Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web
Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything.
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Average springtime temperatures rising across U.S.
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As Israel cuts off food and supplies to Gaza, aid groups say they are scrambling
Three days into Israel's Gaza aid freeze, one aid group says a resumption is imperative: "With humanitarian needs sky high, more aid access is required, not less."CBS News - 20h -
Israel cut off food and supplies to Gaza. Aid groups scrambling. What's happening?
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Smithfield Foods’ pork business set to rise as chicken and beef producers struggle: analyst
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Temperatures set to plummet this weekend
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The Return of Digg, a Star of Web 2.0
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Weather tracker: temperatures hit record highs across South America
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California neighborhood is slowly sliding toward the ocean
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Amazon Web Services unveils Ocelot quantum computing chip
Amazon Web Services has unveiled its Ocelot chip based on a hardware-efficient quantum computing architecture.VentureBeat - Feb. 27 -
'The Internet? Bah!' Remembering 1995, the year of the world wide web.
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Rightmove pushes for growth as web traffic bump signals property revival
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Can AI Startups Dethrone Google Chrome in the Web Browser Wars?
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Arab Leaders Scramble to Counter Trump’s Gaza Plans
Leaders of Gulf states met with their Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts to strategize before a broader Arab summit early next month.The New York Times - Feb. 21 -
GOP scrambles to win over moderates on budget resolution
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House Republicans scramble to pass budget plan
House Republicans are still working to pass a budget plan backed by President Trump. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.CBS News - Feb. 24 -
World Food Programme halves food rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh
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FDA’s Food Safety Chief Resigns
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Mars once had an ocean with sandy beaches, researchers say
China’s Zhurong rover finds evidence of shoreline buried deep underground. Mars may not seem like a prime holiday spot with its arid landscape and punishing radiation levels, but it once boasted ...The Guardian - Feb. 24 -
New evidence suggests that Mars used to have an ocean and sandy beaches
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The good times are over for the world's largest ocean carriers as pricing power plummets
The world's ocean carriers, which transport global trade on giant container ships, are under pricing pressure to start 2025.CNBC - Feb. 27 -
Man hit by cyclone while rowing across ocean is rescued by warship
Video of the operation showed a naval boat rescuing Mockus from his vessel in rough seas, then hoisting him onto the warship.CBS News - 3d -
Hot streak or cold spell? NCAA Tournament temperature check for 11 bubble teams as March begins
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Hot streak or cold spell? NCAA Tournament temperature check for 12 bubble teams as conference tournaments loom
Some of college basketball's top at-large candidates are trending in divergent directions as March arrivesCBS Sports - 4h -
30 things we love in the world of food, 2025
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Smaller Food Brands Are Winning Amid Continued Inflation
Corporate giants like Unilever and P&G are losing market share as customers increasingly turn to indie competitors.Inc. - 3d -
UK food inflation hits five-month high
Grocery price growth highlights persistent pressure on living costsFinancial Times - 2d -
Tariffs Add a New Shock to Food Supply Chains
Companies made their supply chains stronger and more flexible because of the Covid pandemic. But they weren’t banking on tariffs.The New York Times - 1d -
‘Time is running out’: Lawmakers scramble for a deal to stop a shutdown
Short of a major breakthrough in the coming days, Congress is staring down the barrel of yet another crisis over government funding.Politico - Feb. 21 -
Farmers hit by a federal funding freeze scramble to respond ahead of spring thaw
Farmers are struggling to make critical decisions ahead of the spring thaw, as billions of dollars in promised payments remain frozen by the Trump administration.NBC News - Feb. 22 -
Poland scrambles military aircraft as Russian missiles target western Ukraine
Poland scrambled "military aviation" in its airspace early Tuesday morning in response to Russian missile strikes in Ukraine, the country's Operational Command said.ABC News - Feb. 25 -
How Trump’s Cabinet Scrambled to Respond to Musk’s DOGE Email
Behind the scenes, cabinet secretaries compared notes as they tried to figure out how to respond to a directive from President Trump’s most powerful adviser without angering the president.The New York Times - Feb. 27 -
'Profoundly disrespectful': USAID staffers scramble to gather belongings amid layoffs
Hundreds of supporters gathered outside of the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday as ousted USAID workers cleared out their desks.ABC News - 6d -
GPs strike deal to help end '8am scramble' for appointments
It gives general practices a big funding boost, as well as reducing red tape and targets.BBC News - 6d -
Europeans scramble to show leadership of the 'free world' as U.S. alliance fractures
President Trump has shredded America’s defense pact with Europe. Now there are signs that longstanding allies are getting serious about cutting their dependence.NBC News - 5d -
The Scramble After a White House Showdown, and R.F.K. Jr.’s Measles Response
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Trump Plans to Use Military Bases to Detain Migrants
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US naval base in Italy placed on lockdown
A U.S. naval base in Italy was placed on lockdown on Wednesday due to an "ongoing situation" at an entry control point, officials said.ABC News - Feb. 26 -
Firings at FDA Decimated Teams Reviewing AI and Food Safety
Staff units evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries.The New York Times - Feb. 21
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Brisbane, Australia, Braces for Powerful Cyclone
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