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Monsoon floods tear through a village in Yemen and kill 13 people

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Rescue workers in northern Yemen have recovered the bodies of 13 people who went missing after a flash flood inundated a village, authorities said Wednesday, as officials said 99 people have been killed since the start of heavy se
Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles

Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles

Wildlife agencies are trying to capture and relocate the first pack of wolves that formed under Colorado's ambitious wolf reintroduction program after the animals repeatedly attacked livestock , marking an early stumble in the voter-driven initiative
Prime Ontario agricultural land to be protected amid energy expansion, minister says

Prime Ontario agricultural land to be protected amid energy expansion, minister says

Certain solar farms will be banned on prime agricultural land in Ontario as the province expands energy production to meet demand in the coming decades, Energy Minister Stephen Lecce said Wednesday.
Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coast in a bid to save native birds

Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coast in a bid to save native birds

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Colorado plans to relocate wolf pack as reintroduction effort stumbles amid livestock attacks

Wildlife agencies are trying to capture and relocate the first pack of wolves that formed under Colorado's ambitious wolf reintroduction program after the animals repeatedly attacked livestock , marking an early stumble in the first year of the voter
Sweaty corn is making it even more humid

Sweaty corn is making it even more humid

Barb Boustead remembers learning about corn sweat when she moved to Nebraska about 20 years ago to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and found herself plunked down in an ocean of corn.
Ecuador's citizens voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. A year later, it hasn't happened

Ecuador's citizens voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. A year later, it hasn't happened

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — It's been a year since the people of Ecuador voted to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of the country's share of the Amazon, and nothing has been done to start shutting down operations.
How climate change could be making Midwest summer's 'corn sweat' stickier

How climate change could be making Midwest summer's 'corn sweat' stickier

Barb Boustead remembers learning about corn sweat when she moved to Nebraska about 20 years ago to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and found herself plunked down in an ocean of corn.
24 people missing after floods tore through a northern Yemen village

24 people missing after floods tore through a northern Yemen village

CAIRO (AP) — Floodwaters swept through a village in northern Yemen, inundating homes and shops and leaving at least 24 people missing, authorities said Wednesday.
Drying lakes and thirsty trees: In drought-hit Greece, water trucks are keeping crops alive

Drying lakes and thirsty trees: In drought-hit Greece, water trucks are keeping crops alive

NEA SILATA, Greece (AP) — Six weeks before harvest, there’s no water left in the ground for farmer Dimitris Papadakis’ olive grove in northern Greece, so he has started a new morning routine.
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