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Scientists have identified systematic meanders in the globe-circling northern jet stream that have caused simultaneous crop-damaging heat waves in widely separated breadbasket regions–a previously unquantified threat to global food production that, they say, could worsen with global warming.
Since August a large accumulation of pumice has been drifting in the Southwest Pacific towards Australia.
Barbecued, stir-fried or roasted, there’s no doubt that Aussies love their meat.
Scientists say coral reefs on a tiny island in the South Pacific have shown incredible resilience and recovery from a recent but very severe disturbance: a volcanic eruption that created a new island.
The holidays are upon us, and as families visit Grandma and Grandpa’s and other homes that may not be used to having little ones underfoot, it’s an important reminder to safely store dangerous products.
Eight months of daily, afterschool physical activity in previously inactive 8- to 11-year-olds with obesity and overweight improved key measures of their cardiovascular health like good cholesterol levels, aerobic fitness and percent body fat, but didn’t improve others like arterial stiffness, an early indicator of cardiovascular risk, investigators report.
