'Report card' gives Mississippi River basin a D+
A report card is out on the Mississippi River basin, and the grade is not good: a D+, with an aging transportation infrastructure topping the list of concerns.
Environment
Oct 14, 2015
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What do you do when your child brings home a bad report card?
Before the new school year begins, here's a pop quiz for parents of middle-school children: What do you do when your child brings home a bad report card?
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2015
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LA County gets C+ from UCLA on environmental issues
UCLA today issued the first comprehensive environmental report card for Los Angeles County. The county's overall performance marks it as an unimpressive C+ student.
Environment
Apr 7, 2015
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Arctic is warming at twice the rate of anywhere else on Earth
A new NOAA-led report shows that Arctic air temperatures continue to rise at more than twice the rate of global air temperatures, a phenomenon known as Arctic amplification. Increasing air and sea surface temperatures, declining ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2014
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Study says upgrading infrastructure could reduce flood damage
The severe flooding that devastated a wide swath of Colorado last year might have been less destructive if the bridges, roads and other infrastructure had been upgraded or modernized, according to a new study from the University ...
Engineering
Oct 29, 2014
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World falling short of biodiversity targets, according to report
(Phys.org) —The midterm report card on global biodiversity targets is in—and the grades are not good.
Ecology
Oct 3, 2014
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Kansas won't release data from reading, math tests
Kansas won't be issuing any report cards this year on how well its public school students performed on standardized reading and math tests after cyberattacks and other problems this spring.
Social Sciences
Jul 8, 2014
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Urban schools improving faster than rest of US
Federal testing data shows that public school students in the nation's largest cities are improving their performance in reading and math faster than their counterparts in suburban and rural schools.
Social Sciences
Dec 18, 2013
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Mild 2013 cuts Arctic a break, warming woes remain (Update)
The rapid melting in the Arctic eased up this year. But the government says global warming is still dramatically altering the top of the world, reducing the number of reindeer and shrinking snow and ice, while increasing ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2013
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Mild 2013 cuts Arctic a break, warming woes remain
The rapid melting in the Arctic eased up this year. But the government says global warming is still dramatically altering the top of the world, reducing the number of reindeer and shrinking snow and ice, while increasing ...
Environment
Dec 12, 2013
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