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POPSHow one clumsy ship cut off the web for 75 million people A flotilla of ships may have been dispatched to reinstate the broken submarine cable that has left the Middle East and India struggling to communicate with the rest of the world, but it took just one vessel to inflict the damage that brought down the internet for millions. According to reports, the internet blackout, which has left 75 million people with only limited access, was caused by a ship that tried to moor off the coast of Egypt in bad weather on Wednesday. Since then phone and internet traffic has been severely reduced across a huge swath of the region, slashed by as much as 70% in countries including India, Egypt and Dubai.
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POPSDrought disaster declared in Fla.ww The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday declared 58 Florida counties - including Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River - to be primary natural disaster areas because of the continued drought. The declaration allows farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers to apply for low-interest emergency loans for losses that have occurred since Jan. 1, the USDA said.
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POPSGame day emissions get offset It will take a decade for 14 football fields worth of trees to absorb the carbon dioxide created by today's football game between the University of Florida and Florida State University.
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POPSMallory Swamp being restored Story by By Nathan Crabbe Sun staff writer 5:33 pm, November 6, 2007 This restoration is one of the largest projects of its kind in Florida and the largest in the Suwannee River Basin. In ten years it will show whether or not the state's environmental protection policy is catching up to science, yet.
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