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Taiwan Is Selling More to the U.S. than China in Major Shift Away from Beijing
WASHINGTON (AP) – Whether it is tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China—the world’s No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary.
Obesity and High Blood Sugar Play Ever-growing Role in Ill Health, Study Shows
LONDON (Reuters) – Obesity, high blood sugar and high blood pressure among other metabolic issues now lead to almost 50 percent more years of healthy life lost to either disease or premature death than in 2000, a major international study showed on Thursday.
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Weather & Environment
3 Months After Maria, Half of Puerto Rico Without Power
December 26, 2017
8.9-magnitude Earthquake, Tsunami Strike Japan
March 11, 2011
13 Years After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan Remembers the Dead and Vows to Keep Rebuilding
March 11, 2024
84 Percent of Puerto Ricans Still in the Dark
October 18, 2017
90 Percent of Largest King Penguin Colony Has Died Off
August 1, 2018
Afghanistan Temblors Trigger Landslide
June 27, 2012
Africa’s Elephants Now Endangered by Poaching, Habitat Loss
March 26, 2021
After Maui’s Wildfires, Thousands Brace for Long Process of Restoring Safe Water Service
September 1, 2023
Air Pollution Costs Colombia’s Capital $1 Billion Per Year
September 28, 2017
‘All Gone’: Residents Return to Burned-out Oregon Towns as Many West Coast Wildfires Keep Burning
September 14, 2020
Almost 100,000 Afghan Children Are in Dire Need of Support, 3 Months After Earthquakes, UNICEF Says
January 16, 2024
Amazon Deforestation Rate Escalates
February 7, 2008
America's Ongoing Drought Problem
January 6, 2006
Another California Drought Four Years After Last
April 2, 2021
As California Burns, the Winds Arrive and the Lights Go Out
September 8, 2020
At Least 64 People Confirmed Dead in Kentucky after Barrage of Tornadoes
December 13, 2021
At Risk: Protecting Biodiversity Focus at World Summit
January 11, 2021
The Australian Drought
April 25, 2007
Avocado and Lemon Crops Destroyed by California Wildfires
December 14, 2017
Bangladesh Cyclone Leaves Death and Destruction in Wake
November 20, 2007
Birds of Prey Face Global Decline from Habitat Loss, Poisons
September 3, 2021
Brazil City District Slipping into Sea After River Diverted
August 20, 2021
Britain Battles Droughts and Deluges
June 27, 2012
Britain Inundated by Heavy Rains
December 14, 2012
California Braces for Second Week of Ferocious Wildfires
December 11, 2017
California Heat Wave
July 28, 2006
California Spill Came 52 Years after Historic Oil Disaster
October 4, 2021
California Suffering Unprecedented Drought
February 5, 2014
Canada: Millions of Salmon Fail to Return
August 28, 2009
Canadian Earthquake Shakes the Region
July 12, 2010
Category 5 Hurricane Iota Heads Toward Already Battered Central America
November 16, 2020
Change in Earth’s Rotation Could Cause More Earthquakes in 2018
November 20, 2017
Chile Battles Deadliest Wildfires on Record as Heatwave Grips
February 7, 2023
China Pummeled by Multiple Disasters
August 30, 2013
Containment of California Fires Still Days Away
October 31, 2007
Crisis Looms Without Big Cuts to Over-tapped Colorado River
August 19, 2022
Cyclone Nargis Devastates Myanmar
May 7, 2008
Dead, Many Missing after 17 Inches of Rain in Tennessee
August 24, 2021
Deadly Fish Virus Sweeping Great Lakes
March 23, 2010
Deadly Heat Waves Continue to Worsen
August 1, 2013
Deadly Ice Storm Strikes U.S. Midwest
December 13, 2007
Deadly Summer Temperatures Engulf Europe
June 29, 2007
Deadly Wildfire Scorches California
November 6, 2006
Death Toll Nears 1,000 in South Asia’s Annual Monsoon Floods
September 2, 2017
Deep Freeze Breaks Pipes, Creates Water Crisis Across South
December 26, 2022
Desperate for Food, Wild Bears Dig Up Graves
November 16, 2010
Devastating 7.2 Earthquake Hits Turkey
November 16, 2011
Disease Decimating Bat Colonies
January 1, 2014
Disease the New Threat as Turkey Faces Post-quake Water Shortage
February 15, 2023
Drought Fuels California’s Wildfire Activity
November 1, 2013
Drought in the U.S. Midwest
August 31, 2005
E-waste From Trashed Electric Devices Is Piling Up and Recycling Is Not Keeping Pace, UN Says
March 22, 2024
E-waste Is Overflowing Landfills. At One Sprawling Vietnam Market, Workers Recycle Some of It
May 3, 2024
Early Season Tornadoes Kill 38 in United States
March 5, 2012
Earthquakes Rattle U.S.
September 20, 2011
Europe’s 2017 Fire Season One of Worst: More to Come?
March 8, 2018
Expanding Drought Leaves Western U.S. Scrambling for Water
April 15, 2022
Experts Forecast Scorching Summer Temperatures
May 29, 2007
Experts Predict Nine Atlantic Hurricanes in 2007
June 5, 2007
Why Mt. Etna’s Latest Eruptions Awe Even Those Who Study Volcanoes
February 26, 2021
Extreme Weather Pinches Food Budgets Across Globe
July 1, 2014
Fires and Drought Ravage the United States
March 15, 2007
First Water Cuts in U.S. West Supply to Hammer Arizona Farmers
August 13, 2021
Flooding in Britain—No Power, No Water, No Food
July 27, 2007
Flooding in the U.S. Midwest: A Deluge of Problems
June 18, 2008
Florida Manatees Dying Off at an Alarming Rate, Experts Say
January 27, 2023
Florida Trees Dying at Alarming Rate
November 2, 2010
Forecast for Spring: Nasty Drought Worsens for Much of U.S.
March 25, 2021
Forecasters: El Niño to Cause Wild Weather This Year
August 7, 2009
From Record Rains and Flooding…
June 29, 2006
Gasping for Breath: Air Pollution’s Global Impact
June 9, 2023
Global Food Supplies Threatened
December 28, 2007
Global Rainforest Loss ‘Relentless’ in 2020
April 5, 2021
The Great Barrier Reef Is Losing Its Ability to Recover, Could Cost Australia Billions
July 19, 2018
Guatemalan Villagers Tell of Harrowing Escape from Landslide that Pushed Storm Eta’s Death Toll Near 150
November 10, 2020
Harsh Winter Weather Across the Globe
January 31, 2014
Residents Brace Themselves as Hurricane Lane Approaches Hawaii
August 22, 2018
How Turkey’s Second-largest Lake Disappeared This Year
November 2, 2021
Hurricane Ian Nears Cuba on Path to Strike Florida as Category 4
September 27, 2022
Hurricane Ida’s Impact
November 17, 2009
Hurricane Ike’s Multistate Damage
September 15, 2008
Hurricane Irma: Caribbean Hit, Florida Under Threat
September 7, 2017
Iceland Volcano Erupts, Halts Europe Air Travel
April 15, 2010
Ida’s Aftermath: No Power, No Flights, Scant Drinking Water
August 31, 2021
Illegal Marijuana Farms Take West’s Scarce Water
September 17, 2021
In Parched Uruguay, Tensions Rise as Water Levels Fall
June 30, 2023
Indonesia Quake Kills Over 160, Search for Survivors Continues
November 21, 2022
Indonesia’s Forest Burning Threatens Orangutans, Human Health
February 21, 2018
Indonesia’s Youth Clean Up Trash from Waterways, but Permanent Solutions Are Elusive
December 14, 2023
Indonesian Volcano Death Toll Reaches 200
November 12, 2010
Iowa Farmers Suffer Deep Losses After Rare Storm Flattens Fields
August 14, 2020
Israel: Massive Forest Fire Kills 42
December 6, 2010
Lake Mead: Gone by 2021?
February 14, 2008
Libyans Search for Missing Relatives After Flood Devastates City
September 13, 2023
Looking Back: Five of the Largest Wildfires Ever to Hit the U.S. West
September 16, 2020
Major Quake Hits Mexico, Triggers Pacific Tsunami
June 23, 2020
Masks Are Back, Construction Banned and Schools Shut as Toxic Air Engulfs New Delhi
November 10, 2023
Massive Beehive Losses Threaten Food Supplies
May 1, 2013
Massive Storm Rolls Across North America
April 17, 2007
Massive Wildfires Overtake Texas
September 20, 2011
Maui Residents Wonder if Their Burned Town Can Be Made Safe. The Answer? No One Knows
November 24, 2023
Maui Suffers Deadliest U.S. Wildfire in Years
August 10, 2023
Study: Microscopic Plastic Found in 83 Percent of World’s Tap Water
September 20, 2017
Midwest Drenched by Weeks of Rain and Floods
August 31, 2007
Mississippi River Flooding Engulfs South
May 11, 2011
Monarch Butterflies Now Listed as Endangered
July 21, 2022
More United States Tornadoes—117 Dead
May 24, 2011
Multiple Earthquakes Devastate Northern Italy
June 27, 2012
Mysterious Mass Animal Deaths
January 7, 2011
New Zealand Earthquake Catches Scientists Off Guard
September 17, 2010
Ocean Covered in Extensive Garbage Patches
May 10, 2010
Ocean Dead Zones Have Quadrupled Since 1950
January 13, 2018
Oklahoma Exceeds California in Earthquakes
September 1, 2014
‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ Blizzard Kills Over 30 in Western New York
December 27, 2022
Changing Color of U.S. Rivers Shows Algae, Pollution Increasing
January 19, 2021
People Trapped, Millions Without Power After Ian Pummels Florida
September 29, 2022
Plastic Particles Found in Three-quarters of Deep-sea Fish
February 22, 2018
Powerful Quake Rocks Turkey and Syria, Kills More Than 2,600
February 6, 2023
The Race Is On to Save the Great Salt Lake: Will It Be Enough?
February 3, 2022
A Race to Save Fish as Rio Grande Dries, Even in Albuquerque
August 4, 2022
Raw Sewage Seeping into City Water Sources
December 10, 2009
Record Floods Overwhelm Australia
December 31, 2010
Record Snowfall in New York State
November 6, 2006
Report: Global Warming Is “Unequivocal”
November 29, 2007
Report: Hurricane Ian Farm Loss Could Reach $1.56 Billion
October 21, 2022
Report Sounds Alarm on Ongoing Decline of U.S. Coral Reefs
November 13, 2020
Researchers Warn of Looming Biodiversity Collapse in Tropics
August 3, 2018
Santa Barbara Fire Burns Nearly 9,000 Acres
May 15, 2009
Scientists Report Faster Rate of Warming in Australia
January 15, 2007
Search On for More Than 200 After India Glacier Fractures, Sweeping Away All Before It
February 8, 2021
2023’s Severe Weather Caused Unprecedented Financial Damage for U.S. Towns and the Insurance Industry
August 9, 2023
Shark Attacks Spark Terror in Red Sea
December 14, 2010
Soils of War: The Toxic Legacy for Ukraine’s Breadbasket
March 2, 2023
South Africa Drought Now a National Disaster
March 14, 2018
Southern Mexico: Worst Flooding in 50 Years
November 2, 2007
Strict Water Measures for Raleigh, N.C.
December 24, 2007
Study: 1 to 2 Million Tons of U.S. Plastic Trash Goes Astray
October 30, 2020
Study: Europe Facing Its Worst Drought in 500 Years
August 23, 2022
Study: Fish Farms Driving Wild Salmon to Extinction
December 20, 2007
Texas Freeze Led to Release of Tons of Air Pollutants as Refineries Shut
February 22, 2021
Third Quake in a Year Strikes Turkey
June 27, 2012
This Year, the U.S. Had 15 Disasters that Cost Over $1 Billion
December 23, 2017
Thousands Displaced by Bolivian Floods
February 1, 2008
Thousands Flee as Fires Rage Across Greece
August 31, 2007
Thousands of Cranes Killed by Bird Flu in Northern Israel
December 30, 2021
...To Raging Wildfires
June 29, 2006
Tornado Deaths Top 500 in 2011
June 3, 2011
Tornado Outbreak Rips Across Deep South; At Least 5 Dead
March 26, 2021
Tornadoes Fueled by Record Highs Wrecked Homes Around South
November 30, 2022
Triple Threat Stresses Ocean Ecosystems
November 29, 2013
Tsunami Relief Effort “Chaotic and Slow”
April 8, 2007
Twisters Tear through Midwestern U.S.
May 30, 2008
U.S. and Canada Lost More Than 1 in 4 Birds in Past 50 Years
September 24, 2019
U.S. Drought
May 7, 2004
U.S. Government Works to ‘Cocoon’ Site of Most Nuclear Waste
November 5, 2021
U.S. Gulf Coast Prepares for Second Hurricane in a Month
September 15, 2020
U.S. Plans $50B Wildfire Fight Where Forests Meet Civilization
January 20, 2022
U.S. Probing Nearly 350 Reports of Oil Spills in Wake of Hurricane Ida
September 6, 2021
U.S. Says Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 22 Other Species Extinct
September 30, 2021
U.S. Sets Record for Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters in a Year, with 4 Months Still to Go
September 15, 2023
U.S. Southeast Drought Grows Worse
October 23, 2007
U.S. Storms Make 2021 One of the Costliest Years for Insurers
December 21, 2021
U.S. Tornado Deaths Exceed 300
April 29, 2011
U.S. Wildfire Chars More Than 500,000 Acres
July 21, 2011
U.S. Wildfires Are Getting Bigger and More Complex, Prompting Changes in Firefighting Workforce
April 9, 2024
Ukraine Dam Collapse: A Short- and Long-Term Catastrophe
June 12, 2023
UN Body Weighs a Global Treaty to Fight Plastic Pollution
February 25, 2022
UN: Months After Pakistan Floods, Millions Lack Safe Water
March 21, 2023
UN Sees Food Shortage by 2030
March 14, 2012
Volcano Erupts Near Iceland’s Capital
March 24, 2021
Weather Worries Pentagon
March 8, 2004
‘What Fear?’: Hindus Bathe in Frothy, Polluted Indian River
November 12, 2021
What Kilauea’s History Tells Us About Its Future
October 1, 2021
Wheat Rust Epidemic Shrinks Grain Production
May 3, 2011
Why Biodiversity Matters to You
May 8, 2019
Wild Bee Species Critical to Pollination on the Decline
April 18, 2019
Wild Weather Continues
January 24, 2007
Wildfires Scorch Western United States
July 16, 2012
Wildfires Threaten Thousands in California
September 4, 2009
Wildfires Torched up to a Fifth of All Giant Sequoia Trees
December 2, 2021
Winter in Northern Hemisphere Warmest in 125 Years
April 6, 2007
Worldwide Temps Near Record Highs
December 29, 2006
Worst Drought in 70 Years Afflicts Mexico
December 30, 2011
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