Elizabeth Weise
National Correspondent at USA Today
Elizabeth Weise is a national correspondent for USA TODAY based in San Francisco. FYI, it's pronounced like 'geese.'
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Elizabeth Weise |Dana Taylor
When an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off from one of Antarctica's massive floating glaciers in January, a team of scientists working nearby quickly pivoted, steering their ship to explore the newly-revealed seafloor. What they found surprised and amazed them. “We didn’t expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem.
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usatoday.com | Michael Loria |Elizabeth Weise
• The helicopter tourism industry sends some 30,000 flights over the Big Apple every year. • But even a successful flight can be controversial. Because such flights must fly at a low altitude, they add to the din of an already loud city. A Spanish family who boarded a sightseeing helicopter in New York City were promised an “experience you don’t want to miss” and "an industry-leading safety record" by New York Helicopter.
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rgj.com | Michael Loria |Elizabeth Weise |Carly Sauvageau
A Spanish family who boarded a sightseeing helicopter in New York City was promised an “experience you don’t want to miss” and "an industry-leading safety record" by New York Helicopter. Instead, the flight ended in tragedy when the aircraft plunged into the Hudson River. Tech executive Agustin Escobar was among the six killed in the April 10 crash, the company confirmed. Escobar's family ‒ including 3 children ‒ died in the crash, as well as the helicopter's pilot.
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rsn.org | Elizabeth Weise
ALSO SEE: At the Supreme Court, the Trump Agenda Is Always an ‘Emergency’ A new policy opens 58% of U.S. national forests to logging by rolling back environmental protections. The United States has announced sweeping changes to encourage more logging in the country's national forests. A new emergency order requires rolling back environmental protections on almost 60% of the national forests, more than 112 million acres of land mostly in the west.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Tyler Orsburn |Jeanine Santucci |Elizabeth Weise
They're ba-ack − to raise their young! Beachgoers should be prepared to share the shoreline with birds that are laying their eggs in the sand. In Florida, the Bay County Audubon Society is urging beach visitors to be careful around the nesting coastal birds so they have a safe space to raise their fledglings. While some birds lay their eggs in tree nests, sea and shorebirds lay their eggs right on the sand, where they are very well camouflaged, the organization said.
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