Tag: spread
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Spread of organic farms may prompt use more pesticides
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To help California fight climate change, air quality regulators would like to see 20% of the state’s farmland go organic by 2045. That means converting about 65,000 acres of conventional fields to organic practices every year. But depending on how that transition happens, the change could lead to an overall increase in the amount of…
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What is driving the spread of avian flu?
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An “apocalyptic” mass mortality event that has left thousands of sea lions and elephant seals dead on the beaches of South America is raising alarms among some California sea mammal experts who fear similar scenes could play out along California’s Pacific Coast and other continents as the H5N1 bird flu continues its march across the…
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Hundreds protest Chicago Tribune editorial they say spread anti-Palestinian racism – Chicago Tribune
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More than 100 people protested outside the Chicago Tribune’s West Town office Saturday afternoon, claiming the paper’s editorial board spread anti-Palestinian propaganda in its editorial criticizing the City Council and Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handling of a resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine rallied outside the Tribune’s…
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X pauses Taylor Swift searches as deepfake explicit images spread
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Elon Musk’s social media platform X has blocked some searches for Taylor Swift as pornographic deepfake images of the singer have circulated online. Attempts to search for her name without quote marks on the site Monday resulted in an error message and a prompt for users to retry their search, which added, “Don’t fret —…
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California winds spread more and more microplastics
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A team of UCLA researchers has put a new spin on the 1970s rock classic “Dust in the Wind” — only this one is grimmer and grimier than the original hit by Kansas. They found that wind picks up microplastics from human-sewage-based fertilizers at higher concentrations than previously known, and may be an “underappreciated” source…
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Fighting Rages In Southern Gaza And Fears Grow The War May Spread In The Region
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Heavy fighting raged in central and southern Gaza on Wednesday as fears mounted of a regional escalation following a strike in Beirut that killed one of the top Hamas leaders. The strike was widely blamed on Israel but it’s implications for the war remain unclear. Israeli officials have not commented on the strike Tuesday that…
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Shannen Doherty says breast cancer has spread to her bones
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Shannen Doherty is sharing more bad news about her eight-year cancer battle: The disease has now spread to her bones. Despite the bleak development, the “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “Charmed” star said she still has a lot more living to do. “I don’t want to die,” the People cover star said in this week’s issue,…
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Contemporary Style Meets Country Living On 20-Acre Spread In Santa Barbara County
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Concrete, glass and steel come together to create a modern masterpiece in Santa Barbara County wine … [+] country. Village Properties Do you love modern contemporary style but crave country ranch life? You’ll find both at a $4.25-million property on 20 acres in California’s Santa Ynez Valley. The sprawling concrete, glass and steel structure was…
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Inside A Sprawling $8 Million Spread In One Of Colorado’s Prettiest Ski Towns
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A mountain escape near Telluride, Colorado, takes mountain modern living up a notch with a spacious, … [+] light-filled design set on 70 scenic acres. Telluride Real Estate Corp. In the Colorado town of Telluride, life revolves around the mountains. The same could be said of an expansive home on 70 acres that was designed…
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Mosquitoes, long the enemy, are now bred to help prevent the spread of dengue fever
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more effective way to control the disease — and it goes against everything they’ve learned. Which explains why a dozen people cheered last month as…
