News tagged with summer
Australian residents urged to flee 18-metre flames
A wildfire towering up to 18 metres (60 feet) high bore down on homes in Australia's western Outback on Monday, officials said, urging residents to flee.
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Preventive program associated with reduced spread of H1N1 at summer camp
A targeted program of preventive antiviral medication, combined with the use of hand sanitizers and surface decontamination, was associated with containing the spread of the H1N1 virus in a summer camp setting, according ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 02, 2010 |
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New study finds low rate of injuries at overnight summer camp
Although a trip to summer camp is highly anticipated by over 11 million children and adults each year, sending a child off to summer camp can be a source of anxiety for parents. Findings from a new study published in the ...
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Record high temperatures far outpace record lows across US (w/ Video)
Spurred by a warming climate, daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over the last decade across the continental United States, new research shows. The ratio of record highs ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Seasonality of mortality: Summer vacation link?
Mortality rates in several Mediterranean countries decline in September, due in part to environmental factors but possibly linked to summer vacations, suggests a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Sep 21, 2009 |
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New study reveals unexpected relationship between climate warming and advancing treelines
A new study reveals that treelines are not responding to climate warming as expected. The research, the first global quantitative assessment of the relationship between climate warming and treeline advance, is published in ...
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Summer heat increases risk of amniotic fluid level deficiency, study reveals
Pregnant women have a higher incidence of insufficient amniotic fluid levels (oligohydramnios) in the summer months due to dehydration, according to a study conducted by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Colleges expand summer sessions
Summer session -- once a relatively small piece of the academic calendar -- is now a full-blown term for most colleges and universities, with more offerings, more students and more of an expectation that you can't graduate ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang on to Summer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet helps summer travelers beat jet lag
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the summer travel season begins, many vacation and business travelers will beat jet lag with the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Study shows summer jobs may help prevent suicidal tendencies in at-risk teens
A University of Iowa study found that when a friend of a friend attempts suicide, at-risk teens are more likely to seriously consider doing so. But at-risk teens are less likely to be suicidal if they hold summer jobs.
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Climate change means bigger medical, council and property bills
Climate change concerns like melting icecaps, increased desertification, loss of coral reefs and the extinction of species like polar bears can seem a distant concern in our everyday lives. Little attention, however, has ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Study projects weakened monsoon season in South Asia
(PhysOrg.com) -- The South Asian summer monsoon - critical to agriculture in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan - could be weakened and delayed due to rising temperatures in the future, according to a recent ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Plants take a hike as temperatures rise
Plants are flowering at higher elevations in Arizona's Santa Catalina Mountains as summer temperatures rise, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson.
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Pupils' performances deteriorate during summer holiday
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Twente, Netherlands, recently demonstrated that differences in pupils’ levels arise largely during holiday periods. They investigated pupils’ progress in the field of reading ...
Jan 27, 2009 |
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