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America's new number one landowner, John Malone.

Who is America's largest landowner?

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/13/2011

Ted Turner has lost his title as America's largest individual landowner. John Malone, the 70-year-old television pioneer and chairman of Liberty Media, now owns 2.2 million acres after purchasing 1 million of those acres earlier this year. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Ted Turner remains a ...

Home to 387 known sub-glacial lakes, Antarctica features some of the most pristine environments on Earth.

Engineers to drill two miles down into Antarctic lake

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/12/2011

In a bid to learn more about prehistory and the origin of life on the planet Earth, a team of British engineers is set to begin a journey to a lake hidden beneath nearly two miles of Antarctic ice. The explorers leave later this month for Antarctica on the first stage of a scientific mission to ...

In mythology, the fearsome Kraken was usually depicted as being octopus-like in nature -- there now appears to be some scientific truth in this.

New fossils point to existence of the fierce Kraken

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/12/2011

A prehistoric sea monster, not unlike the mythological kraken may have delved in Earth's ancient oceans. It's believed that the fearsome beast lunched upon what were then the sea's top predators, school bus-size ichthyosaurs with fearsome teeth. Researcher Mark McMenamin, a paleontologist at Mount ...

Republicans have led nearly 100 votes against EPA regulations in Congress over the past year.

Is it morally irresponsible to roll back the EPA?

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/10/2011

A concerted effort by legislators in Congress threatens to roll back environmental regulations by more than a century. Analysts are reporting there have been 159 votes in the past year designed to roll back environmental protections that proponents claim are actually hurting the economy ...

The northern ozone hole is at least five times the size of the state of California.

Northern ozone layer disappearing

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/4/2011

Scientists have detected the most significant hole in the ozone layer over the Arctic yet. The hole has become so large that it has reached as far south as Russia and into northern Mongolia. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Scientists say the massive hole is temporary and that levels of ozone ...

A graph showing the sudden spike in temperatures. It is the rapid spike that is causing temperatures to change faster than nature can adapt.

Global temps spiking faster than nature can adapt

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/3/2011

Although some people still refuse to accept it, global warming is a fact. All national science academies of all the major industrialized nations of the world unanimously agree that global warming is taking place. What is still subject to debate is just how much are humans contributing to the ...

All of the cities with the worst air pollution are found in developing countries, which comes as no surprise as poorer countries tend to have dirtier cars, factories and power plants.

10 Most air-polluted cities far from expected megalopolises

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 9/28/2011

The World Health Organization has released the top ten most air-polluted cities, and the figures hold some surprises. While many would assume that the cities listed would be major cities, such as Beijing, Mexico City or Bangkok, the ten worst cities tend to be smaller towns in Iran and ...

Authorities suspect Mexican fishermen set the illegal nets. Overfishing has destroyed the populations of fish on the Mexican side of the border. Mexican fishermen have been known to regularly sneak into the U.S. to lay the nets.

As many of 3,000 sharks found dead in illegal net

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 9/27/2011

As many as 3,000 adult and juvenile sharks have been found dead in a lengthy stretch of illegal netting off the Texas coast. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department spokesman Steve Lightfoot say the wardens found the net off Texas' southern South Padre Island near the border with Mexico. LOS ...

It's being suggested that asthma users who rely on Primatene Mist should see their doctor about switching to a prescription inhaler. As Primatene Mist is the only inhaler sold over-the-counter, available without a prescription.

Popular inhaler to be discontinued in deference to ozone layer

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 9/23/2011

A popular over-the counter asthma inhaler will no longer be available after this News Year's Eve. Primatene Mist, manufactured by Armstrong Pharmaceutical Inc. is being discontinued as part of an international treaty to preserve the ozone layer. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The Food ...

Conservationist Brian Gratwicke, also a skilled photographer, takes pictures of every frog he captures for an amphibian project on the Web.

40% of world's frog population is in danger of extinction

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 9/19/2011

The frog is the world's favorite amphibian. Immortalized in art, cartoons and popular culture, these lily pond dwellers have brought smiles to the human race. However - climate change and destruction of natural habitats have led to 40 percent of the world's frog population becoming ...