North America’s ancient bald cypress forests have told scientists about history’s legendary droughts and wet periods. Now they’re warning us about the future.
A novelist, writing in the first person, recounts how on the island where she lives, over a period of 15+ years, there has been a series of “disappearances”: the population wakes up some days with a shared sense of loss, that something from their familiar lives has ceased to exist, ...
Global fish stocks are exploited or depleted to such an extent that without urgent measures we may be the last generation to catch food from the oceans. 2012-09-21 12:00 (bbc.com) La. officials close 12 miles of coastline after Isaac washes up tar balls, oil from BP spill hotspotWhile...
Regardless of the weather, no trip here is complete without a journey through the Chain of Lakes byway district. In nearby Bloomington, The Mall of America is the country's biggest shopping mall and contains the largest indoor theme park in the U.S., Nickelodeon Universe. #39. Scottsdale, ...
She brought up the idea of having such a day. She 4 West Virginia. Her mother 5 on May 9,1905. She had a deep love for her mother. She wrote letters to 6 important persons. In her letters she asked them to decide a day for 7 mothers. Then Mother’s Day was made on the ...
During the early 1930s, an industrial disaster of monumental proportion occurred in West Virginia as hundreds of workers perished while laboring on a hydroelectric project. Known locally as the Hawk's Nest Tunnel, the project included a dam and the diversion of water into a three mile tunnel. ...
Across the game, there is belief that without rules changes to protect the sanctity of the starter, he will vanish. Arizona Diamondbacks pitching coach Brent Strom, among the first mainstream pitching coaches to apply analytics to his teaching, says: "Five to six innings ...
“bear witness,” to offer friendship without probing questions or unsolicited advice, help if it is needed and wanted, and a listening ear no matter how often mourners wish to tell their story.' “Especially illuminating in its coverage of how people cope with different kinds of losses.” H...
that of their physician, with no adverse effects as reflected by depression, anxiety, or QoL.37 Overall, these findings suggest that discussions about prognosis specifically can promote a better understanding of HF and facilitate in- formed decision making and future planning, without compromising QoL...
unprecedented step of issuing paper money to fund rapidly escalating costs of conducting the Civil War without using coinage. “Legal tender” status meant that creditors were required to accept the bills as payment. By 1863, nearly a half billion dollars worth greenbacks were in public ...