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Japan Quake Disruptions Continue
KickingTiresAutomakers on both sides of the Pacific Ocean are still feeling the impact of the Japanese earthquake from earlier this month. Japanese companies like Toyota and Honda that previously had stated their North American operations wouldn???t be impacted are...Tags: USA Today, Disasters and Accidents, Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment, Columbus
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Driving in Mexico an Unconventional Hazard
MotherproofOur family recently spent a splendid week in Los Cabos, Mexico. In addition to all the pleasures, we also noticed some hazards in Mexico. Not the drinking water or the intersection of the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez, but hazard lights....Tags: Coral Reefs, Bodies of Water
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Gore: Obama stimulus good for climate
The Swampby Frank James Former Vice President Al Gore was on Capitol Hill today delivering more of his inconvenient truths. He did an updated version of his documentary for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. That meant the last two unsuccessful......Tags: United States, Mountains, Energy Saving, Conservation, Ecosystems
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How to boil water
Dining@LargeOwl Meat makes his triumphant return to the Dining@Large pantheon of guest posters with this Funtastic Thursday. However, I have to say that I always thought you put salt in the water you're about to boil pasta in for the......Tags: Water, Pasta, Bill Murray, Getty Images Inc., Salt
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Piracy, patience, precision and steel
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated with a transcript of interview The Navy SEAL snipers aboard the USS Bainbridge, hooking and towing the lifeboat in which four pirates held the captain of the pirate-attacked Maersk Alabama, waited, picking the moment to......Tags: Radio, Easter, NPR, Defense, Julian Barnes
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Titanic's last survivor: Milvina Dean, 97
The Swampby Mary Rourke Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the Titanic, the ocean-liner that sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean, died today. She was 97. She died at......Tags: Missouri, Movies, Science and Technology, Elizabeth II, Trips and Vacations
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At last: An explanation for high June/July tides
Maryland WeatherLots of Marylanders noticed it. A few sent me emails asking why the tides in Maryland during June and early July seemed so persistently high - from a few inches to a few feet at times, with some minor coastal......Tags: Maine, Ocean Tides, Water, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hatteras
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Pirate warning: 'Increase' expected
The Swampby Mark Silva As if hurricane and monsoon season weren't enough to worry about on the high seas, high pirate season may be on its way. The Maritime Administration today issued an advisory to mariners that piracy is likely to......Tags: Weather Warnings, Maersk Alabama Hijacking (2009), Crimes, Piracy, Crime, Law and Justice
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Gloucester Planning Commission talks sea level rise tonight
Who's on Team Gloucester?The topic of sea level rise and how it affects long-range planning and development will be a key topic of tonight's Gloucester Planning Commission meeting. Skip Stiles, executive director of the Norfolk-based non-profit environmental group Wetlands Watch,...Tags: Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Water, Mathews (Mathews, Virginia), Weather Reports, Weather
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NOAA still expects "very active" hurricane season
Maryland WeatherWith only three named storms on the books so far as we move into the traditional August-to-October peak of hurricane activity in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center has trimmed the top end of its predictions for hurricane activity during the 2010....Tags: Tropical Weather, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Florida
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CO2 Milestone Tips Us Into 'Meltdown' Realm
The Hartford CourantLast 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: Glaciers, University of Connecticut, Landforms, Bodies of Water
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The surprise oyster
New Orleans swings below sea level, a fact we are unable to grasp. Near sea level: nice. At sea level: charming. Below sea level: huh? Those easy afternoons ambling the cobblestone, scalding chicory-au-lait in hand, should, logically, have required...
Tags: Garlic, Environmental Issues, Butter, Water, Oysters
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