One week ago (Nov. 21), the drilling team passed the 1,000-meter mark in rock core pulled from beneath the sea floor in McMurdo Sound, and with a remarkable recovery rate of more than 98 percent. The end of drilling is scheduled for this weekend, and only a few tens of meters of core remain to [...]

The men and women who shepherd cattle from birth to the slaughterhouse door like the idea of ethanol — just not so much of it so fast.
A jump in corn prices — fueled largely by the demand from ethanol refiners — has made it more expensive to feed cattle.
“This has been a monumental change in [...]

A University of North Dakota professor says the Panhandle and southeast Nebraska could be good locations to bury concentrated carbon dioxide produced by coal- burning power plants.
Edward Steadman is program manager for the Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership, one of seven regional partnerships to study the feasibility of geological sequestration.
In geological sequestration, concentrated carbon dioxide is [...]