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Economic cost of weather may total $485 billion in USBoulder CO (SPX) Jun 24, 2011 Everything has its price, even the weather. New research indicates that routine weather events such as rain and cooler-than-average days can add up to an annual economic impact of as much as $485 billion in the United States. The study, led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), found that finance, manufacturing, agriculture, and every other sector of the economy is sensitive to changes in the weather. The impacts can be felt in every state. "It's clear that our economy isn' ... read more |
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  Birds of a feather display only a fraction of possible colors Contrary to our human perception of bird coloration as extraordinarily diverse, a new study reports that bird plumages exhibit only a small fraction (less than a third) of the possible colours birds ... more | .. |
  Haiti leader vows to tighten adoption rules Haitian leader Michel Martelly said Thursday he would issue a presidential decree to tighten up Haiti's adoption procedures and ensure all applications go through authorized entities. ... more | .. |
  11 missing in Philippine storm chaos Tropical Storm Meari caused chaos across the Philippines on Thursday, dumping heavy rains in the capital, leaving 11 people missing in other parts of the country and grounding dozens of flights. ... more | .. |
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 New Zealand offers to buy 5,000 quake-hit homes New Zealand offered to buy 5,000 damaged homes in quake-devastated Christchurch Thursday and said it was assessing whether to purchase another 10,000. ... more | .. |
  Syrian army storms village bordering Turkey: activist Syrian troops backed by tanks on Thursday stormed a village along the Turkish border, where thousands fleeing a violent crackdown on dissent have massed, an activist at the scene told AFP. ... more | .. |
 Japan cleaning radioactive water, says PM aide Despite technical glitches, Japan is confident it can decontaminate vast amounts of radioactive water at its stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo's point man on the accident said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Stiff sediments made 2004 Sumatra earthquake deadliest in history An international team of geoscientists has discovered an unusual geological formation that helps explain how an undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in December 2004 spawned the deadliest ts ... more |
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Chad hopes 'green charcoal' can save vanishing forests
Chinese exports of rare-earth magnets plummet in May
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 Russia finds nuclear safety faults after Fukushima Russia's nuclear power plants are dangerously under-prepared for earthquakes and other disasters, said a state review conducted after Japan's Fukushima accident and obtained Thursday by AFP. ... more | .. |
  Fungicides may not increase corn yields unless disease develops Unless a corn crop is at risk of developing fungal diseases, a Purdue University study shows that farmers would be smart to skip fungicide treatments that promise increased yields. Kiersten Wi ... more | .. |
 Artificial light quality affects herbivore preference for seedlings In horticultural production, growers often depend on systems that use artificial light to produce high-quality transplants. Although the systems are efficient, fluorescent lamps can produce plants w ... more | .. |
  Discards ban 'will boost fisheries' Banning fisheries discards in the North Sea will promote fish stock recovery and increase fishermen's incomes, according to new research by scientists at the University of York. In the North S ... more |
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  Naples garbage men get armed guard as crisis escalates The mayor of Naples on Thursday ordered armed guards to escort garbage trucks around his city, warning that organised crime rings were fomenting a grave waste crisis that is putting residents at risk. ... more | .. |
 Floods kill 24 as rains pound north Nigeria city Twenty-four people died overnight when unusually heavy rains flooded a neighbourhood in Nigeria's largest northern city of Kano, a local government chief said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Hong Kong confirms second scarlet fever death Hong Kong health authorities on Thursday confirmed that a five-year-old boy had died from scarlet fever, the second death in the southern Chinese city as dozens of new cases were reported. ... more | .. |
  China's power play for Africa alarms U.S. China, armed with $3 trillion in foreign reserves, is stepping up its scramble for Africa's mineral riches, including oil, copper and gold, to fuel its ever-expanding economy. ... more |
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China helpless as Middle East war craters regional leverage: analysts
Israel says Iran violated nascent cease-fire, orders new attacks
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  China artist Ai freed but confined to Beijing Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is not permitted to leave Beijing "without permission", authorities said Thursday after his release from nearly three months of detention that triggered an international outcry. ... more | .. |
 Patagonian shepherds fear Chile ash disaster While air passengers from Argentina to Australia suffer travel misery from Chile's volcanic ash cloud, Patagonian farmers have a graver problem: what to do with 1.5 million sheep. ... more | .. |
 Ai case indicates new China tack to muzzle critics Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's reluctance to discuss his release fits a pattern indicating dissidents are being forced to buy their freedom with silence, in a setback for human rights, activists said. ... more | .. |
 Japan lifts tsunami warning after strong quake Japan issued a tsunami warning Thursday after a magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck in the northeast of the country, rattling the areas hardest hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami disasters. ... more |
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 Experts warn Chile volcano could explode again Chilean experts warned Wednesday that a "cork" of lava could lead to another explosion at the Puyehue volcano, which has caused major flight disruptions from Argentina to Australia. ... more | .. |
 European And US Consumer Views On Cloned Products Differ Not all consumers share the same attitudes toward animal cloning, but the latest research from Sean Fox, Kansas State University professor of agricultural economics, shows that Americans may be more ... more | .. |
 Evolution to the rescue Evolution is usually thought to be a very slow process, something that happens over many generations, thanks to adaptive mutations. But environmental change due to things like climate change, habita ... more | .. |
 'Super sand' for better purification of drinking water Scientists have developed a way to transform ordinary sand - a mainstay filter material used to purify drinking water throughout the world - into a "super sand" with five times the filtering capacit ... more |
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Earth's satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into Moon: study
ULA, Amazon launch second batch of satellites on Atlas V rocket
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 Early-season strawberry tested in high elevation conditions In response to increased awareness generated by the expanding local foods movement, demand for fresh strawberries has increased throughout the United States. The fresh market strawberry industry in ... more | .. |
 Pacific's California current likened to Africa's Serengeti Plain Like the vast African plains, two huge expanses of the North Pacific Ocean are major corridors of life, attracting an array of marine predators in predictable seasonal patterns, according to final r ... more | .. |
 Pollination services at risk following declines of Swedish bumblebees Scientists from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the University of Lund have discovered that the community composition of bumble bee species and their relative abundances have cha ... more | .. |
  Researchers find smart decisions for changing environmental times You've just been told you're going on a trip. The only problem is, you don't know where you're going, how you'll be traveling, or what you'll do when you get there. Sound like a wild ride? It' ... more |
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 Surprises from the ocean: Marine plankton and ocean pH The world's oceans support vast populations of single-celled organisms (phytoplankton) that are responsible, through photosynthesis, for removing about half of the carbon dioxide that is produced by ... more | .. |
 Lyme disease tick adapts to life on the fragmented prairie A new study offers a detailed look at the status of Lyme disease in Central Illinois and suggests that deer ticks and the Lyme disease bacteria they host are more adaptable to new habitats than prev ... more | .. |
  Indonesian forest people condemn climate scheme Indigenous peoples of Indonesian Borneo on Wednesday demanded a halt to internationally backed forest conservation schemes, saying they are trampling their rights and robbing their lands. ... more | .. |
 World Bank to fund environment projects in Madagascar The World Bank said Wednesday it was loaning an extra 52 million dollars (36 million euros) to Madagascar over three years to fund environmental projects despite the unsettled political situation on the Indian Ocean island. ... more |
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