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Experts: Warming makes Delta, other storms power up faster

Hurricane Delta, gaining strength as it bears down on the U.S. Gulf Coast, is the latest and nastiest in a recent flurry of rapidly intensifying Atlantic hurricanes that scientists largely blame on global warming.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Feisty Tasmanian devils roaming Australian mainland again

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tasmanian devils, the carnivorous marsupials whose feisty, frenzied eating habits won the animals cartoon fame, have returned to mainland Australia for the first time in some 3,000 years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Feisty Tasmanian devils roaming Australian mainland again

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tasmanian devils, the carnivorous marsupials whose feisty, frenzied eating habits won the animals cartoon fame, have returned to mainland Australia for the first time in some 3,000 years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Nobel Prizes and COVID-19: Slow, basic science may pay off

While the world wants flashy quick fixes for everything, especially massive threats like the coronavirus and global warming, next week's Nobel Prizes remind us that in science, slow and steady pays off.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Tiny airborne particles may pose a big coronavirus problem

NEW YORK (AP) — At a University of Maryland lab, people infected with the new coronavirus take turns sitting in a chair and putting their faces into the big end of a large cone. They recite the alphabet and sing or just sit quietly for a half hour. Sometimes they …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Tiny airborne particles may pose a big coronavirus problem

NEW YORK (AP) — At a University of Maryland lab, people infected with the new coronavirus take turns sitting in a chair and putting their faces into the big end of a large cone. They recite the alphabet and sing or just sit quietly for a half hour. Sometimes they …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Warming shrinks Arctic Ocean ice to 2nd lowest on record

Ice in the Arctic Ocean melted to its second lowest level on record this summer, triggered by global warming along with natural forces, U.S. scientists reported Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Underwater and on fire: US climate change magnifies extremes

America's worsening climate change problem is as polarized as its politics. Some parts of the country have been burning this month while others were underwater in extreme weather disasters.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Underwater and on fire: US climate change magnifies extremes

America's worsening climate change problem is as polarized as its politics. Some parts of the country have been burning this month while others were underwater in extreme weather disasters.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Underwater and on fire: US climate change magnifies extremes

America's worsening climate change problem is as polarized as its politics. Some parts of the country have been burning this month while others were underwater in extreme weather disasters.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Running out of storm names, Atlantic season goes Greek

The Atlantic’s record-breaking “crazy”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Black scientists call out racism in the field and counter it

WASHINGTON (AP) — University of Washington ecologist Christopher Schell is studying how coronavirus shutdowns have affected wildlife in Seattle and other cities. But when planning fieldwork, he also thinks about how he's perceived in neighborhoods where he installs wildlife cameras.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Astronomers see possible hints of life in Venus's clouds

Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Black scientists call out racism in the field and counter it

WASHINGTON (AP) — University of Washington ecologist Christopher Schell is studying how coronavirus shutdowns have affected wildlife in Seattle and other cities. But when planning fieldwork, he also thinks about how he's perceived in neighborhoods where he installs wildlife cameras.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Black scientists call out racism in the field and counter it

WASHINGTON (AP) — University of Washington ecologist Christopher Schell is studying how coronavirus shutdowns have affected wildlife in Seattle and other cities. But when planning fieldwork, he also thinks about how he's perceived in neighborhoods where he installs wildlife cameras.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

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