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    Feb 11, 2011 |Story| WSBT-TV
  1. Daniels: Debt the new 'red menace'

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says the United States is facing a new "red menace" — debt, not Communism — and conservatives must be realistic in cuts. Daniels, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, said Friday that...

    Tags: Bodies of Water, Elections, White House, Indiana, Washington, DC

  2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds

    When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time.
    When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time. None was linked to that nation’s tsunami warning system, which underestimated...

    Tags: Indonesia, Bodies of Water, Science and Technology, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes

  4. May 14, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
  5. Palm Beach County faces climate change challenges

    Sun Sentinel
    Climate change needs to start becoming a bigger factor in decisions about Palm Beach County transportation plans and development proposals, county officials said Tuesday. Raising roads near the coast to brace for sea level rise and considering pollution...

    Tags: Water, Bodies of Water, Ecosystems, Global Change, Science and Technology

  6. May 15, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  7. China granted observer seat on Arctic governing council

    Reuters
    KIRUNA, Sweden (Reuters) - The Arctic Council agreed on Wednesday to admit emerging powers China and India as observers, reflecting growing global interest in the trade and energy potential of the planet's Far North. The organization, which coordinates...

    Tags: Bodies of Water, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, European Union, Iceland

  8. May 15, 2013 |Column| Hartford Courant
  9. CO2 Milestone Tips Us Into 'Meltdown' Realm

    The Hartford Courant
    Last week, the world got a case of sticker shock. For the first time in recorded history, the price of our energy-rich lifestyle hit the magic number of 400 parts-per-million carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. There's no politics involved in this number....

    Tags: Bodies of Water, Landforms, Glaciers, University of Connecticut

  10. May 14, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  11. Ice melt, sea level rise, to be less severe than feared - study

    Reuters
    * Seas to rise 16.5 to 69 cm with moderate warming-ice2sea * Melt of Greenland, Antarctica less severe than expected By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 14 (Reuters) - A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less...

    Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Water, Bodies of Water, Global Warming, Scientific Institutions

  12. May 14, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  13. Ice melt, sea level rise, to be less severe than feared: study

    Reuters
    OSLO (Reuters) - A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less severe than expected this century, limiting sea level rise to a maximum of 69 cm (27 inches), an international study said on Tuesday. Even so, such a rise could...

    Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Water, Bodies of Water, Global Warming, Scientific Institutions

  14. May 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  15. Still adrift after the storm

    First Hurricane Katrina took John Hoffmann Jr.'s home, which flooded, then exploded, and then burned. Next the storm took Hoffmann's job of 23 years washing dishes at Antoine's Restaurant, a position that vanished when the heavily damaged New Orleans...

    Tags: Mardi Gras, FEMA, Unemployment Benefits, Bodies of Water, Personal Data Collection

  16. May 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  17. Smith Islanders debate buyout offered by state

    Superstorm Sandy barely laid a glove on Smith Island last fall, to hear residents tell it. Though storm-driven flooding damaged hundreds of homes in Crisfield and the rest of Somerset County, only a couple islanders got any water in their homes from the surging Chesapeake Bay.
    Superstorm Sandy barely laid a glove on Smith Island last fall, to hear residents tell it. Though storm-driven flooding damaged hundreds of homes in Crisfield and the rest of Somerset County, only a couple islanders got any water in their homes from the...

    Tags: Homes, Services and Shopping, Water, Ecosystems, Hurricane Sandy (2012)

  18. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Carbon dioxide in atmosphere did not break 400 ppm at Hawaii site

    Carbon dioxide measurements in the Earth's atmosphere did not break the symbolic milestone of 400 parts per million at a Hawaiian observatory last week, according to a revised reading from the nation's climate observers. The National Oceanic and...

    Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bodies of Water, Science and Technology, Global Warming, Environmental Issues

  20. May 9, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
  21. Governor Rick Scott warns sequester puts Florida at risk in hurricane season

    The federal sequester could hurt Florida's ability to recover after a hurricane because less money will be available to prepare the National Guard, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday.
    The federal sequester could hurt Florida's ability to recover after a hurricane because less money will be available to prepare the National Guard, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday. Further, he said National Guardsmen are to be furloughed and won't...

    Tags: Rick Scott, FEMA, Bodies of Water, Layoffs and Downsizing, Global Change

  22. May 11, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  23. World passes carbon dioxide level milestone; Experts say 'we're stuck' with global warming

    AP Science Writer
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone. The chief greenhouse gas was measured Thursday at 400 parts per million in Hawaii, a...

    Tags: Environmental Pollution, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Water, Bodies of Water, Princeton University

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