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A Southeastern Louisiana University professor who led research uncovering toxic heavy metals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from the project this week, Louisiana Illuminator writes.  Fereshteh Emami, an analytical chemist and principal investigator on the university’s monitoring effort, says she was reassigned to a full-time teaching role this week and barred from continuing her research. Emami’s work—published in two …

One of the most significant turbulence events in recent American history happened on Wednesday night during a flight out of Salt Lake City International Airport. In all, 25 passengers and crew were injured when a Delta Air Lines flight headed to Amsterdam encountered extreme turbulence over southwestern Wyoming, bouncing the plane over 1,000 feet in either direction. Flight DL56 diverted …

University sidelines scientist who exposed toxic metals in Lake Maurepas  Louisiana Illuminator Source link

Olympic gymnast Suni Lee stood next to the newly-unveiled bronze bust of the, created by artist Seexeng Lee, at Phalen Regional Park in St. Paul, Minn. in July 2023. The gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast from St. Paul has been an inspiration for young girls and the Hmong community. (Angelina Katsanis/Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune) Source link

A hidden lake beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet unexpectedly drained more than a decade ago, fracturing the ice surface and forming a large crater — an event only recently uncovered by Earth-observing satellites. The massive ice sheet, located in a remote region of northern Greenland, harbors a subglacial lake that appears to have flooded in 2014, releasing 23.8 billion gallons …

A Townsend’s big eared bat clings onto a rock wall. Colorado is home to 19 native bat species.National Park Service/Courtesy photo Pitkin County has confirmed a bat that bit a person near the Weller Lake parking lot up Independence Pass has tested positive for rabies — the fourth confirmed county case in the last eight years and the first positive …

Ryne Sandberg’s family and friends in Lake Bluff share memories of his everyday life  Chicago Tribune ‘Just a top-shelf human being’: Teammates, opponents remember Ryne Sandberg  ESPN Spokane mourns the loss of Baseball Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg  The Spokesman-Review Sandberg was appreciated everywhere — even the South Side  MLB.com Ryne Sandberg, the biggest ‘what might have been’ in Philadelphia history, dies at 65 …

Why the family of 12-year-old Lake Murray amoeba victim wants an investigation  The State Family of boy who died from brain-eating amoeba raise awareness: “We don’t want his death to be in vain”  CBS News What to know about the brain-eating amoeba that killed a child swimming in a lake  AP News Family of boy who died from brain-eating amoeba speaks out: ‘Unimaginable’  USA …

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm water and entered his brain through his nose. His parents had no clue the brain-eating amoeba, whose scientific name is Naegleria fowleri, …

This family photo shows Clarence Carr and his son Jaysen at his middle school football game in Columbia, S.C. (Carr Family via AP) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in …