Homes sell for 8.2 percent less after catastrophic floods
Flooding has pushed down housing prices in communities across Canada.
Flooding has pushed down housing prices in communities across Canada.
Economics & Business
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A new book, " In Too Deep " (University of California Press, $29.95, 268 pages) from Rice University sociologist Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, dean of the School of Social Sciences, explores the lives of a group of mothers in a ...
Social Sciences
Jan 11, 2022
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The estimate that one billion animals were killed by Australia's 2019–20 Black Summer fires drew international attention to the fate of wildlife during fire.
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2022
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Recent weeks have witnessed a series of medium-to-large-sized asteroids cross paths with Earth's orbit. The largest of the pack—asteroid 2004 UE—is on track to make its closest approach to the planet Nov. 13. University ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 11, 2021
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Small farmers around the world who grow thirsty crops like corn will face a huge adaptation challenge as the effects of climate change worsen in the coming years, experts warned Wednesday.
Environment
Oct 27, 2021
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The reappearance of a lava lake in the crater of the Nyiragongo volcano in eastern DR Congo is a good sign, experts said Sunday, four months after a major eruption killed 32 people.
Environment
Sep 26, 2021
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By the time Hurricane Ida hit Philadelphia in early September, it had already dropped massive rainfall on parts of the Gulf Coast. As the storm continued north, record-breaking downpours in New York City led to extensive ...
Environment
Sep 22, 2021
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Firefighting crews near southern Spain's Costa del Sol were hoping for much-needed rainfall Monday to help them extinguish a major wildfire that has ravaged 7,700 hectares (19,000 acres) in five days and forced the evacuations ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2021
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In a deadly silent and scorched landscape, French scientist Dominique Guicheteau lies on his front, plunges his hand under a rock and brings out a Hermann's tortoise.
Ecology
Aug 20, 2021
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Scientists say it is extremely challenging to try and predict when a supervolcano might erupt again due to the sheer diversity of events that have gone before.
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2021
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