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...have yielded some intriguing findings. While the arrival of new species has had the greatest impact on Hawaii's unique flora and fauna, what amazed Vitousek was how the world reaches out to touch even the most remote spots. In one celebrated study, he and his colleagues analyzed soil and rock chemistry at volcanic sites ranging from 300 years to 4.1 million years old. Plants at the youngest sites drew nutrients straight from weathering lava. Those at older, more depleted sites survived on minerals blown in on sea spray and in dust from central Asia, thousands of miles away...
Mexican officials say the U.S. didn't ask for help in heading off migrants. But both the U.S. and Mexico are concerned about a flood of migration from Central America. Earthquakes have left part of El Salvador in ruins; Honduras is suffering soil-cracking drought; coffee prices everywhere have dropped like a rock. In fact, people from countries even farther south are finding their way north; on July 9 the Mexican navy shipped 210 Ecuadorians back home, and is getting ready for another Pacific deportation cruise...
...American global military presence far surpasses that of any other nation with more than 250,000 troops on foreign soil and about 50,000 personnel at sea in foreign waters. Here's a rundown of the largest U.S. overseas troop deployments...
...didn't even do that in this country, he did it in Moscow, where such a thing is perfectly legal. But Adobe purchased a copy of this software through a third-party vendor, and suddenly accused Sklyarov of "trafficking" it. He had the misfortune to be on American soil at the time, speaking at a conference in Las Vegas, and was swiftly cuffed by Federal Marshals...
...Halff Associates and HBC Engineering/Terracon pored over Sanborn Fire Insurance maps from the late 1800s and old city directories to locate chemical warehouses, junkyards and gas stations. Engineers walked the property with equipment that detected heavy-metal deposits, then bored some 600 holes and collected more than 5,000 soil and water samples. A color-coded map showed the worst problems: pink for lead and arsenic, green for petroleum and purple for benzo(a)pyrene, a carcinogenic by-product of garbage incineration...