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100 years after compact, Colorado River nearing crisis point

September 12, 2022460 Views

The intensifying crisis facing the Colorado River amounts to what is fundamentally a math problem. The 40 million people who depend on the river to fill up a glass of water at the dinner table or wash their clothes or grow food across millions of acres use significantly more each year than actually flows through the banks of the Colorado. In fact, first sliced up 100 years ago in a document known as the Colorado River Compact, the calculation of who gets what amount of that water may never have been balanced. Fisherman on a boat float on the Colorado River, June 27, 2021, near Burns, Colo. (Hugh Carey/The Colorado Sun via AP) “The framers of the compact — and water leaders since then — have always either known or had access to the information that the allocations they were mak...

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‘World’s largest corn maze’ celebrates 60 years of James Bond

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September 10, 2022564 Views

A suburban Chicago farm that boasts the "world's largest corn maze" is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the world's most famous fictional secret service agent, James Bond. The intricate maze, set to open Saturday, features over 10 miles (16 kilometers) of trails and sits on 28 acres (11 hectares) in Spring Grove, Illinois, north of Chicago. General view of the "world's largest corn maze" celebrating the 60th anniversary of James Bond, in Spring Grove, Illinois, September 8, 2022. U.S. REUTERS/Eric Cox "It's a different theme every year," said George Richardson, co-owner of Richardson Adventure Farm. "We're highlighting 60 years of James Bond this year, a very fun theme for us." Richardson says the maze is made by using high-tech corn planter tractors outfitted with GPS and ...

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Spotty fall colors likely in New England amid drought

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September 9, 2022224 Views

This summer’s drought is expected to cause a patchy array of fall color starting earlier in the leaf-peeping haven of New England, U.S. while the autumn colors are likely to be muted and not last as long in the drought- and heat-stricken areas of the south. In New England, experts anticipate the season, which typically peaks in October, to be more spread out with some trees changing earlier or even browning and dropping leaves because of the drought. Other places, like Texas, could see colors emerging later in the fall due to warm temperatures. “We will still have brilliant colors in New England because of the fact that we have so many different kinds of trees and they’re growing on kind of ridges, and kind of slopes and wetlands,” said Richard Primack, a professor of plant ecology ...

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Colorful West Indian Day parade returns to NYC streets

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September 8, 2022184 Views

The steel bands and brightly colored costumes of Caribbean Carnival came back to the streets of New York City, with the West Indian American Day Parade taking place in person Monday after a pandemic-induced hiatus. Throngs of people made their way to the streets of Brooklyn, where one of the world’s largest celebrations of Caribbean culture takes place, after two years of virtual events. Participants in costume walk during the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Brooklyn is where hundreds of thousands of Caribbean immigrants and their descendants have put down roots and turned the Labor Day celebration into a must-do event, with onlookers and participants carrying flags from a slew of countries. The main p...

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Cuban scientists race to save one of the world´s rarest crocodiles

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September 5, 2022296 Views

Shirtless and waist-deep in the dark waters of Cuba's palm-speckled Zapata Swamp, researcher Etiam Perez releases a baby crocodile confiscated from illegal hunters back into the wild. It is a small victory, he says, in a bigger battle. Cuban crocs, an endemic species found only here and in a swamp on Cuba's Isle of Youth, are critically endangered and have the smallest natural habitat left of any living crocodile species, scientists say. Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) swim at a hatchery at Zapata Swamp, Cienaga de Zapata, Cuba, August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini "We are trying to bring them back from the edge of extinction," Perez told Reuters as the spotted reptile, mouth full of fine teeth, kicked its striped tail and disappeared. Illegal hunting and hybri...

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40 hours of family-fun in Mammoth Lakes

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September 4, 20221002 Views

The fall season is a terrific time for a weekend getaway escape before the holiday season arrives. It’s a great time to come to Mammoth Lakes, California, US. So don’t wait to come on up, cool off, and enjoy some incredible bargains and beautiful foliage! Majestic in scale and awesome in its natural beauty, the year-round adventureland of Mammoth Lakes is one of those rare places that you have to see to still not totally believe. The name speaks to the size of the mountains, the expanse of the valleys, the incredible number of crystal clear mountain lakes and the endless opportunities for adventure just outside your door. But what makes this place really unique are the surreal storybook scenes that drop jaws, spark the imagination and make every moment feel like a brush with the truly ...

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The first trees: Preserving ‘the world’s oldest forest’ in Upstate New York

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August 27, 2022399 Views

Charles Ver Straeten, curator of sedimentary rocks at the New York State Museum, stood on the crumbling stone of an old quarry when his eye caught a pattern. In 2009, he was scouting out the area with colleagues Linda Van Aller Hernick and Frank Mannolini for a potential field trip — nothing unusual, since paleobotanists have been visiting the former highway department property since the 1960s. The famous Gilboa fossil forest, discovered a century ago, is a short jaunt up the road from Cairo, New York. Something seemed out of place: His trained eye spied wandering gutters in the stone, a feature common to marine rocks. But even in the Middle Devonian period, the swathe of land that one day became Cairo wasn’t at the bottom of the sea. 'Archaeopteris' root system at the Cairo foss...

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A look at the world’s skinniest skyscraper: Steinway Tower

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August 21, 2022585 Views

One skyscraper stands out from the rest in the Manhattan skyline. It’s not the tallest, but it is the skinniest — the world’s skinniest, in fact. The 84-story residential Steinway Tower, designed by New York architecture firm SHoP Architects, has the title of “most slender skyscraper in the world” thanks to its logic-defying ratio of width to height: 1-to-23 1/2. FILE PHOTO: Four residential skyscrapers tower over the skyline south of Central Park in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. From left, Central Park Tower, One57, Steinway Tower and the MoMA Expansion Tower. One skyscraper stands out from the rest in the Manhattan skyline. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) “Any time it’s 1-to-10 or more that’s considered a slender building; 1-to-15 or more is considere...

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Hawaii seeks end to strife over astronomy on sacred mountain

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August 21, 2022170 Views

For more than 50 years, telescopes and the needs of astronomers have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to Native Hawaiians that’s also one of the finest places in the world to study the night sky. That’s now changing with a new state law saying Mauna Kea must be protected for future generations and that science must be balanced with culture and the environment. Native Hawaiian cultural experts will have voting seats on a new governing body, instead of merely advising the summit’s managers as they do now. FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind telescopes on July 14, 2019, at the summit of the Big Island's Mauna Kea in Hawaii. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File) The shift comes after thousands of protesters camped on the mountain three years ago to block the construction of a ...

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First-ever seaplane service to Washington D.C.

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August 17, 2022244 Views

Tailwind Air fly nonstop to/from Midtown Manhattan up to twice daily Service will reduce total travel times by up to 60 percent and bypass congested trains and commercial airports and airline services. Fares are from $395 one way. Flights will operate from September 13 for six days a week up to twice daily and are timed for quick day trips and overnight stays Fly the Fast Lane with Tailwind Air. Experienced seaplane operator Tailwind Air announces an exciting new destination, creating the fastest way to Washington, D.C. Travelers may now enjoy a nonstop seaplane flight directly from Manhattan’s Skyport Marina at East 23rd Street (IATA code: NYS) to Washington, D.C.’s College Park Airport (IATA code: CGS). Flights to/from Manhattan are approximately 80-90 minutes. Tailwind will be ...