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Backers support three-continent Appalachian Trail
Organizers of an extension of the Appalachian Trail that spans two and will eventually link three continents are making progress stitching together the pieces of long pathway. At least symbolically, they’ve united North America and Europe through...Tags: Iceland, National Parks, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Bodies of Water, Europe
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NASA's next rover target after Mars? Greenland
NASA is sending a rover to a remote frontier on harsh terrain that's unfriendly to humans. But it won't be to the moon or Mars -- it's headed for Greenland. From May 3 to June 8, the Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research will...
Tags: Amina Khan, NASA
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Overseas smartphone fees can be a horror story
You know the zombies that pop back to life even after you stab them with a pitchfork? It's the same with smartphones. That's the bitter lesson I learned after returning home from Greenland and getting a $1,106 bill from Sprint for international data...
Tags: Skype, Google Inc., Trips and Vacations, Federal Communications Commission, Apple iPhone
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Drought's impact assessed by USD Prof
VERMILLION - "Drought is a leading economic loss for the United States," said Dr. Mark R. Sweeney, a member of the Earth Sciences Department at University of South Dakota, during a talk last week at the W.H. Over Museum in Vermillion. He said that the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Water Supply, Droughts
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Libertyville teacher heading to NASA polar project
Mark Buesing has spent the past 18 years in a classroom teaching students about science and physics, but in a few weeks, he'll be in Greenland with NASA scientists and researchers, glacier-mapping and studying polar ice and how it affects the global...
Tags: Skype, Science, Schools, Landforms, Glaciers
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Arctic breaks records for loss of snow and ice
A fast-changing Arctic broke records for loss of sea ice and spring snow cover this year, as well as summertime melt of the Greenland ice sheet, federal scientists reported Wednesday. “The Arctic is an extremely sensitive part of the world,”...
Tags: Science and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Parsing Republican paranoia on the disability treaty
Paranoia strikes deep. That’s the bottom-line explanation for the failure of the U.S. Senate to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. But it was more than a generic fear of black helicopters (or black wheelchairs) that...
Tags: Bob Dole, Geneva (Swiss Confederation), Abortion Issue, Social Issues, United Nations
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Ice sheet melting accounts for 20% of sea level rise since 1992
The loss of ice covering Greenland and Antarctica has accelerated over the last 20 years, shrinking three times as much as in the 1990s and contributing substantially to sea level rise, according to a comprehensive new study of ice sheet loss conducted by...
Tags: Water, Science, Environmental Issues, Bodies of Water, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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In L.A. mayor's race, an early poll favors Garcetti, but ....
The mayoral campaign of Eric Garcetti used a new poll Monday to tout its candidate's early strength, while acknowledging that there are miles to go before Los Angeles elects its next mayor. Bill Carrick, the Garcetti campaign's chief strategist, said...
Tags: Republican Party, Lifestyle and Leisure, Elections, Eric Garcetti, Local Elections
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Letters: A climate for solar
Re "Power plant hosts' sunny hopes darken," Nov. 25 I hope that after reading the front-page story on massive solar energy projects in California's deserts — which failed to mention climate change once — readers perused the Op-Ed pages for...
Tags: Weather, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Jerry Brown, Global Change
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Stop the presses! A good-news story found in L.A.
Tired of reading about all the terrible things in the world? Then this is your lucky day. Because I have a good-news story for you. It’s about wood. OK, I’ll grant you, that’s not on the order of “Cure discovered for cancer&...
Tags: Fine Artists, Science and Technology, Artists, Central Intelligence Agency, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
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Zeroing in on your child's lack of focus
Your 6-year-old’s attention span seems to be getting shorter and shorter. Can you help with specific exercises or activities? Parents panel advice: “Have a quick chat with the teacher to see if your kid’s attention span is atypical...
Tags: Liberty Bell, Freedom of the Press, Politics, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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