Rising Tide Is a Mystery That Sinks Island Hopes

LAGO ENRIQUILLO, Dominican Republic — Steadily, mysteriously, like in an especially slow science fiction movie, the largest lake in the Caribbean has been rising and rising, devouring tens of thousands of acres of farmland, ranches and whatever else stands in its way.
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Extreme Weather Events : More to Come?

By Carolyn Gramling, via Washingtom Post While 2012 was a rough year around the globe, it wasn’t because of the Planet X/Mayan calendar doomsday reasons people feared. Instead, it was a year of extreme weather: drought and heat waves in the United
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Johnny Luo Serving as a NASA Mission Team Leader

Dr. Z. Johnny Luo, an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and NOAA CREST Institute at The City College of New York, is one of 12 lead scientists on a NASA airborne mission to study how convective clouds
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Hansong Tang to Join DHS Center of Excellence

Hansong Tang, an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering and member of CREST at City College, was selected for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions. Dr. Tang and Master’s student, Hang Li, will spend the
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