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Japan Estimates Major Quake Could Cost $2.3T, 320K Lives
A major quake off the coast of central Japan could kill more than 320,000 people and cause 220 trillion yen ($2.3 trillion) in economic damage, a government panel said in a report that more than ...
Imagining A Future Filled With Driverless Cars
Visions of robotic self-driving cars may appear like something from a George Lucas film but in June 2011, this vision took a giant leap toward becoming reality when Nevada became the first state to ...
U.N. Bodies Want To Tackle Drought To Avert Food Crisis
U.N. agencies want to strengthen national drought policies after warnings that climate change would increase their frequency and severity. Droughts cause more deaths and displacement than floods or ...Drought Conditions Improve In U.S. Plains: Report
Drought continued to retreat in many areas of the U.S. Plains last week as snow and rainfall replenished parched soils and gave farmers and ranchers an improved outlook for better crop and livestock ...Ex-JPMorgan Execs Pressed About $6B Trading Loss At Senate Hearing
Two former high-ranking executives at JPMorgan Chase faced tough questions from U.S. senators Friday about why the bank played down risks and hid losses from regulators when it was losing billions of ...
New Zealand Suffering Worst Drought In 30 Years
Dairy farmer John Rose has sent more than 100 of his cows to the slaughterhouse over recent weeks as a severe drought browned pastures in New Zealand's normally verdant North Island. He had to thin ...
Scientists Stumped On Question Of Whether Global Warming Means More Twisters
With the planet heating up, many scientists seem fairly certain some weather elements like hurricanes and droughts will worsen. But tornadoes have them stumped. These unpredictable, sometimes deadly ...
Overdue NW Quake Could Mean $32B In Economic Damage, 10,000 Lives: Research Report
More than 10,000 people could die when—not if—a monster earthquake and tsunami occur just off the Pacific Northwest coast, researchers told Oregon legislators last Thursday. Coastal towns would ...