After disturbingly high rates, the CDC will be looking into Palo Alto teen suicides that have occurred at five times the national average. While it’s not normally a situation where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would investigate, the dire circumstances have called for federal action. Between 2009 and 2015, 10 teenagers in […]
Droughts Are More Damaging To Forests Than Thought
Conditions are not improving, and droughts are more damaging to forests than thought before, according to a new study which gathered a number of 77 scientists and experts in the field. Since 2010, ten states reported record-breaking wildfires The forests are reaching their “tipping point” due to droughts and climate change “Fire seasons” are now […]
Federal Government to enhance Drought Funding by $50 Million
The American West is in the grip of an unprecedented drought for the last three years. To alleviate the suffering, the Federal Government has pledged to invest $50 million in the form of relief projects across the region. This was announced by the U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Friday. The brunt of the Drought […]
Pacific Coast Witnesses Unprecedented Sea Bird Die-Off riddles Scientists
Cassin’s aucklets are Pacific Coast Sea Bird and are in news after the mysterious deaths of hundreds of these birds from British Columbia to San Luis Obispo, California. Some deaths due to harsh climate are normal but not of the scale witnessed off the Pacific coast. Scientists are trying to find the cause of these […]
Two Fetuses Found Dead on San Diego County road California
It is said that humans continue to reproduce because God has not lost faith in his creation, just! With the birth of every child we are reassured that there is still hope. So incidents like the one mentioned below sears the conscience and make us wonder if we really are a unique species or just […]
