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Monthly Archives: September, 2014

The tiny fish that captures more carbon than the rain forest

In a world searching for ways to achieve carbon sequestration to remove it from the atmosphere, it is almost incredible that these tiny lantern fish sink far more carbon than all of the world’s forests combined.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month to draw runners, walkers, fundraisers

There is at least one event every weekend next month, many offering options for walkers, wheelchair participants, children, and more. Here are four major events coming up in October.

Social media campaign targets problems with mobile network coverage

National Restoration Party lawmaker Fabricio Alvarado this week launched a social media campaign asking mobile phone users to post a message with the hashtag #modoavioncr every time they have problems making a call, sending an SMS or using mobile Internet.

Farmers protest planned $50 billion canal in Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Hundreds of farmers on Tuesday demonstrated against a new $50 billion waterway aimed at rivaling the Panama Canal, irate at plans to expropriate the land they work.

California fires expected to continue

An unprecedented drought that has parched Northern California has led to one of the most active fire seasons on record in the U.S. state and there is little hope of a wet and cool end in sight.

Liberty Reserve’s Maxim Chukharev pleads guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business

Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 30, with a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a Justice Department statement said.

Coast Guard chases down boat carrying at least 1.4 metric tons of marijuana

A U.S. P3 maritime surveillance plane spotted a suspicious boat some 100 kilometers off the coast of Limón. When authorities pursued the vessel, its crew began throwing packages of drugs overboard into the Caribbean

UN summit urges ambitious climate deal

UNITED NATIONS – World leaders on Tuesday urged ambitious action to combat climate change and promised to make greater efforts, but a tough road lay ahead with a year to go for an accord.

New ombudswoman will prioritize complaints against hikes in utility rates, fuel prices

Costa Rica’s new ombudswoman, Montserrat Solano Carboni, has her work cut out for her: At least 730 pending complaints have accumulated since the resignation of Ofelia Taitelbaum on July 7.

Increased phreatic activity reported at Costa Rica’s Rincón de la Vieja Volcano

The Volcanological and Seismological Observatory has registered since last Wednesday several seismic signals consistent with phreatic eruptions in the Rincón de la Vieja Volcano, in the northwestern province of Guanacaste. This is the first time the volcano has registered a high level of activity since 2012.

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