Selling shark fins now banned in Rhode Island
Selling shark fins is now banned in Rhode Island.
Ecology
Jan 2, 2017
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Canary Islands selected as alternate giant telescope site
The nonprofit organization that wants to build a giant telescope atop a Hawaii mountain has selected another site in case it can't be built on land many Native Hawaiians consider sacred.
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2016
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Thousands of mussels wash up on shores of Long Island
Thousands of dead mussels have washed up this week on the shores of Long Island.
Ecology
Aug 26, 2016
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Spike in water toxins blamed for hundreds of turtle deaths
Hundreds of small turtles have washed up dead on the eastern end of Long Island in the last month, a die-off scientists blame on waterborne toxins that have reached unprecedented levels for reasons that aren't entirely clear.
Environment
May 31, 2015
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Economists explore 'loca-pouring' of wines
(Phys.org) —The 2013 grape harvest is in full swing, but when this vintage is bottled, will it appear on a wine list at your favorite restaurant? According to a team of researchers from Cornell's Charles H. Dyson School ...
Economics & Business
Oct 16, 2013
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RUB physicists let magnetic dipoles interact on the nanoscale for the first time
Physicists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have found out how tiny islands of magnetic material align themselves when sorted on a regular lattice - by measurements at BESSY II. Contrary to expectations, the north and ...
General Physics
May 15, 2013
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In spite of wet start, Northeast sees second driest November in more than a century
(Phys.org)—Even though Hurricane Sandy helped create wet start to the month for several states, November 2012 went into the record books as the second-driest November since 1895 in the Northeast. With an average of 1.04 ...
Environment
Dec 6, 2012
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Melting permafrost 'may speed global warming'
Climate talks got down to the nitty-gritty in Doha on Tuesday as developing countries and the European Union (EU) staked out rival positions on the fate of the Kyoto Protocol.
Environment
Nov 27, 2012
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Energy secretary: Islands could disappear
(AP) -- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu is warning that if countries don't do something about climate change, "some island states will simply disappear."
Environment
Apr 19, 2009
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Opinion: The Australia-Tuvalu deal shows why we need a global framework for climate relocations
The recent climate migration deal signed by Australia and Tuvalu in November 2023 has been touted as providing a "lifeline" to the people of the South Pacific nation who face existential threats from rising sea levels and ...
Environment
Jan 25, 2024
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