California “Rain Debt” Equal to Average Full Year of Precipitation (NASA -...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) California's accumulated precipitation "deficit" from 2012 to 2014 shown as a percent change from the 17-year average based on TRMM...
View ArticleEvery Episode of David Attenborough’s Life Series, Ranked
BBC / Anton_Ivanov / Rich Carey / Neirfy / Resul Muslu / Starcea Gheorghe Silviu / Georgia Evans / Tanawat Ariya / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The Atlantic This Sunday, Sir David Attenborough,...
View ArticleNASA, USGS Begin Work on Landsat 9 (NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have started work on Landsat 9, planned to launch in 2023, which will extend the...
View ArticleA world of thrills and chills for 2015
updated 2:21 PM EST, Thu January 1, 2015 January 1: Couples kiss in New York's Times Square to ring in the new year. January 6: Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at Chicago's North Avenue Beach....
View ArticleSaga of the world's most famous grizzly
In June 2007, Dennis VanDenbos, a high school science teacher from Lander, Wyo., was attending an education conference at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. Mr. VanDenbos...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleWhat I wish we hadn't learned in 2014
updated 8:28 AM EST, Mon December 29, 2014 January 1: Couples kiss in New York's Times Square to ring in the new year. January 6: Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at Chicago's North Avenue Beach....
View ArticleLife and Death on Route 395
I awoke the morning of my 46th birthday on top of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Not immediately on top of it – it was buried at a depth of at least 25 feet in this spot – but just a few steps from our...
View Article09/21/15 ‘Boise Celebrates Good Neighbors’ Recognizes 38 Who Make...
(Source: City of Boise, ID) Mayor David Bieter today announced the names of 38 Boise residents, organizations, and businesses nominated to be recognized during tomorrow evening's Boise Celebrates Good...
View ArticleIs America Any Safer?
Fifteen years ago this September 11, 19 terrorists, using four jetliners as guided missiles, killed 2,977 people—and enveloped the country in fear. It was the first sustained attack on American soil...
View ArticleCan BushCats Save the Beasts?
"There is an elephant holocaust going on in Africa today," says Paul Maritz, the last gentleman adventurer. "Up to this point elephant counts have been done by error-prone Mark 1 Eyeballs, and nobody...
View ArticleThe Unnatural Kingdom
IF you ever have the good fortune to see a Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep in the wild, the experience might go like this: On a sunny morning in Yosemite National Park, you walk through alpine meadows and...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs And The Bad Boy Family Through...
May 20 2016, 2:35 AM ET Share this article: The launch of VIBE was the definitive introduction of the power of Hip-Hop and culture to move the crowd. Before the Internet, before email, before social...
View ArticleBird-hit awareness through sms
AHMEDABAD: With monsoon set to arrive in the city this weekend, Airports Authority of India (AAI) along with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will roll out awareness campaign through sms to...
View ArticleSave-heron effort at meet OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT White-bellied heron...
Guwahati, Nov. 29: Conservation experts from all across the world are converging in Guwahati for three days from December 2 to chart out the first ever strategy for the critically endangered...
View ArticleRabbit most likely animal to come in way of landing plane: DGCA
BAREILLY: Rabbits may appear to be tiny, furry and cute, but are, surprisingly, a big risk to flights that have just touched the tarmac. In response to a Right to Information (RTI) query, the...
View ArticleCampaign to save flights from bird hits
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In an attempt to curb the waste menace on the airport premises, the airport authority on Saturday conducted an awareness campaign, 'Keep our City Clean, Save airport from bird...
View ArticleScavenger birds suffer due to improper disposal of garbage
Coimbatore: Improper waste disposal methods have a devastating impact on scavenger birds. Many of these birds get hurt and some even die. Forest officials are hoping to tackle this problem by charting...
View ArticleJet wheel gets stuck in runway crater at Kolkata airport
KOLKATA: Two incidents in a span of 30 minutes affected operations of three flights at Kolkata airport on Friday morning. In the first incident, a GoAir flight bound for Bagdogra was taxiing for...
View ArticleJet wheel gets stuck in runway crater
KOLKATA: Two incidents in a span of 30 minutes affected operations of three flights at Kolkata airport on Friday morning. In the first incident, a GoAir flight bound for Bagdogra was taxiing for...
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