Y! Green - Seventeen percent of the population will experience migraine headaches at some point in their life. These debilitating headaches can last for days and are often accompanied by nausea and sensitivity to light and sound.
AP - Midwest farmers who sold corn to bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. have been receiving official letters asking for most of that money back.
LiveScience.com - Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramatically
changed the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, according
to a comprehensive study of fossil records. The findings suggest humans will
live in a very different future if they drive animals to extinction, because
the loss of each species can alter entire ecosystems.
About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming.
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Thursday warned that a string of weather calamities showed the deepening urgency to forge a breakthrough deal on global warming this year.
The Amazon, the world's biggest river, is at its lowest level in over 40 years near its source in northeastern Peru, causing havoc in a region where it is used as the only form of travel, authorities said.
Reuters - The U.S. Coast Guard was flying helicopters to a possible offshore drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, a Coast Guard spokesman said.
Scottish oil exploration group Cairn Energy said Thursday it had resumed operations on a rig off the coast of Greenland after Greenpeace ended a protest.
TORONTO - The provincial Environment Ministry has cancelled smog alerts across much of southern Ontario. The alerts were issued earlier in the week as humidex values — combining temperature and humidity — reached into the low 40s.
