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Flash floods strike one of the hottest and driest spots on Earth

August 6, 2022304 Views

Nearly 1,000 people remain stranded in California's Death Valley National Park Flash flooding triggered by a near-record downpour on Friday over one of the hottest, driest spots on Earth has stranded nearly 1,000 people inside California's Death Valley National Park and forced its temporary closure, park officials said. About 60 cars belonging to park visitors and staff were buried in several feet of debris at the Inn at Death Valley, an historic luxury hotel near the park headquarters in Furnace Creek, site of a spring-fed oasis near the Nevada border, the park said in a statement. A view shows the monsoonal rain flooded Mud Canyon in Death Valley National Park, California, U.S., August 5, 2022. National Park Service/Handout via REUTERS Floodwaters also pushed trash dumpsters...

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13 of the 19 glaciers in Alaska show substantial retreat

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August 5, 2022441 Views

New study calculates loss of glacier edges in Kenai Fjords National Park As glaciers worldwide retreat due to climate change, managers of national parks need to know what’s on the horizon to prepare for the future. A new study from the University of Washington and the National Park Service measures 38 years of change for glaciers in Kenai Fjords National Park, a stunning jewel about two hours south of Anchorage. The study, published Aug. 5 in The Journal of Glaciology, finds that 13 of the 19 glaciers show substantial retreat, four are relatively stable, and two have advanced. It also finds trends in which glacier types are disappearing fastest. The nearly 670,000-acre park hosts various glaciers: some terminate in the ocean, others in lakes or on land. Bear Glacier, shown here i...

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Hessian remains unearthed at Revolutionary War battle site

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August 3, 2022612 Views

Researchers believe they have uncovered in a mass grave in New Jersey the remains of as many as 12 Hessian soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary War, officials announced Tuesday. The remains, found at the site of Fort Mercer and the 1777 Battle of Red Bank, rested for 245 years until a human femur was found in June during an archaeological dig of a trench system that surrounded the fort, scientists said. Additional excavation yielded more skeletal remains and items including pewter and brass buttons and a King George III gold guinea, which would have been a soldier’s pay for a month. Shown is a King George III gold guinea, discovered in an excavation site at the Red Bank Battlefield Park in National Park, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) A team of scient...

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Visitors to world’s tallest tree could face $5K fine, jail

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August 2, 2022683 Views

Tree enthusiasts who make the trek to the world’s tallest tree deep in a Northern California forest will face a fine and possible jail time after park officials declared the remote area off-limits because of damage done by trampling visitors to the tree and surrounding forest, a park official said Monday. This photo provided by the National Park Service shows the coast redwood tree named Hyperion in Redwood National Park, Calif., on Sept. 22, 2021. (National Park Service via AP) The tree, a 380-foot (115-meter) coast redwood, is in a remote area of Redwood National Park and is not accessible by any trail. But that hasn’t stopped scores of visitors from hiking to the tree, said Leonel Arguello, the park’s manager for natural resources. Arguello said the tree, known as Hyperion, wa...

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Passenger rail returns to Vermont after 70 years

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July 31, 2022855 Views

Traffic nightmares, costly gas inspires US rediscover interest in rail travel After a nearly 70-year absence, a passenger train running from Vermont’s revitalized Burlington train station to New York City headed south Friday as part of a nationwide renewal of interest in rail travel. Last November, President Joe Biden, who famously rode Amtrak between Washington and his Delaware home during his 36 years in the Senate, signed legislation that includes $102 billion for passenger and freight rail investment that will help Amtrak improve and expand its services over time. An Amtrak train leaves Burlington, Vt., for New York City on Friday, July 29, 2022. After a nearly 70-year absence, thepassenger train running from Vermont's revitalized Burlington train station to New York City is ...

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Honduras launches ‘Bitcoin Valley’ in the tourist town of Santa Lucia

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July 30, 2022316 Views

People can pay for a slushie with crypto in the streets of "Bitcoin Valley," a project in the Honduran tourist enclave of Santa Lucia through which the country has entered the digital currency trend. The small town in the mountains, 20 minutes from the capital Tegucigalpa, has become a bitcoin city. Owners of businesses big and small in Santa Lucia are adapting to handle cryptocurrencies as payment, hoping to attract more tourism. "It will open more opportunities and attract more people who want to use this currency," said Cesar Andino, manager of Los Robles shopping square. A man checks his cryptocurrencies app during the kick off of the 'Bitcoin Valley' project that seeks to establish a Bitcoin circular economy through the use of cryptocurrencies, in Santa Lucia, Honduras Ju...

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Climate change and vanishing islands threaten brown pelicans

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July 28, 2022391 Views

Sliding off the side of her small boat, seabird biologist Bonnie Slaton wades through waist-high water, brown pelicans soaring overhead, until she reaches the shores of Raccoon Island. During seabird breeding season, the place is a raucous symphony of noise and motion — and one of the few remaining refuges for the iconic pelicans. The crescent-shaped island is the final sliver of land separating Louisiana from the Gulf of Mexico — a natural speed bump against storms that roll in from the sea. An hour’s boat ride from the mainland, the barrier island’s remoteness allows birds to nest on mangroves and sandy beaches a safe distance from most predators. Raccoon Island, a Gulf of Mexico barrier island that is a nesting ground for brown pelicans, terns, seagulls and other birds, is see...

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412,000 Travel & Tourism jobs across the U.S. may remain unfilled

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July 26, 2022204 Views

# Workforce shortages projected to peak during 3Q 2022# Some relief expected later this year and into 2023# WTTC provides measures for addressing worker shortages in the sector A new analysis by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global Travel & Tourism business sector, estimates 412,000 Travel & Tourism jobs in the U.S. will remain unfilled this year, putting in serious jeopardy the recovery of the sector. According to WTTC’s data, one in 18 jobs remained vacant during the first half of 2022, highlighting a talent crunch that has plagued the sector since early 2021. An estimated 321,000 Travel & Tourism positions went unfilled in the January – June 2022 timeframe (a 5.4% shortage), and worker shortages are expected to persist into 3Q, pe...

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Alaska experiencing wildfires it’s never seen before

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July 26, 2022881 Views

Alaska is burning this year in ways rarely or ever seen, from the largest wildfire in a typically mainly fireproof southwest region to a pair of blazes that ripped through forests and produced smoke that blew hundreds of miles to the the Bering Sea community of Nome, where the normally crystal clear air was pushed into the extremely unhealthy category. Already more than 530 wildfires have burned an area the size of Connecticut and the usual worst of the fire season lays ahead. While little property has burned, some residents have been forced to evacuate and one person was killed — a helicopter pilot died last month when he crashed while attempting to carry a load of equipment for firefighters. FILE PHOTO: This aerial photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Servic...

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A folk festival with stage powered by bicycle pedaling

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July 24, 2022323 Views

The Newport Folk Festival, known for creating electrifying musical moments — the most famous being Bob Dylan’s decision to plug in his guitar in 1965 — this weekend has a small outer stage that is being powered in part by festival-goers on stationary bicycles. The Bike Stage is the brainchild of the band Illiterate Light, an environmentally conscious indie rock duo from Virginia, who has partnered with a company called Rock the Bike to create a pedal-powered sound system, which they have already been using at small club shows. Frontman Jeff Gorman said the “Bike Stage” at the event in Rhode Island is the first time the system has been tried at a festival. About a dozen artists are scheduled to perform mostly acoustic sets on the stage. Madi Diaz performs on the Newport Folk Festi...