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Officials: Anthrax kills 37 Mont. cattle
Sep 15 2005 9:22PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Anthrax has killed 37 cattle on a northeast Montana ranch now under quarantine, the state veterinarian said Thursday.
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Japanese probe pulls alongside asteroid
Sep 15 2005 7:54PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Bringing Japan's most complex space mission near its climax, a probe is within 12 miles of an asteroid almost 180 million miles from Earth in an unprecedented rendezvous designed to retrieve rocks from its surface.
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Experts probe tree deaths in Arizona
Sep 15 2005 7:54PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Scientists and environmentalists are investigating the deaths of hundreds of cottonwood, willow and other trees along the Upper Santa Cruz River north of Nogales.
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Scientist: Global warming options exist
Sep 15 2005 7:53PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Global warming poses a threat to the earth, but humans can probably ease the climate threats brought on by rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, global climate specialist Richard Alley told an audience at the University of Vermont.
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NASA weather satellites to study clouds
Sep 15 2005 7:51PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA is poised to launch two weather satellites next month to study the structure of clouds and learn more about how they affect weather and climate change.
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Models: Pacific Coast quake more likely
Sep 15 2005 7:51PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Computer modeling shows that an earthquake off the coast of Washington, Oregon and British Columbia could be more likely than scientists first thought, but they believe the risk still remains small.
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Mice infected with bubonic plague missing
Sep 15 2005 7:47PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Three mice infected with the bacteria responsible for bubonic plague apparently disappeared from a laboratory about two weeks ago, and authorities launched a search though health experts said there was scant public risk.
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Study: More hurricanes in strongest classes
Sep 15 2005 7:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of hurricanes in the most powerful categories _ like Katrina and Andrew _ has increased sharply over the past few decades, according to a new analysis sure to stir debate over whether global warming is worsening these deadly storms.
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States sue U.S. over tree-eating beetles
Sep 15 2005 6:08PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Four states sued the Bush administration Thursday over an invasive, tree-eating beetle that has entered the U.S. as a stowaway on cargo ships.
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NOAA: Katrina most destructive U.S. storm
Sep 15 2005 12:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hurricane Katrina has become the most destructive such storm ever to strike the United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
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Katrina damage clouds Hubble's future
Sep 15 2005 6:39AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Hurricane damage to NASA space shuttle facilities has further clouded the future of the Hubble Space Telescope. Katrina damaged the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where the shuttle's fuel tanks are built, and the Mississippi-based Stennis Space Center, where shuttle engines are tested, NASA officials said.
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Major quake could be worse than Katrina
Sep 15 2005 6:37AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As many as 18,000 people dead. More than $250 billion in damages. Hundreds of thousands of people left homeless. That's not the latest estimate of Hurricane Katrina's toll on the Gulf Coast. That's a worst-case scenario if a major earthquake were to hit Los Angeles.
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