The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declined for now to create artificial floating platforms for Pacific walrus that come ashore in Alaska because they lack summer sea ice. The agency’s decision came in response to a suggestion by a wildlife advocacy group to place experimental rafts over a prime…
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A sense of impending disruption hangs over all the shiny new cars at this year’s edition of the Frankfurt International Motor Show. The potential impact of automated driving and of extensively connected cars has pushed aside electric and low-emission vehicles as the major theme in just the two years since…
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The Navy agreed to limit its use of sonar and other training that inadvertently harms whales, dolphins and other marine mammals off Hawaii and California in a settlement with environmental groups approved Monday. A centerpiece of the agreement signed by a federal judge in Honolulu includes limits or bans on…
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The city will be the main testing ground for a smart device installed in vehicles to warn motorists of impending dangers and congestion, the U.S. secretary of transportation announced Monday. Secretary Anthony Foxx said New York will receive up to $ 20 million to develop the so-called connected vehicle technologies…
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Undersea ravines deeper than the Grand Canyon , submerged mountains rising thousands of feet from the ocean floor and forests of kelp and coral would become the first marine national monument in the Atlantic if conservationists have their way. The proposal to protect a pristine ecosystem undamaged by heavy fishing…
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Drone manufacturers would be forced to implement technology to keep the unmanned crafts away from airports and possibly events like parades and major sporting contests under a proposal Sen. Charles Schumer plans to introduce this week. Schumer said he would introduce an amendment to a bill that funds the Federal…
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Two odd-looking Chinese soft-shelled marsh turtles raised for food in Asia have been seen south of Boston, and there’s concern they could eventually threaten local ecosystems if they become established in New England. New England Aquarium experts said Saturday it is possible someone decided to release the animals after buying…
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A Temple University physics professor who had been accused of scheming to provide secret U.S. technology to China said he’s grateful and relieved prosecutors dropped the case against him, and is thankful to friends and colleagues who supported him. Xi Xiaoxing (shee show-shing) released a statement Saturday calling the case…
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Federal prosecutors sought to dismiss charges Friday against a Temple University physics professor who was accused of scheming to provide secret U.S. technology to China after being confronted with statements from physicists that investigators had misunderstood the technology. The U.S. attorney’s office in Philadelphia declined to comment on the four-page…
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Researchers say warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures around Hawaii this year will likely lead to the worst coral bleaching the islands have ever seen. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Director Ruth Gates said Friday many corals are only just recovering from last year’s bleaching. Warmer waters prompt coral to expel the algae…
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