Word: drought
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...Drought is what amplifies the virus among birds and mosquitoes and makes for large outbreaks,” said Paul R. Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School. Epstein works with a team of researchers on the West Nile virus under the sponsorship of the Consortium for Conservation Medicine...
Tornaritis scored off of a failed Hartford clear, ending both the Hawks’ four-goal run and a 105-minute scoring drought for the Crimson...
...know you?re in trouble as a governor when you have to pray for rain - but without the lightning - in order to ease your budget crunch. Drought-parched Montana is being ravaged by fires and Republican Gov. Judy Martz has enraged social activists and Democratic legislators by diverting money they believe should be spent on welfare programs to fight the blaze...
...manufactured parties really the best way forward for Koh Samui and ailing Asian destinations like it? Last year, drought caused the island's taps to run dry?and threatens to do so again. The past decade has also seen unfettered deforestation and development accompanied by pollution. Koh Samui is becoming a parched paradise lost...
Genetic engineering of plants can make food crops hardier, more resistant to molds and drought as well as to insect pests--without the use of herbicides and pesticides. Food can arrive on our tables looking and tasting better, costing less and being relatively free of unwanted chemicals. Future generations will look back at our fear of genetic engineering in the same way that we regard the superstitions that people once held about eclipses. TERRY BOYD Skokie...