As climate change heats up, we can expect more extreme weather events, more hurricanes and droughts over time. But small flooding events will also become more common, and while not …
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Students Worldwide Skip School to Protest Global Warming
They’re angry at their elders, and they’re not taking it sitting down. Students worldwide are skipping class Friday to take to the streets to protest their governments’ failure to take …
your ads here!Students Worldwide Skip Class to Demand Action on Climate
They’re angry at their elders, and they’re not taking it sitting down. Students worldwide are planning to skip class Friday and take to the streets to protest their governments’ failure …
your ads here!Deep in US Oil Country, Students Set to March for Climate
Oil is everywhere in Oklahoma, says local student Luke Kerr. But that has not deterred him from planning a protest calling for its phasing out in the state’s capital city …
your ads here!Study: C-Sections 50 Times More Deadly in Africa
The death rate among women undergoing a C-section to deliver a baby is about 50 times higher in Africa than in most wealthy nations, researchers said Friday. One in 200 …
your ads here!Wolves Prove Resilient, but Proposal Could Curtail Expansion
A proposal to strip gray wolves of their remaining federal protections could curtail their rapid expansion across vast swaths of the U.S. West and Great Lakes, yet the predators already …
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Russian-American crew of three has blasted off to the International Space Station, their second attempt to reach the outpost following an aborted launch in October A Russian-American crew of three …
your ads here!Researchers Develop Effective Treatment for Sickle Cell Anemia
Sickle cell anemia afflicts many millions of people across the globe, mostly of African heritage and including some 100,000 African Americans in the United States. Now, researchers believe they may …
your ads here!Study Warns of Risks from Inactive Ingredients in Drugs
A new study is warning patients that if they feel worse after taking a new medication, it might not be because of the drug but rather an inactive ingredient in …
your ads here!US Health Officials Move to Tighten Sales of E-Cigarettes
U.S. health regulators are moving ahead with a plan designed to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by restricting sales of most flavored products in convenience stores and …
your ads here!UN: DR Congo Intercommunal Violence Was Orchestrated
United Nations investigators say intercommunal attacks that killed more than 500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo were orchestrated. The investigators from the U.N. human rights office in Congo …
your ads here!Americans in Cool States Misjudge Threat From Rising Heat Waves
Americans most at risk from more frequent and intense heat waves tend to misjudge the deadly dangers hot spells can pose to their health, scientists said on Tuesday. People’s vulnerability …
your ads here!Hammerhead Shark ‘Nursery’ Found Off Galapagos Islands
Researchers have found a new breeding ground for hammerhead sharks off the coast of Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago. The head of the team of researchers, Eduardo Espinosa, said the natural refuge …
your ads here!NASA to Make Untouched Lunar Samples Available for Study
NASA is once again turning its focus to the moon. Nearly 50 years after the last lunar mission, the U.S. space agency is unsealing some of the samples brought back …
your ads here!UN: Methamphetamine Output Booming in Southeast Asia
Production of methamphetamine is skyrocketing in Southeast Asia, with prices dropping and usage expanding, the U.N.’s anti-drug agency said Monday. Even as seizures of the drug known as speed, …
your ads here!Study: US Minorities Consume Less But Suffer More From Pollution
U.S. air pollution is disproportionately caused by white consumers, while African-Americans and Hispanics are burdened most by the emissions, a peer-reviewed study showed on Monday. On average, African-Americans are exposed …
your ads here!Governments Seek UN Scrutiny of Technologies to Cool the Climate
As climate change accelerates, the United Nations Environment Assembly will this week consider whether to start assessing, and setting rules on, technologies that could pull carbon out of the atmosphere …
your ads here!Deadly Plague Breaks Out on Uganda-Congo Border, WHO Says
A deadly form of plague has broken out on Uganda’s border with Democratic Republic of Congo and several people are thought to have died of the disease, the World Health …
your ads here!Study: Farmers Need Lower Emissions to Mitigate Rainfall Changes
A radical decrease in greenhouse gas emissions is needed if farmers are to have time to prepare for major changes in rainfall that could decimate crops, researchers said in a …
your ads here!Ocean Mission Looking for Fossils and Clues to Oceans Health
The Seychelles Islands are located in the Indian ocean hundreds of miles off the coasts of Somalia and Kenya. It’s a great place to do scientific research because the isolated …
your ads here!Persons with Albinism Hit Wall When Seeking Justice
The Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of Human Rights by Persons with Albinism reports people with this condition have great difficulty getting justice or recompense for physical attacks and other …
your ads here!Attackers in Congo Hit Newly Reopened Ebola Treatment Center
Armed assailants on Saturday attacked an Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo less than a week after it reopened following a previous attack. The attack …
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