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'Inhospitable Oceans' Acidifying at Rate Unseen in 250 Million Years (or Ever) | Jon Queally
New study shows oceans in peril as acidification is happening at rate perhaps never seen in planet's history (Photo: 'Rough Ocean'/Flickr/Jacqueline Fasser) Aug. 26, 2013 (Common Dreams) -- In both ...
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Waters Off Northeast US Coast Unusually Warm, Says NOAA | Eoin O'Carroll
Sea surface temperatures on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf reached the highest recorded in 150 years, says an advisory issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A ...
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Storm Threatens Sandy-Devastated Northeast With Chilling Rain | Brian K. Sullivan
A damaged boat sits outside a destroyed mobile home in the Paradise Park trailer park in Highlands, New Jersey, on Nov. 3, 2012. Photograph: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Nov. 5, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- A ...
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Sandy’s Blackouts Fall to 2.5 Million With New Jersey Worst Off | Benjamin Haas and Jim Polson
Nov. 4, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- Utility crews working around the clock restored power to more than a million homes and businesses yesterday, with New Jersey making up more than half of the 2.5 million ...
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Sandy’s Blackouts Leave 3.5 Million Customers Lacking Power | Mark Chediak, Benjamin Haas and Jim Polson
A fourth day of blackouts for about 3.5 million homes and businesses in the U.S. Northeast taxed the patience of city and state officials concerned that utilities are moving too slowly to repair the ...
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Sandy gives Vermont a pass | Anne Galloway
Early Tuesday morning, near Wesford, Vt. Photo credit: Sara Klemm, Burlington Free Press Oct. 30, 2012 -- (Vt. Digger) -- Vermont Emergency Management officials are reporting no widespread damage ...
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New York City floods as Sandy slams into eastern U.S. | Anna Louie Sussman and Michael Erman
The skyline of lower Manhattan sits in darkness after a preventive power outage in New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it ...
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Sandy Strengthens as Hurricane Barrels Toward New Jersey | Esme E. Deprez and Brian K. Sullivan
Oct. 29, 2012 -- NEW YORK (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Sandy strengthened on its path toward New Jersey, where it is predicted to make landfall today while bringing a life-threatening storm surge as it ...
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Worst Storm in 100 Years Seen for Northeast U.S. | Brian K. Sullivan and Matthew Brown
Oct. 26, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Sandy will probably grow into a “Frankenstorm” that may become the worst to hit the U.S. Northeast in 100 years if current forecasts are correct. Sandy may ...
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Sea Levels Rising Fast on U.S. East Coast | Charles Q. Choi
Not clear whether human-caused global warming is to blame, experts say. The last house on Holland Island, Maryland, where 360 people lived before tides took over (file picture). Photograph by Astrid ...
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Seascape With Methane Plumes | John Michael Greer
Methane plume from the sea floor Oct. 25, 2012 (Archdruid Report) -- In the wake of last week’s post, I’d meant to plunge straight into the next part of this sequence of posts and talk about the ...
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