News tagged with florida
Fla. governor approves plan to capture, kill Burmese pythons
By next week, the first of a select squad of python hunters will be ready to roll.
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Can solar work help save jobs at space center
NASA and Florida Power & Light Co. took a big step last week toward building a pair of clean-electricity plants at Kennedy Space Center.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Atlantis begins ferry flight home from Calif.
(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis has begun its ferry flight home from California to Florida.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Bad weather may disrupt shuttle landing schedule
(AP) -- Astronauts are conserving power on the space shuttle Atlantis because bad weather in Florida may keep them in orbit longer than planned.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 20, 2009 |
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Beetle, fungus threaten Florida's avocado industry
(AP) -- A little beetle could cause big problems for Florida's multimillion-dollar avocado industry.
May 08, 2009 |
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New Florida City To Run On Solar Power
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Florida city, Babcock Ranch, will power 19,500 homes by solar power and cost the average customer's monthly bill an additional 31 cents. This will be the first city on earth powered ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Magnets might dissuade crocodiles from settling in neighborhoods
Magnets taped to the heads of captured crocodiles could keep them from returning to South Florida neighborhoods where they're not wanted, state wildlife officials said Monday.
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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Record number of manatees counted in Florida
Aided by a string of cold snaps, state scientists counted a record number of manatees in Florida waters this year.
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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Sequence matters in droughts and floods
When extremes of drought and flood come in rapid succession, the extent of damage to vegetation may depend in part on the sequence of those events, according to a new study published in The American Naturalist.
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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