4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (331+ words) Scientists from the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Research reported Thursday that Mercury’s shrinkage may be 30% greater than previously believed — a loss in diameter of as much as 14 miles. That’s significant for a planet barely 3,000 miles across. Mercury’s rough…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (516+ words) The archipelago of more than 230 islands — of which only four are inhabited — is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) off the coast of Ecuador. The climatic phenomenon occurs periodically and in the equatorial Pacific is characterized…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (290+ words) Ocean mysteries are being unlocked in a biologically rich and well-used deep-sea laboratory just off our own shores. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s seafloor plunges deeply, quickly in places such as the 2.5-mile-deep Monterey Bay Submarine Canyon west of Moss…...

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2+ week, 6+ day ago   (574+ words) Ottawa released a list of more than 700 targets Tuesday. Starting Sept. 8, Canada’s government says it will impose steeper import taxes on goods ranging from fish and cheese to smartphones and steel imported from the United States. Canada said it was…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (515+ words) By DARLENE SUPERVILLE AND ROB GILLIES Such a change would be reminiscent of the Republican president’s unilateral action last year by executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The United States and Canada are…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (511+ words) Those are just a few of the hundreds of different Canadian products that President Donald Trump’s administration has slapped with a 50% tax to enter the United States. The new tariffs, which kicked in Saturday, are expected to affect about $20 billion…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (348+ words) Even under strict limitations, the reopening of the trade channel brought relief to Mexico’s ranching industry, which was dealt an economic blow by the controls. The flesh-eating worm is now present on both sides of the border. In the sprawling…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (422+ words) After being shut out of this month’s total solar eclipse, the Americas will have the best seats in the celestial house when Earth’s shadow briefly envelops the moon. Almost the entire lunar surface will be masked Thursday night into Friday…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (711+ words) The world’s oceans simmered to their hottest temperatures on record over the weekend and are likely to warm even further in the next few months, putting stress on life in the water and on land too, the European climate service…...