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Global Death Toll from COVID-19 Pandemic Reaches 900,000

By VOA on Sep 10, 2020   Featured, Health, National/World, World  

Global Death Toll from COVID-19 Pandemic Reaches 900,000

  With the global death toll from COVID-19 pandemic now over 900,000, the top infectious disease expert in the United States says that drugmaker AstraZeneca’s suspension of final global trials of its experimental vaccine points to the effectiveness of the safeguards that have been incorporated into the trials. “It’s important to point out that that’s the […]

Pink Salmon May Benefit as Pacific Arctic Warms

By NOAA Fisheries’ Alaska Fisheries Science Center on Sep 3, 2020   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Pink Salmon May Benefit as Pacific Arctic Warms

  New research provides a glimpse into the future to help Arctic fishing communities prepare for change. The Pacific Arctic is undergoing a rapid transformation. As temperatures rise and sea ice melts, some species will do better than others. A new study suggests that pink salmon may be one of those species. “Our results suggest that warming […]

Pack Expands Purge at U.S. Global News Agency

By VOA News on Aug 14, 2020   Featured, National/World, Politics, World  

Pack Expands Purge at U.S. Global News Agency

  Michael Pack, head of the U.S. government’s global news networks, took steps Wednesday to remove several top officials in a move at least two said appeared to be retaliatory. In a statement sent to Politico and the New York Post, a U.S. Agency for Global Media spokesperson said the action was meant to restore […]

Democratic Lawmakers ‘Outraged’ at New USAGM Chief’s Dismissals

By VOA News on Jun 19, 2020   National, National/World, Politics  

Democratic Lawmakers ‘Outraged’ at New USAGM Chief’s Dismissals

  WASHINGTON – Two U.S. lawmakers said Thursday they are “outraged” by the dismissals that Michael Pack, the new chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the agency that oversees Voice of America, has ordered. Pack dismissed the heads of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Free Liberty, the […]

As World Joins Forces to Raise $8 Billion for Global Covid-19 Fund, US Contributes This Much: $0

By Eoin Higgins | Common Dreams on May 5, 2020   Featured, Health, National/World, World  

As World Joins Forces to Raise $8 Billion for Global Covid-19 Fund, US Contributes This Much: $0

  President Donald Trump’s brand of “America First” isolationism was on full display Monday as the U.S. declined to participate in a international pledge drive which raised more than $8 billion during its kick-event to create a global fund to develop and deploy diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “It is a […]

Global Coronavirus Cases Hit 1 Million

By VOA News on Apr 3, 2020   Featured, Health, National/World, World  

Global Coronavirus Cases Hit 1 Million

  The coronavirus pandemic has hit a grim milestone — 1 million confirmed cases. The count by Johns Hopkins University says almost one-fourth, 236,000, are in the United States. The worldwide death toll stands at more than 53,000. Italy reported the most fatalities with more than 13,000 and climbing daily. A question on nearly everyone’s lips […]

A Relationship Between Severe Winter Weather and Arctic Warmth?

By nsf on Mar 9, 2020   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

A Relationship Between Severe Winter Weather and Arctic Warmth?

  A review article published in Nature Climate Change evaluates whether severe winter weather in the United States, Europe and Asia is sensitive to Arctic temperatures. The lead author is NSF-funded scientist Judah Cohen, director of seasonal forecasting at Atmospheric and Environmental Research. Despite a warming planet, winter weather has remained surprisingly resilient across the mid-latitudes of the Northern […]

Warming Climate Unlikely to Cause Major Methane Release

By National Science Foundation on Mar 3, 2020   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Warming Climate Unlikely to Cause Major Methane Release

  A long-feared scenario in which global warming causes Arctic permafrost to melt and release enough methane—a potent greenhouse gas–to accelerate warming and cause catastrophe probably won’t happen. That is the conclusion of a study appearing in the journal Science that began more than 20 years ago as a query posed by Jeff Severinghaus, a geoscientist at the Scripps Institution […]

Coronavirus Global Death Toll Tops 3,000

By VOA on Mar 2, 2020   Featured, National/World, World  

Coronavirus Global Death Toll Tops 3,000

  Dozens of countries are working to contain a coronavirus outbreak as the global death toll as surpassed 3,000, including two in the United States. South Korea reported about 600 new cases Monday, while the leader of a religious group linked to a majority of cases there apologized. Officials have asked prosecutors to consider murder […]

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