US Weather Service Predicts 2012 Hurricane Activity in Three Regions

Source: Voice of America

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA is predicting a near-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins and a below-normal season in the Central Pacific. Many residents of the U.S. A ...
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OSP explosive techs find stolen property in suspicious container at OSU

Source: Corvallis Gazette-Times

Approximately $75,000 worth of stolen property was found Wednesday morning after Oregon State Police Explosives Unit technicians responded to a reported suspicious container found in a parking lot on the Or ...
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Authorities find gear in suspicious container found at Oregon State University

Source: Oregon Live

Authorities called to check out a suspicious container found Tuesday night on an Oregon State University parking lot recovered $75,000 worth of property stolen from the university. Oregon State Police explosives unit technicians were sent to the c ...
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Scientists Work to Bridge Political Gap Between Cuba, US

Source: Environmental Defense Fund

Hawksbill Turtle in the Gardens of the Queen, Cuba Cuban and American scientists have joined forces in an effort to protect baby sea turtles and endangered sharks. They're studying Caribbean weather patterns that fuel the hurricanes that have devastat ...
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Manmade Pollutants May Be Driving Earth’s Tropical Belt Expansion And Subtropical Dust-Bowlification

Source: Think Progress

Black carbon aerosols and tropospheric ozone, both manmade pollutants emitted predominantly in the Northern Hemisphere’s low- to mid-latitudes, are most likely pushing the boundary of the tropics further poleward in that hemisphere, new research by a ...
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Tahoe Science Conference highlights environment, economics, research

Source: YubaNet

RENO, Nev. May 21, 2012 â More than 350 scientists, environmental policy makers and economic stakeholders will discuss Lake Tahoe's environmental and economic future at the annual Tahoe Science Conference "E ...
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Scientists work to bridge political gap between Cuba, U.S.

Source: Miami Herald

VINALES, Cuba -- Cuban and American scientists have joined forces in an effort to protect baby sea turtles and endangered sharks. They’re studying Caribbean weather patterns that fuel the hurricanes that have devastated the Southeastern ...
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SWIRL building at UAH could be game-changer in severe weather research

Source: Everything Alabama

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The SWIRL building first came to life in the imagination of University of Alabama in Huntsville professor Kevin Knupp. Well, at least the acronym did. SWIRL, which stands for Severe Weather Institute and Research Laborator ...
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Black carbon and ozone are driving rapid northward expansion of the tropics in the northern hemisphere

Source: EcoEarth News

Parts of the southern U.S. could face drier conditions SUMMIT COUNTY — Global warming alone doesn’t account for a startlingly rapid northward expansion expansion of the tropics in the northern hemisphere, acco ...
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