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Surface relative humidity data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft were used to analyze how well leading global climate models reproduce observed relative humidity in Earth's tropics and subtropics. The data shown here are representative only and are not from the study.

A man walks through rubble in the city of San Marcos, Guatemala, after a 7.2 earthquake rocked the Central American country, killing dozens of people.

Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Nicaro, Mayarí municipality, Cuba.

Two Los Angeles companies have agreed to pay a combined total of $140,000 for violating the Clean Air Act by importing electric generators and recreational vehicles into the Port of Long Beach without proper emission controls.

Over 500 rhinos have been killed for their horns in South Africa this year.

The Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc. (Johnstown Wire) has agreed to pay a $14,000 penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous chemical reporting requirements at its manufacturing facility in Johnstown, Pa.

The northeastern United States is experiencing a winter storm that could cause heavy flooding, particularly for many coastal residents of New York and New Jersey who were devastated by Hurricane Sandy barely a week ago.

Race is on to find ways to be able to produce enough

Behlen Manufacturing Company, an agricultural and industrial product manufacturer, has agreed to pay a $59,996 administrative civil penalty to settle a series of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations in Columbus, Neb.