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Delta waters safe for swimming again
Oct 21 2005 7:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - While casting a nervous eye at Hurricane Wilma, federal and state officials reported Friday that the latest pollution data in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina indicated for the first time that the Mississippi Delta was again a safe place to swim.
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NOAA hurricane hunters track Wilma
Oct 21 2005 7:54PM (CT)
IN THE EYE OF HURRICANE WILMA (AP) - When the pilot turns on the "Fasten Seat Belts" sign in this plane, it's not a good idea to linger.
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Global warming a major threat to Africa
Oct 21 2005 6:38PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Deadly epidemics. Ruined crops. The extinction of some of Africa's legendary wildlife. The potential consequences of global warming could be devastating for the world's poorest continent, yet its nations are among the least equipped to cope.
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Telescope sees building blocks of planet
Oct 21 2005 6:38PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A NASA telescope has detected for the first time the building blocks of planets around brown dwarfs, suggesting that such failed stars probably undergo the same planet-building process.
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Group urges better disaster coordination
Oct 21 2005 6:38PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Governments need to stop assuming that death and destruction from natural disasters are inevitable and work more closely with scientists on ways to minimize the damage, a leading scientific group said Thursday.
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Rain-forest damage much worse than thought
Oct 21 2005 6:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Loss of trees in the Brazilian rain forest is much worse than had been thought, according to a new study. Losses in clear-cut areas where all trees are removed have been monitored by satellite observations, but those were not able to detect the cutting of individual trees in areas where others are left behind.
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Varying Wilma models confound forecasters
Oct 21 2005 6:38PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - In the time Max Mayfield has been at the National Hurricane Center, the forecasting of killer storms has gone from flying kites to satellites and computer models to help pinpoint the ferocity and landfall of storms. But Wilma has confounded the experts.
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Rat race? Rodent 'Razza' eludes scientists
Oct 21 2005 6:37PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Think your life is a rat race? Just ask scientists about a rodent named "Razza," who gave a whole new meaning to the phrase during a four-month chase across two deserted islands in New Zealand.
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Hurricane debris may help fight erosion
Oct 21 2005 11:36AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The mountains of debris created by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita could be the very stuff to protect Louisiana's ravaged coastline and keep hurricanes at bay.
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