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Flash Floods Are the ‘Hardest Kind’ of Disaster to Prevent, Experts Say

12 juillet 2025 à 05:01
Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk.

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Flood-damaged homes lining the river in Chiva, near Valencia, Spain, in November. A flood alert system was in place but was not immediately activated.

Trump Wants to Close the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

8 juillet 2025 à 05:01
The White House is planning to eliminate the board, a small agency that investigates chemical disasters to understand what went wrong.

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The site of a nitrogen leak in Georgia that killed six workers in 2021. The federal investigative team that determined the cause could face Trump administration cuts.

E.P.A. Employees Are Invited to Adopt Soon-to-Be Homeless Lab Rats

3 juillet 2025 à 09:58
The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes.

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An albino rat at a medical test facility. Critters like rats and zebra fish are commonly used to test the toxicity of chemicals.
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