Oceans
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Japan's multiple crises deepen (Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka)
Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe Mar. 16, 2011 -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan raced to avert a catastrophe Wednesday after an explosion at a quake-crippled nuclear power plant sent ...
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Humanitarian crisis deepens in Japan (Yoko Kubota)
Millions of people in Japan are spending a fourth night without water, food or heating, as tens of thousands of rescue workers struggle to reach them Mar. 15, 2011 -- RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (Reuters) ...
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Japan scrambles to avert nuclear meltdown (Taiga Uranaka and Ki Joon Kwon)
Mar. 13, 2011 -- FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -- Japan fought on Sunday to avert a disastrous meltdown at two earthquake-crippled nuclear reactors as estimates of the death toll from the tsunami that ...
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US Designates 'Critical' Polar Bear Habitat in Arctic (Agence France Presse)
Nov. 24, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (Agence France Presse) -- The U.S. government Wednesday designated "critical habitat" for polar bears who live on Alaska's disappearing sea ice, a move that could impact ...
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Eruption: As the Indonesian volcano explodes, scientists fear something far more catastrophic may be brewing (William Sargent)
Nov. 10, 2010 (Boston Globe) -- THE MERAPI volcano, currently exploding more forcefully every day in Indonesia, is located on the Sundra Arc, one of the planet’s most complex and dangerous ...
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New Report Refutes Industry Argument that Genetically Modified Salmon will Feed Hungry World Populations (Food and Water Watch Europe)
Nov. 4, 2010 -- BRUSSELS (Food and Water Watch Europe) -- Food & Water Europe released a report today outlining why the genetically engineered salmon currently being considered by the U.S. Food and ...
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Halliburton Knew Cement for BP Well Was Unstable (Jeff Plungis)
Oct. 28, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- The cement Halliburton Co. recommended to seal BP Plc’s Macondo well was unstable in tests and may have contributed to the April 20 blowout, the staff of a national ...
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Panel: Gov't blocked scientists on spill estimate (Dina Cappiello)
Oct. 7, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration blocked efforts by government scientists to tell the public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could become and committed other missteps that ...
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Integrity Failure: BP Shifts Blame for Deepwater Horizon Disaster (Lindsay Beyerstein)
An oil slick reaches shore July 4 in Gulf Shores, Ala. Millions of gallons spilled into the Gulf since the April 20 Deepwater Horizon disaster. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Sept. 9, 2010 (In ...
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Collapse of ancient Ellesmere ice shelf stuns scientists (Margaret Munro)
This NASA image shows the section of the Ward Hunt ice shelf which recently broke off. (IMAGE/NASA) "The ice seems to be fracturing all over the Arctic once again” Aug. 26, 2010 -- (Post Media News) ...
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Errant Climate May Be Sign of Breakdown, Scientists Say (Charles J. Hanley)
Heat waves, fires, and floods fit their predictions Aug. 13, 2010 -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Floods, fires, melting ice, and feverish heat -- from smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Iowa and the High ...
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