An upcoming four-day workshop at the University of Houston aims to tackle the challenges of rising sea levels.
As sea levels rise, coastal groundwater is lifted closer to the ground surface while also becoming saltier and more corrosive. A recent study by Earth scientists at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa has compiled research from experts worldwide showing that in cities where there are complex networks of buried and partially buried infrastructure, interaction with this shallower and saltier groundwater exacerbates corrosion and failure of critical systems such as sewer lines, roadways, and...
This is related to the massive Magnitude 7.7 Taiwan earthquake.
For the women who pick and prepare Maryland’s famous crab, the once profitable work is far more uncertain – and the climate crisis has had a damaging impact In the evening light, Maribel Malagón stepped outside into a rain storm.It was late October and Malagón, 53, had worked all day picking crab off the eastern shore of Maryland. That night, she and a handful of other seasonal workers walked to a neighbor’s house for an evening of prayer. On the way, Malagón clutched a pendant of St Judas, the...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to its highest level in five weeks, a setback for prospective homebuyers during what’s traditionally the busiest time of the year for home sales. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.88% from 6.82% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to its highest level in five
The young man had set sail from Fort Lauderdale with his father and brother on a four-day Caribbean cruise on April 1. The Liberty of the Seas was hours from returning when the 20-year-old shouted 'I'll fix this right now' and threw himself overboard after a row with his father. The US Coast Guard cutter Seneca was scrambled to the spot 57 miles off Bahamas Grand Inagua but has returned empty-handed
For the first time, the Philippine Coast Guard will join the Balikatan military exercises with the United States, with six of its vessels being readied for “humanitarian armed service” role in the 16-day drill slated to begin on Monday.
Stock indexes in the United States were up in the premarket on Monday with the earnings season slowly heating up over the course of the week. The biggest name to report its quarterly figures today wil
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The US dollar exchange rate against the Iraqi dinar rose in Baghdad and
The Philippines, Japan and the US yesterday displayed solidarity against China’s “aggressive,” “dangerous” and “destabilizing” behavior in the South China Sea following a historic trilateral summit seen as the start of a deeper cooperation among the three Indo-Pacific maritime countries.