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New data confirm increased frequency of extreme weather events, European national science academies urge further action on climate change adaptation
New data confirm increased frequency of extreme weather events, European national science academies urge further action on climate change adaptation.
Meteorological events, such as storms, have doubled since 1980 (Figure 2.1 in 2013 report); (Figure 1 in 2018 updated publication).
Trends in extreme weather events in Europe: implications for national and European Union adaptation strategies, EASAC Report 22, November 2013. »
A University of Wisconsin campus pushes plan to drop 13 majors — including English, history and philosophy
The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point has proposed dropping 13 majors in the humanities and social sciences — including English, philosophy, history, sociology and Spanish — while adding programs with “clear career pathways” as a way to address declining enrollment and a multimillion-dollar deficit.
Students are planning a sit-in at the campus administration building on Wednesday in a demonstration called Save Our Majors.
The school is one of 11 comprehensive campuses in the University of Wisconsin system. »
Society for American Baseball Research
At the tender age of 15 in 1937, Campanella began his professional baseball career with a top-notch semipro team, the Bacharach Giants.
Campanella hit .290 and drove in 96 runs in 1946 to win the New England League MVP award.
Fences around the New England League were virtually unreachable, and a local poultry farmer offered 100 baby chicks for every Nashua home run. »
France hostage crisis: 'Two dead' in Trèbes supermarket
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Police have surrounded the French supermarket, as the BBC's Lucy Williamson reports.
Reports say the suspect is known to French intelligence services and that his mother is at the scene.
A security source told French news agency AFP that most employees and customers at the supermarket "managed to flee". »
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