects that may beckon skywatchersequipped with a small telescope, binoculars or their own two eyes.

Exercise Can Counteract Obesity Genes, Says Study

(Time.com)

Time.com - A new study finds people who are genetically predisposed to obesity may benefit most from physical activity

BP oil spill costs hit $8 billion as ends rig probe

(Reuters)

Reuters - BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion as the oil giant prepared to release the findings of an internal probe into the causes of the disaster.

Cape Cod greets Earl with plywood and grumbling

(Reuters)

Reuters - Residents and business owners in the beach communities of Cape Cod and nearby islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard hung plywood over their shop windows on Friday and rued the arrival of Hurricane Earl, which appeared set to spoil their holiday weekend.