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 […]
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 […]
The coronavirus outbreak in mainland China is spiraling out of the country’s ability to control it and spreading across the world as health experts warn that it may be impossible to fully control what could be turning into a global epidemic. Experts in infectious diseases told Scientific American‘s health vertical STAT on Monday that despite the efforts of […]
SEWARD, Alaska—Alaska Maritime Training Center hosted the third annual Marathon Petroleum Dock Team Management event. The Alaska Maritime Training Center at the Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC) in Seward, Alaska, is a division of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Attendees participated in demonstrations and work sessions involving navigation techniques related to safety […]