AccuWeather.com-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather.com reports according to AccuWeather.com Meteorologist and Chief Operations Office Evan Myers, a storm system will be approaching the Northeast on Super Bowl weekend. How much it will affect the game, however, will still need to be monitored. "The timeline is for Friday to Sunday," Myers said. "Whether or not it happens during[Read More…]
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Deep Freeze in Midwest, Northeast to Be Prolonged
AccuWeather.com-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather.com reports bitterly cold air is again settling southward from the Arctic into a large part of the Eastern states. Unlike the outbreak from early January, this time the cold will have more staying power. Into the first part of next week, the polar vortex will hover just north of[Read More…]
Source of Galápagos Eruptions is Not Where Models Place It
EUGENE, Ore.–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2014 — Images gathered by University of Oregon scientists using seismic waves penetrating to a depth of 300 kilometers (almost 200 miles) report the discovery of an anomaly that likely is the volcanic mantle plume of the Galápagos Islands. It’s not where geologists and computer modeling had[Read More…]
USDA To Permit Poultry Industry to Self Regulate on Pathogen Levels In Chicken Parts
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2014. Food & Water Watch has obtained an internal e-mail that reveals a plan by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to allow the poultry industry to set its own performance standards for pathogen reduction in chicken parts. This action comes on the heels of recent[Read More…]
Boosting Vitamin D Could Reduce Severity of Multiple Sclerosis
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2014. For patients in the early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS), low levels of vitamin D were found to strongly predict disease severity and hasten its progression, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) investigators in collaboration with Bayer HealthCare. The[Read More…]
New Poll Finds Diabetes Top Health Concern for Latino Families
Princeton, N.J.–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2014. A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health poll was released today on the views of Latinos in America about their health and health care, communities, financial situation, and discrimination in their lives. The poll found that Latinos see diabetes as the biggest health[Read More…]
Great Lakes Evaporation Study Dispels Misconceptions, Points to Need for Expanded Monitoring Program
A weather station on Granite Island, Lake Superior. This weather station is part of a five-site network to measure year-round Great Lakes evaporation. In addition to evaporation, the weather station measures air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, carbon dioxide, wind speed and direction, precipitation, solar radiation, and water temperature. Image[Read More…]
ESA’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Wakes Up From Deep Space Hibernation
Rosetta Wake-up signal EU–(ENEWSPF)–20 January 2014. It was a fairy-tale ending to a tense chapter in the story of the Rosetta space mission this evening as ESA heard from its distant spacecraft for the first time in 31 months. Rosetta is chasing down Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where it will become the[Read More…]
Minnesota Takes Steps to Protect Bees, Beekeepers Demand Stronger Action
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2013. Two Minnesota state agencies are creating plans they say will address declining pollinator populations in the state. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is developing best management practices for managing and increasing pollinator habitat and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is developing a plan to[Read More…]
New Poll: Clear Majority of New Yorkers Support Passing Legislation to Establish Patient Access to Medical Marijuana
Patients and Advocates: Now It’s Time for the Senate to Pass the Compassionate Care Act NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2014. A poll released today by Siena College found that a clear majority of New Yorkers — including 60% of Republicans and 65% of Conservatives — support passing legislation as the best way[Read More…]
