Articles filed under Science
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'We're all in big trouble': Climate panel sees a dire futureSep 25, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned in a grim new report Wednesday. Sea levels are ...
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Hardy scientists trek to Venezuela's last glacier amid chaosSep 24, 2019 7:00 am - MERIDA, Venezuela (AP) - Blackouts shut off the refrigerators where the scientists keep their lab samples. Gas shortages mean they sometimes have to work from home. They...
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Japanese rocket blasts off with batteries for space stationSep 24, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A Japanese supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Tuesday, two weeks after a launch pad fire halted the first countdo...
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Intrepid scientists witness final days of Venezuelan glacierSep 24, 2019 7:00 am - MERIDA, Venezuela (AP) - Blackouts shut off the refrigerators where the scientists keep their lab samples. Gas shortages mean they sometimes have to work from home. They...
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NASA says 1969 moon landing lab to be demolished next yearSep 24, 2019 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - The Houston building where Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong and his colleagues were quarantined after their 1969 moon mission has fallen into disrepair ...
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The new buzz: Scientists are using weather radar to devise detailed bug mapsSep 23, 2019 1:00 am - As meteorologists are all too aware, not everything that shows up on their radar is related to weather. Sometimes, it's a flock of geese or a traffic jam. In other insta...
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Countries promise more aggressive action at U.N. climate summit, but is it enough?Sep 23, 2019 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Days after millions of young people took to the streets around the world to protest for more aggressive action on climate change, dozens of world leaders arri...
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Q&A: Climate activist Greta Thunberg on global strikesSep 20, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said she's overwhelmed by the success of Friday's climate protests. But the 16-year-old who sparked the g...
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Climate change will grab globe's focus with summit, strikesSep 20, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Get ready to hear about global warming - or the "climate emergency " as the United Nations is calling it. In the next week, there will be climate strik...
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Brazil aims to deflect criticism over Amazon deforestationSep 20, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In July, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed global concerns about fires raging in the world's largest rainforest, saying "The Amazon is Brazi...