Since their first appearance in the late Triassic turtles have been one of the most successful groups of reptiles, surviving mass extinction events, showing high diversity, high morphological variation in their shell and skull, and remarkable adaptability to terrestrial as well as freshwater and marine environments from the tropics to high latitudes on all continents.

Land use analysis tool could be used to monitor Kyoto Accord.

In case anyone was wondering, I am far from alone in my call for a new science policy in the coming administration. It is the topic of the editorial in a recent issue of Science Magazine America's premier scientific journal.

Most glaciers in every mountain range and island group in Alaska are experiencing significant retreat, thinning or stagnation, especially glaciers at lower elevations, according to a new book published by the U.S. Geological Survey. In places, these changes began as early as the middle of the 18th century.

Russian scientists developed a technique, which allows studying the way hurricanes move and finding out the amount of heat and moisture they carry to mid-latitudes and mid-high latitudes from tropics. The technique is based upon data of Earth’s satellite monitoring in the microwave range.

Scientists from Russian region of Kamchatka suggested a new approach to long-range prediction of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Since Kamchatka is one of the regions, where most intensive earthquakes on our planet take place quite often, we should listen to them.

Canadian bedrock more than 4 billion years old may be the oldest known section of the Earth's early crust.

An international team of earth scientists report movement of warmed sea water through the flat, Pacific Ocean floor off Costa Rica. The movement is greater than that off midocean volcanic ridges. The finding suggests possible marine life in a part of the ocean once considered barren.

A scientific expedition this fall will map the unexplored Arctic seafloor where the U.S. and Canada may have sovereign rights over natural resources such as oil and gas and control over activities such as mining.

“Monowai Energy” is the newly established joint company of Russia and New Zealand, which is aimed at adapting renewable energy sources (wind, sun and water) to humanity’s needs.