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World's Largest Marine Protected Area Created in the Great Barrier Reef
A huge swath of Australia's most famous resource to be protected. Read more at http://www.enn.com.

Global Shark Populations Continue to Decline
In a disturbing sign for the oceans' health, ten more species have been declared endangered. Read more at http://www.enn.com.

Seagulls Win the Battle of the Buzz
A model airplane club can't rid the Capistrano landfill of gulls, so the county goes back to searching for a solution. Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

Biologists Wonder: Where Are the Pelicans?
Normally 28,000 pelicans show up at a North Dakota wetland area. This year, they're a no-show. Read more at http://www.nytimes.com.

Scientists Say White House Questioned Their Politics
Unless you're a good Republican, you might not be able to give your opinions to the prez. Read more at http://www.nytimes.com.

Solar Storms Continuing to Reverberate
So strong that they ripped away part of Mars' atmosphere. Read more at http://www.nytimes.com.

California Sea Otter Numbers Finally Increase a Bit
The 2004 Spring census of sea otters in Californian waters counted 2,825 sea otters, which for the second year in a row, represents a small increase in population. Read more at http://www.defenders.org.

Hearst, State Tentatively Agree to Coastal Land Preservation
A tentative agreement on a $95-million deal to preserve most of the rolling hills and grassy tablelands of the Hearst Ranch around San Simeon, which have long served as a picturesque gateway to Big Sur. Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

Marines Oppose Natural Gas Port
ChevronTexaco has approached the Marine Corps about building a liquefied natural gas terminal off the coast or on land at Camp Pendleton, provoking vehement opposition from the commanding general of one of the nation's best-known Marine bases. Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

Summertime, When People and Parasites Head for the Water
The more you know about microbiology, the harder it is to go swimming. Read more at http://www.nytimes.com.

A New Ice Age? None Soon, Snow 2 Miles Deep Implies
In an eagerly awaited study, a group of climate and ice experts say they have new evidence that earth is not even halfway through the current warm era. The evidence comes from the oldest layers of Antarctic ice ever sampled. Read more at http://www.nytimes.com.

Icy Riddle as Big as Greenland
The Greenland Ice Cap and the swirling seas nearby have emerged as vital pieces of an urgent puzzle posed by global warming. Read more at http://www.nytimes.com.

California's Biggest Beach Bummers
Doheny Tops List of California's Dirtiest Beaches. Malibu not far behind. Read more at http://www.healthebay.org.

E.P.A. Nears Pact on Waste by Processors of Livestock
But environmental groups and former agency officials say the agreement is a bad deal for the public because while the companies are collecting data, they will be shielded from prosecution for violations of the Clean Air Act and other federal laws. Read more at http://www.nytimes.com.

Gas may have spurred ancient global warming, says NATURE
A vast belch of gas from beneath the North Atlantic 55 million years ago may have warmed the planet and holds clues to threats from an even faster modern surge in greenhouse gases, scientists said Wednesday. Read more at http://www.enn.com.

Power plants top North American air polluters, says watchdog
Coal and oil-fired power plants are the top air polluters in the United States and Canada according to most recent data, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation said Wednesday. Read more at http://www.enn.com.

Australian Leader Pitches Liquefied Gas Imports to Schwarzenegger
A firm from his country is seeking to build an LNG terminal off the Ventura County coast. Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

Brand Bethany
With her 15 minutes ticking down, friends and family of shark-attack survivor Bethany Hamilton pitch in to extend her shelf life. Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

ABOVE-NORMAL 2004 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON PREDICTED
12 to 15 tropical storms, with six to eight systems becoming hurricanes, and two to four of those major hurricanes. Read more at http://www.noaa.gov.

NOAA SCIENTISTS HUNT FOR ?LIONS? IN THE ATLANTIC
Divers and deep-water fishermen along the Atlantic coast may encounter lionfish, venomous coral reef fish that have found their way into East Coast waters. Read more at http://www.noaa.gov.

Hey, Where are all the Zombies?
Video games can mimic the charge down a track or the feel of reeling in a bass, so why is the gaming industry backing away from outdoors action? Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

Long-Sought Saddleback Homes OKd
A compromise on a 266-home tract in Trabuco Canyon gets all parties to forgo lawsuits, shields a monastery with a 30-foot-high berm.Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

Reports of Fuel Theft Quadruple in San Joaquin Valley
Fuel theft in rural areas has quadrupled in the San Joaquin Valley over the last year as thieves, motivated by the high price of diesel, tap into farmers' storage tanks.Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

Malibu Bans Smoking at Beach
The Malibu City Council gave final approval Monday to a ban on smoking on the city's public beaches.Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

Unnatural Weather, Natural Disasters: A New U.N. Focus
As 1999 drew to a close, two weeks of continuous rain drummed down the sides of the Ávila Mountains in northern Venezuela.Read more at http://www.nytimes.com.

Just One Word for the Ocean: Plastics
As all of that plastic is discarded, it is permeating the environment, too ? to a microscopic scale. Read more at http://www.nytimes.com.

Tougher Emission Rules Set for Big Diesel Vehicles
The Bush administration announced new regulations on Monday that will significantly reduce emissions from tractors, bulldozers, locomotives, barges and other nonroad vehicles propelled by diesel fuel that altogether spew more soot than the nation's entire fleet of cars, trucks and buses. Read more at http://www.nytimes.com.

Drought Settles In, Lake Shrinks and West's Worries Grow
The development of the modern urbanized West may have been based on a colossal miscalculation. Read more at http://www.nytimes.com.

Extinct List for Species Says Hawaii Had the Most
Nearly half of the 114 species that have become extinct in the first 20 years of the federal Endangered Species Act were in Hawaii. Read more at http://www.nytimes.com.

RCL vows to purify its sewage
The world's second-largest cruise company will install advanced wastewater-purification technology on all ships in its Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises fleets. Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

Currents Cited for Big Waves at Surfing Spot
A plane, a ship and instruments floating in the water and anchored to the sea floor have found that Black's Beach is a jumble of rip currents, swirling eddies and crossing swells that can produce powerful A-frame-shaped waves. Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

Speakers Avoid Mudslinging at Malibu Water Forum
The Malibu Water Quality Conference's primary goal on Saturday was to explore ways to prevent water pollution from fouling the coastline. Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

O.C. Cities Limit Use of Foam Plastic
San Clemente was in the vanguard, restricting the containers at municipal events and facilities as a way of improving the environment. By Dave McKibben. Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

An Ordinary County Becomes Must-See O.C.
Orange County is celebrating a pop-culture phenomenon that some say has created a new image for a place once known only for Mickey Mouse and John Wayne. Read more at http://www.latimes.com.

Legislation in Congress to Deal with Problem of Big Non-Native Species
Introduced by Ships' Ballast Waters Read more at http://www.nature.com.

US Army to Provide Funding to Help Preserve Important North Shore, Oahu Land Pupukea-Paumalu property may be protected.
Read more at http://www.tpl.org.

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