Scientists struggling to unravel the mysteries of a Zika epidemic in Brazil hope they can learn from cases of women giving birth to twins in which only one child is afflicted by the microcephaly birth defect associated with the virus ... "When I found out one of them had microcephaly, the ground fell out from beneath me," the 25-year-old said as she sat on the sofa of her home in the city of Santos ... "I thank God for giving her to me......
Canadian officials fear a massive wildfire could double in size by the end of Saturday as they continue to evacuate residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray from work camps north of Alberta's oil sands city ... ....
Speculation rife about piracy or fire on board Tamaya 1, registered in Panama, who last known position was on 21 April near Gambia and Senegal. @alanyuhas. An abandoned oil tanker has washed up on the shores of Liberia in west Africa, prompting an investigation – and speculation over the fate of the ship’s crew ... map ... The ship was en route to the Senegalese port of Dakar, according to the site ... ....
Sirilo Sutaroti, 94, is a chief of the Paurata tribe in the SolomonIslands... five of the Solomon islands have vanished due to sea level rise ... This study in the Solomon Islands provides the first scientific evidence to confirm local stories across the Pacific of how climate change has effected island coastlines and the region’s natives, providing valuable insight into the planet’s future....
Recently at least five reef islands in the remote SolomonIslands have been lost completely to sea-level rise and coastal erosion, and a further six islands have been severely eroded. These islands lost to the sea range in size from one to five hectares ...NuatambuIsland, home to 25 families, has lost more than half of its habitable area, with 11 houses washed into the sea since 2011....
Thomas Greiss has been a huge surprise for the New YorkIslanders this postseason and is a big reason they are not on ly playing in the second round, but also entered Game 4 on Friday night with a chance to tie their series with the Tampa Bay Lightning... The Islanders have to rely on Greiss and Berube in net due to an injury to starting goalie Jaroslav Halak....
Five islands have disappeared in the SolomonIslands due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to an Australian study that scientists said yesterday could provide valuable insights for future research. A further six reef islands have been severely eroded in a remote area of the Solomons, the study said, with one experiencing 10 houses being swept into the sea between 2011 and 2014....
Five islands have disappeared in the Pacific's SolomonIslands due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to an Australian study that scientists said Saturday could provide valuable insights for future research. A further six reef islands have been severely eroded in the remote area of the Solomons, the study said, with one experiencing some 10 houses being swept into the sea between 2011 and 2014....
But on a recent sailing excursion with friends, Angela Saunders was struck by how brown and withered the island looked ...Majuro, capital of the MarshallIslands, is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean with a land area of about four square miles ... It is a scene that is playing out across the hundreds of low-lying islands and atolls scattered across a vast swath of the western Pacific Ocean broadly known as Micronesia....
Jason Garrison scored 1.34 into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the New YorkIslanders on Friday night and a 3-1 series lead ...Kyle Okposo scored early in the first period for the Islanders, and Greiss stopped 20 shots ... The Islanders turned the puck over in their end with just over a minute left in regulation, and Alex Killorn skated in, but Greiss stopped his wrist shot....
Only, maybe not for the Islanders this week in Brooklyn. Despite an entirely admirable effort in Friday’s Game 4, through which the Islanders dictated the pace and for the most part eliminated the speedy and skilled Lightning’s time and space, what could have happened and what (seemingly) should have happened — that being a victory to knot this Round 2 series at 2-all — it did not happen that way ... The Islanders could have won Tuesday....
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Tampa’s goaltender gave up an early goal to New YorkIslanders forward Kyle Okposo. After that, Bishop kept the Islanders off the scoreboard, stopping 27 of 28 shots on goal in the Lightning’s 2-1 overtime win in Game 4 ...Okposo’s goal was the only score for the Islanders ... Did You Know? The Islanders have needed overtime in four of their five playoff games at Barcalys Center this spring....
The 12 Sri Lankan asylum seekers deported from Australia’sCocosIslands have been arrested and taken into police custody in Colombo. The group, which included a woman, one child, and one infant, were flown back on a secret charter flight from the islands overnight on Thursday ...Asylum seekers who reached Cocos Islands could be back in Sri Lanka....