Disaster Accident

Reef Decline as a Result of Climate Change?

24 April, 2013 - 06:01
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Earthzine
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Earthzine/~3/BOIW9MVcs2g/

* This project was conducted by high school-aged students at St. George’s School in Bogotá, Colombia, as part of a 2013 literature review project> on ecosystems.

Research question: How will the increasing sea surface temperature in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia affect the symbiotic relation between the zooxanthallae algae and the coral?

Mexican Gulf Oil Spill Ecocide

24 April, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.earthzine.org/2013/04/24/mexican-gulf-oil-spill-ecocide/

* This project was conducted by high school-aged students at St. George’s School in Bogotá, Colombia, as part of a 2013 literature review project> on ecosystems.

Earthquake hits China’s Sichuan province, killing at least 179 and injuring thousands

23 April, 2013 - 06:01
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Earthzine
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/earthquake-hits-chinas-sichuan-...

Originally Published by The Washington Post<

– A 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked a mountainous area of China’s western Sichuan province Saturday less than 100 miles from the provincial capital of Chengdu, killing at least 179 people, injuring thousands and leaving tens of thousands of others homeless.

Mississippi Suing BP Over Gulf Oil Spill

20 April, 2013 - 06:01
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Earthzine
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/business/energy-environment/mississippi-suing-...

Originally Published by The NY Times<

– Mississippi has become the third state to sue BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Research Recanted in Oil Pollution Case in Ecuador

13 April, 2013 - 06:01
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Earthzine
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Earthzine/~3/x3r2WypU_ac/research-recanted-in-oil...

Originally Published by NYT > Environment<

– Stratus Consulting said it was misled by a lawyer for Ecuadorean villagers who have been battling Chevron for decades over environmental damage.    

Earth from Space

12 April, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
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http://spaceinvideos.esa.int/esalive

Originally Published by ESA Observing the Earth<

– Join us Friday, 12 April, at 10:00 CEST for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites.

Amid Drought, Water Board in New Mexico Confronts State Over Supply

10 April, 2013 - 06:01
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Earthzine
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Earthzine/~3/sT7LWlTq2J0/amid-drought-water-board...

Originally Published by The NY Times<

– A small water agency has moved to force state agencies that control distribution to deprive some users of their supplies.

Severe Thunderstorms and Climate Change

8 April, 2013 - 06:02
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Earthzine
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Earthzine/~3/mokfJ-NzICk/view.php

NASA Earth Observatory<Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - Will a warming climate alter the atmosphere and make severe thunderstorms more likely?

Why our turbulent weather is getting even harder to predict

7 April, 2013 - 06:02
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Earthzine
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Earthzine/~3/RRgVqXetL1w/science-behind-britain-c...

Chris Radburn/PA<Originally Published by The Guardian - The cold snap, fingers crossed, is about to end.

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