Study aims to protect Buffalo shorelines from major storm events
Environmental activists and leaders want to make sure parts of Western New York shores are prepared for when and if the next major storm hits.
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- Miami Herald
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“Almost looks like a flying snake.”
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How to See a Green Comet Hurtle Past Earth
Unless you are immortal, the next few weeks offer the only chance you’ll have to see Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3). The newly discovered chunk of ice and rock will glow green in the nighttime sky in the first few weeks of February, and it won’t be back near Earth for 50,000 years—if it ever returns at all.
- The Bergen Record
Curious green comet is paying us a visit. Here's how to see it
Did you know comets come in colors? A green one is paying us a call right now. Here's how to view it.
- The Columbus Dispatch
The Farmers' Almanac has made its spring forecast. What does it mean for Ohio?
In publication since 1818, the Farmers' Almanac is predicting a "soggy, shivery spring ahead" for much of the country.
- AFP
Arctic cold 'no sweat' for electric cars in Norway
Norwegian electric car owners have a word for the way they feel when they look nervously at their battery indicators while driving in subfreezing weather: "rekkevideangst", or "range anxiety".With temperatures often falling below zero, rugged terrain and long stretches of remote roads, Norway may not seem like the most ideal place to drive an electric car, whose battery dies faster in cold weather.
- The Jackson Sun
Ice Storm Warning remains in effect through Thursday morning
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- USA TODAY
Brave, curious otters face off with deadly spitting cobra in viral video
A spitting cobra sizing up more than a half-dozen smooth-coated otters who surround it at a Singapore park was caught on video by Jocelyn Chng.
- The Desert Sun
California fires back with its own Colorado River plan; Arizona says feds could ban lawns
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- KCRA - Sacramento Videos
Some rain and snow to return to Northern California in February
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- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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- Star News
This little armored creature is moving into North Carolina. Here's why.
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- NextShark
Chinese vlogger fined $18,500 for eating an endangered baby shark
A Chinese vlogger was fined 125,000 yuan (approximately $18,500) for cooking and eating an endangered baby great white shark during a livestream. In the video clip uploaded last year, the influencer, identified by officials as Jin and known as Tizi in her videos, can be seen cutting up the 6.6-foot shark and boiling it with various spices. The viral video was met with backlash, with viewers doubting that the shark was bought legally.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Icy roads leaving drivers stranded all over Fort Worth area on Wednesday
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- Associated Press
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- Associated Press
A real zoodunit: Monkeys found but mystery deepens in Dallas
Two monkeys taken from the Dallas Zoo were found Tuesday in an abandoned home after going missing the day before from their enclosure, which had been cut. Dallas police said they found the two emperor tamarin monkeys after getting a tip that they could be in an abandoned home in Lancaster, located just south of the zoo. Meanwhile, in Louisiana, officials were investigating after 12 squirrel monkeys were taken from a zoo there on Sunday and considering whether there could be a connection.