Tag Archives: Environment

Why Derechos are so devilishly difficult to predict

At 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Mark Licht sat in his home outside Ames, Iowa, for a conference call with other agronomists and meteorologists from around the state. Iowa had a dry spell, the western half of the state was hit by severe drought. What farmers needed was a big storm, …

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Who pays for oil spill from Mauritius and how much?

TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese bulk carrier cut off a coral reef off the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius on July 25, spilled some 1,000 tons of steel oil and declared a state of “environmental distress”. A general view shows the bulk carrier MV Wakashio, which ran on a reef, …

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