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Monthly Archives: March 2016

U.S., China to sign climate deal

March 31, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Environment.

Fog and smog in Beijing. (Source: Theis Kofoed Hjorth/flickr)

The pact needs 55 countries to sign it to become enforceable.

VIDEO: Women and Global Health

March 31, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Uncategorized.

Two midwives put a drip into one of their patients in the maternity ward of Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, on February 4. AU UN IST PHOTO / Tobin Jones (Source: AMISOM Public Information/flickr)

Blouin News sat down with Christine Sow, President and Executive Director of the Global Health Council, to discuss the health challenges facing women around the world.

Contraceptive research in U.S. heats up

March 30, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Medicine, Research.

(Source: Sexy Eggs/flickr)

As the F.D.A. expands access to the abortion pill, male contraception research gains ground.

Angola hit by yellow fever outbreak, vaccine shortage

March 29, 2024 by Michael Lerner in Medicine.

Yellow fever vaccination center. (Source: Bill Cooney/flickr)

by Michael Lerner The WHO’s emergency supply of yellow fever vaccines has already been exhausted.

Arctic sea ice reaches smallest-ever winter extent

March 29, 2024 by Michael Lerner in Environment.

An iceberg off of Greenland. (Source: Robert Young/flickr)

by Michael Lerner The ice reached a max. of 5.607mn square miles, with temperatures almost 11 degrees above normal.

U.S. volcanic activity takes spotlight

March 28, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Research.

Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano: NASA’s View from Space. (Source: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/flickr)

An eruption in Alaska occurred days after research about Yellowstone was published.

Ocean temps hitting shrimp and coral

March 24, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Environment.

Coral bleaching in the Gulf of Thailand. (Source: Eco Cafe' Phuket/flickr)

Global warming is negatively impacting the world’s marine life.

World Water Day: much room for improvement

March 23, 2024 by Michael Lerner in Environment.

(Source: Nick CP/flickr)

by Michael Lerner The total cost of repairing the U.S.’s water and wastewater systems could be $1.3 trillion.

New Pluto research brings mega-scale surprises

March 18, 2024 by Michael Lerner in Research.

Pluto. (Source: DANIEL_&_ROXY/flickr)

by Michael Lerner Findings from NASA’s flyby last August indicate chemical snow, an ice volcano, and more.

SeaWorld finally throws in the towel on breeding

March 17, 2024 by Juliana Kenny in Environment.

(Source: woolennium/flickr)

The infamous theme park has said it will end its orca breeding program.