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While conducting mapping surveys west of Key West, Fla. the evening of August 14, the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson heard a radio report from the U.S. Coast Guard that a small aircraft with one person aboard had crashed in the water about 30 miles away from the vessel. The crew of the Thomas Jefferson…
The short answer is - a rolling motion means you are probably far away from the earthquake; a sharp jolting motion means you are probably close to the earthquake. Three factors primarily determine what you feel in an earthquake: Magnitude (you feel more intense shaking from a big earthquake than…
(PHILADELPHIA - August 13, 2010) EPA today announced draft sediment limits as the next step in establishing the Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) for the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
PHILADELPHIA (August 13, 2010) -- Even with a tight economy parents and students still need the back-to-school shopping trip for clothes, backpacks, computers and school supplies
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold three public hearings on its proposed “transport rule,” which would cut power plant pollution that drifts across the borders of 31 eastern states and the District of Columbia
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., August 13, 2010) - EPA has approved Kansas’ 2010 list of impaired waters, which removes 264 waters from the previous impaired waters list and adds 468 waters. This brings the total number of impaired waters in the state to 1,387
The combined global land and ocean surface temperature made this July the second warmest on record, behind 1998, and the warmest averaged January-July on record. The global average land surface temperature for July and January–July was warmest on record. The global ocean surface temperature for…
Hi, I’m Flo, and I am the spokesgallon for EPA’s WaterSense program! I just got back from kicking off the We’re for Water campaign by traveling across the country to spread the word about water efficiency. Now that I’m home in D.C., I wanted to take a minute to tell you about why I care…
VHS Test Results In; Fish Disease Has Not Spread Inland (Aug 10, 2010) Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources . State fisheries officials reported that the potentially deadly Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia fish virus did not spread to any inland Wisconsin waters that were tested for the virus in…
MetroInvasive - Globalization, Metropolitan Areas, Invasive Species MetroInvasive. Collaborative project between Federal Agencies and Universities researchers.Provides a perspective that considers urban areas as hubs of human-mediated invasionsin natural and managed ecosystems and provides resources…
Potato Late Blight Confirmed in Wisconsin (Jul 14, 2010) University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension. Late blight , caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans , has been confirmed in a potato field in Marquette County on Jul 14, 2010. This is the first confirmed report of late…
South Florida Water Management District, U.S. Army Corps to Build "Bug Nursery" to Control Invasive Plants (PDF | 229 KB) (Aug 9, 2010) South Florida Water Management District. The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently signed a…
Vilsack Highlights Report Showing Threats to Private Forested Lands (Aug 11, 2010) U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack held a national conference call to highlighta USDA ForestService report entitled PrivateForests, Public Benefits: Increased Housing Density and Other…
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., August 12, 2010) - EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks will attend the annual Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Aug. 16
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., August 12, 2010) - EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks will attend the annual Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Aug. 16
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., August 12, 2010) - EPA has awarded $485,000 to the City of De Soto, Kan., for improvements to the drinking water system
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing two rules to ensure that businesses planning to build new, large facilities or make major expansions to existing ones will be able to obtain Clean Air Act permits that address their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
By Lina YounesMany a night I’ve put my children to bed while saying the rhyme “Night-night, sleep tight. Don’t let the bed bugs bite.” But it wasn’t until recently that I actually saw these little pests when I accompanied a Spanish language TV crew to a residence in Baltimore MD which had…
Por Lina YounesEn muchas ocasiones he dicho a mis hijas a la hora de acostarse la rima en inglés– “Night-night, sleep tight. Don’t let the bed bugs bite” que básicamente significa—que duermas bien, pero no dejes que las chinches te piquen. (Bueno, en inglés suena bien al menos.) Sin…