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AccuWeather predicts another active hurricane season for U.S. shores
AccuWeather.com is predicting another active Atlantic hurricane season, particularly for the U.S. coastline. While the Pennsylvania-based meteorology company is calling for fewer storms in all, with 16 tropical storms versus 19 in 2012, AccuWeather's...
Tags: Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, National Weather Service, Weather Warnings, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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Sun fires off fourth major solar flare of the week--more expected
There she goes again! The same region of the sun that brought you three powerful solar flares in a 24-hour span from Sunday night to Monday evening let loose Tuesday night with another explosive flash of ultraviolet radiation and sent tons of its own...
Tags: NASA, Solar Storms (2012), Astronomy
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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: Greenland, Oceans, Antarctica, Science and Technology, Water
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Ice melt, sea level rise, to be less severe than feared: study
ReutersOSLO (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: Greenland, Oceans, Antarctica, Science and Technology, Water
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Wet Mat-Su Roads Bring Closures, School-Bus Diversions
Channel 2 NewsBreakup season is taking a toll on roads across the Mat-Su Borough this week, with officials saying street damage will temporarily change school-bus routes for about two dozen school students. According to a statement from borough spokesperson Patty...Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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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: Bodies of Water, Oceans, Science and Technology, Global Warming, Environmental Issues
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Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up
Marine biologist Dan Madigan stood on a dock in San Diego and considered some freshly caught Pacific bluefin tuna. The fish had managed to swim 5,000 miles from their spawning grounds near Japan to California's shores, only to end up the catch of local...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Science and Technology, Lifestyle and Leisure, Biology
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Common plants, animals threatened by climate change, study says
WASHINGTON -- Climate change could lead to the widespread loss of common plants and animals around the world, according to a new study released Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study’s authors looked at 50,000 common species....
Tags: Global Warming, Global Change, Conservation, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues
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Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crosses historic threshold
WASHINGTON -- The ratio of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million in an average daily reading at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, the highest concentration of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in millions of...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Disasters, Science and Technology, Global Warming, Global Change
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Climate change forecast to shrink habitat of common plants, animals
ReutersOSLO (Reuters) - The habitats of many common plants and animals will shrink dramatically this century unless governments act quickly to cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Sunday after studying 50,000 species around the world. The...Tags: Australia, Science and Technology, Global Warming, Science, Global Change
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World passes carbon dioxide level milestone; Experts say 'we're stuck' with global warming
AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (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: Oceans, Princeton University, NASA, Science and Technology, Science
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Long Beach aquarium exhibit peers into ocean's dark depths
The Aquarium of the Pacific's newest exhibit introduces visitors to an eerie world beyond the reach of sunshine: the bottom of the ocean, a strange seascape of crushing pressure, volcanic fissures and an abundance of cryptic creatures. The Wonders of...
Tags: Pacific Ocean, Petroleum Industry
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