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Smaller Chesapeake 'dead zone' forecast
The Chesapeake Bay's "dead zone" this summer is on track to be smaller than usual for the second year in a row, scientists announced Tuesday. Based on estimates of rainfall-fed runoff the first five months of the year, researchers with the University of...
Tags: Science, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Pollution
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Utilities, Malloy Say State Is Ready For Damaging Weather
The Hartford CourantGov. Dannel P. Malloy summoned the heads of the state's power and communications companies to Hartford on Tuesday for a closed-door, hour-long meeting on preparations for the next big storm. "We may not get everything right every time, but we will...Tags: Connecticut Light and Power, Executive Branch, Politics, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Telecommunication Service
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NASA's new astronauts: Will these men and women fly to Mars?
It’s been two years since NASA’s space shuttle program came to an end, but thousands of Americans still dream of becoming astronauts. Eight of them – four men and four women – were introduced Monday as NASA’s astronaut...
Tags: Space Programs, Elections, Drugs and Medicines, Science, Politics
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Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes in Pacific off Nicaragua; no damage
ReutersMANAGUA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck on Saturday off the Pacific coast of the central American nation of Nicaragua, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. "Thank God, so far we haven't heard of...Tags: Nicaragua, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey
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Monster buoys up for grabs, and the starting bid is $25 apiece
Got a yen for a really unique lawn ornament? Want to become a scrap steel baron? Or maybe you'd just like to take a blow torch to a big hunk of discarded Navy equipment. Dania Beach is where the buoys are, and now two of the rusting, barnacle-...
Tags: Auction Service, Washington, DC, Dania Beach
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Weather forecasters bemoan indecision on new satellite system
WASHINGTON — Weather experts don't usually admit when they're stumped. After all, they're in the business of forecasting the future. But lately, some meteorologists have used the word "baffling" to describe a decision by NOAA and Congress to...
Tags: Politics, Weather Reports, National Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Satellite Technology
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End the debate
Calling global warming nonsense is nonsense itself. The evidence for global warming is enormous both in quantity and in quality. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, we've had 339 consecutive months with the average global...Tags: Global Warming, Oceans, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Bodies of Water
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Lawmaker's bill would protect salmon from California sea lions
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., argued in a heated House subcommittee hearing Thursday that stepping up lethal means against predatory California sea lions could protect the Northwest salmon populations. The debate centered on a bill sponsored...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, John Fleming, Natural Resource Industry
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Despite a lot more people and cars, California's air is cleaner
Despite a threefold increase in people and cars in the last 50 years, California's strict vehicle emissions standards have managed to significantly clear the state's air, according to new research. The study also found that Southern California's air...
Tags: Science, Environmental Issues, Standards, Science and Technology, Environmental Pollution
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Midwest pelted with rain, wind, hail, tornadoes
CHICAGO (AP) — A massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds rolled through the Midwest Wednesday evening driving people into basements for shelter, tearing down power lines and causing flooding in low-lying areas....
Tags: Cattleman's Incorporated, Northwestern University, Air Transportation Delays, Tornadoes, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Hurricane season is here — are you ready?
baltimoresun.comOfficially, hurricane season runs from June through the end of November. And according to the experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this season might be stormier than usual.... -
NASA's tiny 'PhoneSats' from smartphones show promise
WASHINGTON — NASA is an agency known for going big: big missions, big rockets, big budgets. But nestled in California's Silicon Valley is one NASA unit headed in the opposite direction. Its latest mission is tiny but has led to big expectations...Tags: Space Programs, NASA, Science and Technology, Satellite Technology
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