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Earth dodges geomagnetic storm: scientist
WASHINGTON – A wave of charged plasma particles from a huge solar eruption has glanced off the Earth’s northern pole, lighting up auroras and disrupting some radio communications, a NASA scientist said. But the Earth appears to have escaped a widespread geomagnetic storm, with the effects confined to the northern…
BP could have prevented blowout: investigator
BP’s oil well in the Gulf of Mexico might never have blown last year if the company’s engineers had been consulted about a key test that pointed to a defective cement job, investigators reported Thursday. A US Coast Guard handout image of fire boat response crews as they battle the…
Rising seas threaten 180 U.S. cities by 2100: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says, with Miami, New Orleans and Virginia Beach among those most severely affected. Previous studies have looked at where rising waters might go by the end of this century, assuming…
Thawing permafrost may speed global warming: study
WASHINGTON – Global warming could cause up to 60 percent of the world’s permafrost to thaw by 2200 and release huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere that would further speed up climate change, a study released Wednesday warned. Using projections based on UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…
Increased flooding driven by climate change: study
PARIS – Global warming driven by human activity boosted the intensity of rain, snow and consequent flooding in the northern hemisphere over the last half of the 20th century, research released Wednesday has shown. Two studies, both published in Nature, are among the first to draw a straight line between…
FDA urged to ban soda ‘caramel’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some chemically enhanced caramel food colorings used in widely consumed cola drinks could cause cancer and should be banned, a U.S. consumer advocacy group urged the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday. Pure caramel is made from melted sugar; but two other versions approved to color food…
Stunting tall girls’ growth may impact fertility
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Years ago, tall girls often received hormones to stunt their growth — and now as adults they seem to have more difficulty becoming pregnant than women who weren’t treated, a new Dutch study reveals. The study is the second to show that stunting girls’ growth,…
Meat-lovers get food for thought in futuristic US lab
CHARLESTON, South Carolina – A 21st century American cowboy will resemble a worker in a hi-tech plant creating artificial meat in a petri dish, a far cry from cattle ranches, says biologist Vladimir Mironov. The growth of “cultured” or in-vitro meat may be a vital step towards solving the global…
Latin America urges Japan to stop whaling
BUENOS AIRES – Latin American members of the International Whaling Commission urged Japan Monday to stop “scientific” whaling in Antarctic waters and respect sanctuaries for the species. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay have refused to hunt nearly a thousand whales, including endangered species, in…
NASA spacecraft speeds toward comet encounter
WASHINGTON – A NASA spacecraft is just hours from its long-anticipated encounter with a comet, and skywatchers hope the flyby will shed light on how the comet’s surface has changed since it skimmed by the Sun in 2005. The US space agency’s Stardust-NExT mission spacecraft “is within a quarter-million miles…
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