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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, 7 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, 7 MONTHS AGO
Running out of storm names, Atlantic season goes Greek
The Atlantic’s record-breaking “crazy”
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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
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.
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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
Black scientists highlight racism in the lab and the field
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
Study finds India missed early cases, lockdown was leaky
NEW DELHI (AP) — Results of India’s first nationwide study of prevailing coronavirus infections found that for every confirmed case detected in May, authorities were missing between 82 and 130 others.
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Q&A: La Nina may bring more Atlantic storms, western drought
La Nina — which often means a busier Atlantic hurricane season, a drier Southwest and perhaps a more fire-prone California — has popped up in the Pacific Ocean.
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Think 2020's disasters are wild? Experts see worse in future
A record amount of California is burning, spurred by a nearly 20-year mega-drought. To the north, parts of Oregon that don’t usually catch fire are in flames.
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Think 2020's disasters are wild? Experts see worse in future
A record amount of California is burning, spurred by a nearly 20-year mega-drought. To the north, parts of Oregon that don’t usually catch fire are in flames.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
UN report: Increased warming closing in on agreed upon limit
The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report.
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Once seen as loners, male elephants shown to follow elders
WASHINGTON (AP) — A line of elephants trundles across a dusty landscape in northern Botswana, ears flapping and trunks occasionally brushing the ground. As they pass a motion-activated camera hidden in low shrubbery, photos record the presence of each elephant.
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Loners no more: Male elephants stick together, study finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — A line of elephants trundles across a dusty landscape in northern Botswana, ears flapping and trunks occasionally brushing the ground. As they pass a motion-activated camera hidden in low shrubbery, photos record the presence of each elephant.
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Cosmic Legos: Black holes merge into never before seen size
Black holes are getting stranger — even to astronomers. They've now detected the signal from a long ago violent collision of two black holes that created a new one of a size that had never been seen before.
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Damage from whopper hurricanes rising for many reasons
A destructive storm is rising from warm waters. Again.
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Gene sleuths suggests wide virus spread from Boston meeting
NEW YORK (AP) — A meeting at a hotel in Boston last February may have ignited the spread of the pandemic virus to some 19,000 people in the area, a new study suggests.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
2 storms pose possible double threat to US Gulf Coast
Two newly formed tropical storms could become almost simultaneous threats to the U.S. Gulf Coast early next week. They could even get sucked into an odd dance around each other. Or they could fall apart as they soak the Caribbean and Mexico this weekend.
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2 tropical storms a potential double threat to US Gulf Coast
Two newly formed tropical storms could become almost simultaneous threats to the U.S. Gulf Coast early next week. They could even get sucked into an odd dance around each other. Or they could fall apart as they soak the Caribbean and Mexico this weekend.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
2 storms pose possible double threat to US Gulf Coast
Two newly formed tropical storms could become almost simultaneous threats to the U.S. Gulf Coast early next week. They could even get sucked into an odd dance around each other. Or they could fall apart as they soak the Caribbean and Mexico this weekend.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Science Says: Climate change, people stoke California fires
If you want to build a fire, you need three things: Ignition, fuel and oxygen. But wildfire in California is a much more complex people-stoked witch’s brew.
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Record melt: Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in 2019
Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet (1.25 meters) of water, a new study said.
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Science Says: People stoking brew that makes California burn
If you want to build a fire, you need three things: Ignition, fuel and oxygen. But wildfire in California is a much more complex people-stoked witch’s brew.
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Death Valley's brutal 130 degrees may be record if verified
California sizzled to a triple-digit temperature so hot that meteorologists need to verify it as a planet-wide high mark.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Death Valley's brutal 130 degrees may be record if verified
California sizzled to a triple-digit temperature so hot that meteorologists need to verify it as a planet-wide high mark.
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Let it flow: Trump administration eases showerhead rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump Administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow, addressing a pet peeve of the president who complains he isn't getting wet enough.
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Let it flow: Trump administration eases showerhead rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump Administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow, addressing a pet peeve of the president who complains he isn't getting wet enough.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Canada's last intact ice shelf collapses due to warming
Much of Canada's remaining intact ice shelf has broken apart into hulking iceberg islands thanks to a hot summer and global warming, scientists said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Virus lockdown for world’s smallest and rarest wild pigs
NEW DELHI (AP) — Pygmy hogs — the world’s smallest and rarest wild pig — are under a virus lockdown.
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Hurricane Alpha? Amped up season forecast, names may run out
Already smashing records, this year’s hyperactive Atlantic hurricane season is about to get even nastier, forecasters predict. In the coming months, they expect to run out of traditional hurricane names and see about twice as much storm activity as a normal year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Virus lockdown for world’s smallest and rarest wild pigs
NEW DELHI (AP) — Pygmy hogs — the world’s smallest and rarest wild pig — are under a virus lockdown.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Not easy eating green: Herbivores most at extinction risk
Although scientists often worry most about the loss of the world’s predators, a comprehensive new study finds that plant-eating herbivores are the animals most at risk of extinction.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Stone tools suggest earlier human presence in North America
NEW YORK (AP) — Stone tools found in a Mexican cave suggest that people were living in North America as early as about 26,500 years ago, much earlier than most scientists accept, a new study says.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Rich Americans spew more carbon pollution at home than poor
Rich Americans produce nearly 25% more heat-trapping gases than poorer people at home, according to a comprehensive study of U.S. residential carbon footprints.
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Rich Americans spew more carbon pollution at home than poor
Rich Americans produce nearly 25% more heat-trapping gases than poorer people at home, according to a comprehensive study of U.S. residential carbon footprints.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Ecuadorian hummingbirds chirp ultrasonic songs of seduction
WASHINGTON (AP) — Perched on a flowering shrub on a windy Andean mountainside, the tiny Ecuadorian Hillstar hummingbird chirps songs of seduction that only another bird of its kind can hear.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelier
Nearly impossible without man-made global warming, this year’s freak Siberian heat wave is producing climate change’s most flagrant footprint of extreme weather, a new flash study says.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Lockdowns reimposed in India as virus cases near 1 million
NEW DELHI (AP) — As India’s confirmed coronavirus cases approach 1 million, lockdowns are being reimposed in parts of the country as local governments try to shield the health system from being overwhelmed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Swamp Monsters? Red Tails? Gridlock? What might NFL call DC?
Washington, perhaps the nation’s most reviled city, needs a new nickname for its football team. What could possibly go wrong?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Fly without flapping? Andean condors surf air 99% of time
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study sheds light on just how efficiently the world’s largest soaring bird rides air currents to stay aloft for hours without flapping its wings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Watchdog details storm of political pressure in Sharpiegate
Political pressure from the White House and a series of “crazy in the middle of the night” texts, emails and phone calls caused top federal weather officials to wrongly admonish a weather office for a tweet that contradicted President Donald Trump about Hurricane Dorian in 2019, an inspector general report …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Watchdog details storm of political pressure in Sharpiegate
Political pressure from the White House and a series of “crazy in the middle of the night” texts, emails and phone calls caused top federal weather officials to wrongly admonish a weather office for a tweet that contradicted President Donald Trump about Hurricane Dorian in 2019, an inspector general report …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Govt Watchdog: Politics caused 'Sharpiegate' frantic rebuke
Political pressure from the White House and a series of “crazy in the middle of the night” texts, emails and phone calls caused top federal weather officials to wrongly admonish a weather office for a tweet that contradicted President Trump about Hurricane Dorian in 2019, an inspector general report found.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Heat will stay stuck on extra high for July in most of US
The heat is on. And for most of America it’ll stay on through the rest of the month and maybe longer, meteorologists say.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Fossils reveal dinosaur forerunner smaller than a cellphone
Meet Kongonaphon kely, a pocket sized dinosaur forerunner that was smaller than your cellphone.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Waste-watching: Sewage can help track pandemic virus trends
NEW YORK (AP) — One county in Utah beat back a spike of pandemic virus infections in the spring, and another saw its rate jump. Both trends showed up in their sewage.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Fish more vulnerable to warming water than first thought
Global warming looks like it will be a bigger problem for the world’s fish species than scientists first thought: A new study shows that when fish are spawning or are embryos they are more vulnerable to hotter water.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Fish more vulnerable to warming water than first thought
Global warming looks like it will be a bigger problem for the world’s fish species than scientists first thought: A new study shows that when fish are spawning or are embryos they are more vulnerable to hotter water.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Not so random acts: Science finds that being kind pays off
Acts of kindness may not be that random after all. Science says being kind pays off.
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AP Interview: Delhi minister says city faces virus challenge
NEW DELHI (AP) — The acting health minister of India's capital said that New Delhi is facing a shortage of “trained and experienced” health care workers, providing a major challenge in a city that is the epicenter of the country's coronavirus outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
AP Interview: Delhi minister says city faces virus challenge
NEW DELHI (AP) — The acting health minister of India's capital said that New Delhi is facing a shortage of “trained and experienced” health care workers, providing a major challenge in a city that is the epicenter of the country's coronavirus outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
AP Interview: Delhi minister says city faces virus challenge
NEW DELHI (AP) — The acting health minister of India's capital said that New Delhi is facing a shortage of “trained and experienced” health care workers, providing a major challenge in a city that is the epicenter of the country's coronavirus outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Space agencies unveil site showing lockdown changes to Earth
You can now see how coronavirus lockdowns have changed air pollution, hospital lights and even white asparagus harvests.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
New Delhi plans mass screening effort as virus cases surge
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities are launching a massive coronavirus survey taking down health details from New Delhi's entire population of 29 million, and testing everyone with symptoms by July 6.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
US honeybees are doing better after bad year, survey shows
American honeybee colonies have bounced back after a bad year, the annual beekeeping survey finds.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Panel: NOAA bowed to political pressure in Dorian dispute
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration leaders violated the agency’s scientific integrity when they chastised a local weather office that had contradicted President Trump’s inaccurate comments about Hurricane Dorian, an outside panel found.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Temperature spike: Earth ties record high heat May reading
Earth's temperature spiked to tie a record high for May, U.S. meteorologists reported Friday.
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Coronavirus disrupts global fight to save endangered species
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biologist Carlos Ruiz has spent a quarter-century working to save golden lion tamarins, the charismatic long-maned monkeys native to Brazil’s Atlantic Forest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
New Delhi nurses protest as cracks show in Indian healthcare
NEW DELHI (AP) — Nurses at a top hospital in India's capital which treats coronavirus patients threatened Friday to stage a one-day walkout next week if working conditions don't improve.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide in air hits new record high
KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — The world hit another new record high for heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, despite reduced emissions because of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists announced Thursday.
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Scientists learn how tiny critters make ocean 'snot palaces'
KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — Master builders of the sea construct the equivalent of a complex five-story house that protects them from predators and funnels and filters food for them — all from snot coming out of their heads.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Sundarbans devastated by cyclone, as virus halts migration
NEW DELHI (AP) — The powerful cyclone that struck India and Bangladesh last month passed through the vast mangrove forests of the Sundarban delta, a UNESCO world heritage site. The mangroves dissipated some of Cyclone Amphan's energy, shielding densely populated cities like Kolkata.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Sundarbans devastated by cyclone, as virus halts migration
NEW DELHI (AP) — The powerful cyclone that struck India and Bangladesh last month passed through the vast mangrove forests of the Sundarban delta, a UNESCO world heritage site. The mangroves dissipated some of Cyclone Amphan's energy, shielding densely populated cities like Kolkata.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Many states scrambling to update hurricane plans for virus
Officials across the U.S. South are still scrambling to adjust their hurricane plans to the coronavirus. The big unknown: Where will people fleeing storms go?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Many states scrambling to update hurricane plans for virus
Officials across the U.S. South are still scrambling to adjust their hurricane plans to the coronavirus. The big unknown: Where will people fleeing storms go?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Plan to use malaria drug in Mumbai slums temporarily shelved
NEW DELHI (AP) — A plan to give the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to thousands of people in Mumbai’s crowded slums to prevent coronavirus infections has temporarily been shelved, officials said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Plan to use malaria drug in Mumbai slums temporarily shelved
NEW DELHI (AP) — A plan to give the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to thousands of people in Mumbai’s crowded slums to prevent coronavirus infections has temporarily been shelved, officials said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Disinfectant riff is latest of many Trump science clashes
WASHINGTON (AP) — What President Donald Trump says and does often flies in the face of mainstream science. Coronavirus and the idea of injecting disinfectants is only the latest episode.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Disinfectant riff is latest of many Trump science clashes
WASHINGTON (AP) — What President Donald Trump says and does often flies in the face of mainstream science. Coronavirus and the idea of injecting disinfectants is only the latest episode.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Disinfectant riff is latest of many Trump science clashes
WASHINGTON (AP) — What President Donald Trump says and does often flies in the face of mainstream science. Coronavirus and the idea of injecting disinfectants is only the latest episode.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Disinfectant riff is latest of many Trump science clashes
WASHINGTON (AP) — What President Donald Trump says and does often flies in the face of mainstream science. Coronavirus and the idea of injecting disinfectants is only the latest episode.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleaner
An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleaner
An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Study: Warming makes US West megadrought worst in modern age
KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — A two-decade-long dry spell that has parched much of the western United States is turning into one of the deepest megadroughts in the region in more than 1,200 years, a new study found.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Study: Warming makes US West megadrought worst in modern age
KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — A two-decade-long dry spell that has parched much of the western United States is turning into one of the deepest megadroughts in the region in more than 1,200 years, a new study found.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Study: Warming makes US West megadrought worst in modern age
KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — A two-decade-long dry spell that has parched much of the western United States is turning into one of the deepest megadroughts in the region in more than 1,200 years, a new study found.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Tie game: Ancient bit of string shows Neanderthal handiwork
NEW YORK (AP) — It looked like a white splotch on the underside of a Neanderthal stone tool. But a microscope showed it was a bunch of fibers twisted around each other.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
They already had an anxiety disorder. Now comes a pandemic.
NEW YORK (AP) — At first, Jonathon Seidl wasn't worried about the coronavirus despite his anxiety disorder. But that changed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
They already had an anxiety disorder. Now comes a pandemic.
NEW YORK (AP) — At first, Jonathon Seidl wasn't worried about the coronavirus despite his anxiety disorder. But that changed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Loss of smell, taste, might signal pandemic virus infection
NEW YORK (AP) — A loss of smell or taste might be an early sign of infection with the pandemic virus, say medical experts who cite reports from several countries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
'Wonderchicken' fossil reveals ancestor of today's birds
New York (AP) — A tiny fossil skull nicknamed “Wonderchicken” is giving scientists a rare glimpse at early ancestors of today's birds. It may be the oldest known fossil from this group.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
'Wonderchicken' fossil reveals ancestor of today's birds
New York (AP) — A tiny fossil skull nicknamed “Wonderchicken” is giving scientists a rare glimpse at early ancestors of today's birds. It may be the oldest known fossil from this group.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Hotter climate upped risk of Australia's record fires by 30%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate change raised the chances of Australia’s extreme fire season by at least 30%, according to a study released Wednesday by climate scientists at the World Weather Attribution group.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
China's skies are briefly clearer while factories stay shut
WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s far-reaching efforts to control the spread of the new coronavirus have shuttered factories, emptied airports and resulted in a steep drop in carbon emissions and other pollutants. However, analysts caution that the dip in pollution is likely temporary.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Courtroom psychology tests may be unreliable, study finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Courts are not properly screening out unreliable psychological and IQ tests, allowing junk science to be used as evidence, researchers have concluded. Such tests can sway judges or juries and influence whether someone gets custody of a child or is eligible for bail or capital punishment.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Antarctica appears to have broken a heat record
WASHINGTON (AP) — The temperature in northern Antarctica hit nearly 65 degrees (18.3 degrees Celsius), a likely heat record on the continent best known for snow, ice and penguins.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Fever chart: Earth had its hottest decade on record in 2010s
WASHINGTON (AP) — The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second-warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported Wednesday. And scientists said they see no end to the way man-made climate change keeps shattering records.
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