Archaeology & Paleontology

Storms reveal Oregon coast secrets, including shipwrecks, ghost forests and historic cannons (Forecast Earth/AP, Feb. 26)

Antarctic may hold the future of archaeology (Times UK, Feb. 25)

Ancient toy or whistle found at Pyrgos (The Cyprus Weekly, Feb. 25)

Jerablus and the land of Carchemish (Current Archaeology, Feb. 25)

Princeton Coins Are Gateway to History (Newsday/AP, Feb. 24)

How it happened: The catastrophic flood that cooled the Earth (TerraDaily/AFP, Feb. 24)

The Lost Treasure of Machu Picchu [Commentary.] (N.Y. Times, Feb. 23) Site requires free registration

Environment

Coral Reefs and What Ruins Them (N.Y. Times, Feb. 26)

Human Shadows on the Seas (N.Y. Times, Feb. 26) Site requires free registration

Troops sent to stem Amazon loss (BBC News, Feb. 26)

Rats Destroy Island Ecosystems (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Feb. 25)

Fires Tear Through Kenyan Reserve (Red Orbit, Feb. 25)

3rd manmade Grand Canyon flood planned (Yahoo!/AP, Feb. 25)

Olympics - Six China Provinces Ordered to Cut Pollution (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 25)

Antarctic glaciers surge to ocean (BBC News, Feb. 24)

In City Waters, Beds (and a Job) for Oysters (N.Y. Times, Feb. 24) Site requires free registration

Southern Ocean study looks at gas exchange (TerraDaily/UPI, Feb. 23)

The 'French Chernobyl' that has poisoned the Rhône's fish (Guardian UK, Feb. 23)

Exploration & Adventure

Antarctic diary: Polar year (BBC News, Feb. 25)

Hibbert en route at last: 1400 miles across Greenland (ThePoles, Feb. 25)

A Global Journey, Relying on Kindness and a Donkey (N.Y. Times, Feb. 23) Site requires free registration

Medicine & Health

Cocaine's brain effect revealed (BBC News, Feb. 26)

New Roads in the Amazon May Deliver Disease (NPR, Feb. 25)

It's not fair: Brains may compel teens to tantrum (New Scientist, Feb. 25)

For Political Candidates, Saying Can Become Believing [Human behavior.] (Washington Post, Feb. 25) Site requires free registration

Vaccinating Boys for Girls’ Sake? [Cervical cancer.] (N.Y. Times, Feb. 24) Site requires free registration

Insurance Fears Lead Many to Shun DNA Tests (N.Y. Times, Feb. 24)

Closed reactor causes medicine shortage [Radiopharmaceuticals needed for medical tests.] (InternDaily/UPI, Feb. 23)

Dentist of the Back Roads: House Calls to Neediest Patients Bridge Health-Care Gap [Louisiana.] (Washington Post, Feb. 24) Site requires free registration

Kenya, UN warn crisis risks incubating new AIDS infections (TerraDaily/AFP, Feb. 22)

Peoples & Culture

Many Americans switch religious denominations, study finds (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 26)

Starship Kimchi: A Bold Taste Goes Where It Has Never Gone Before (South Korea.] (N.Y. Times, Feb. 25) Site requires free registration

Saving long-gone native tribal languages (News Tribune/AP, Feb. 23)

Natural Disasters & Weather

Madagascar cyclone toll doubled (BBC News, Feb. 25)

Dust in West up 500 percent in past 2 centuries (ENN, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, Feb. 25)

Seismic stations could help catch tsunami waves (Nature News, Feb. 25)

Heavy rain can trigger earthquakes (New Scientist, Feb. 25)

Philippines floods and landslides leave 21 dead (TerraDaily/AFP, Feb. 22)

Climate change 'poses drought risk for Africa' (SciDevNet, Feb. 21)

Global and U.S. Hazards/Climate Extremes (updated weekly on Wednesdays)

Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet [pdf] (updated late Fridays)

People & Places in the News

NI trust workers get 'green' day (BBC News, Feb. 26)

Santa Summit in Kyrgyzstan ends with calls for peace, hopes for tourism (Forecast Earth/AP, Feb. 26)

Brazil's Lula Urges Rich To Fund Environment Reform (Planet Ark/Reuters, Feb. 25)

Algeria inaugurates Africa's largest seawater desalination plant (TerraDaily/AFP, Feb. 24)

GM exec stands by calling global warming a "crock" (ENN/Reuters, Feb. 23)

In California, Coastal Commission Wields Vast Power (N.Y. Times, Feb. 23) Site requires free registration

Tarek Bin Laden's Red Sea bridge (BBC News, Feb. 22)

Plants & Animals

Climate secrets of marine snail (BBC News, Feb. 26)

'Amazing' discovery finds krill in Antarctic abyss (New Scientist, Feb. 26)

First look at vast 'book of life' (BBC News, Feb. 26)

S Africa to allow elephant cull (BBC News, Feb. 25)

Butterfly fish 'may face extinction' (ENN/ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Feb. 25)

Oral Contraceptives Could Work For Dogs, Cats, Pigs, Maybe Even Deer And Coyotes (ScienceDaily, Feb. 25)

Beetles Help Fight Invasive Weed [leafy spurge.] (Red Orbit, Feb. 25)

Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic (Yahoo!Green/AFP, Feb. 24)

Endangered toad project under way (BBC News, Feb. 23)

Science & Technology

Where Science and Design Collide, a Few Weird Sights to Behold (N.Y. Times, Feb. 26) Site requires free registration

Electron Filmed for First Time (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Feb. 25)

New solar ttechnology greatly improves performance (ENN, Feb. 25)

Robots set to overhaul service industry, jobs (Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 25)

Space

Earth's Final Sunset Predicted (Yahoo!/Space.com, Feb. 26)

Experts test Mars vehicle model [ESA.] (BBC News, Feb. 25)

Ulysses Mission On Sun And Stars Coming To A Cold Quiet End (ScienceDaily, Feb. 25)

Saturn May Be Surrounded By Undiscovered Near-Invisible Partial Rings (ScienceDaily, Feb. 25)

Plan for Telescopes on Moon's Far Side Is Revived (Washington Post, Feb. 25) Site requires free registration

Pentagon: Satellite hit a success (Yahoo!/AP, Feb. 25)

Record Breaking "Dark Matter Web" Structures Observed Spanning 270 Million Light Years Across (Universe Today, Feb. 25)

Lectures, Meetings, & Conferences

Sources:

Conference Calendar for Zoology (BIOSIS)

Meridian International Center Events

National Academy of Sciences Events

National Air and Space Museum Events

National Journal Daybook [includes environment-related events in Washington]

National Museum of Natural History Events

National Press Club

Smithsonian Resident Associate Programs