Japan has announced it will release more than 1m tonnes of contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea…
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Beach of the Month | Features | News
Two Beaches: Haukland and Uttakleiv Leknes, Lofoten, Norway; by Norma J. Longo
The Lofoten Islands make up an archipelago in the Norwegian Sea off the northwestern coast of Norway at a latitude of 68.1° N.
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Inform | Japan Tsunami
Japan rocked by ‘aftershock’ from devastating 9.0-magnitude quake that hit in 2011
A powerful earthquake that hit Japan on Saturday was an aftershock of the devastating 9.0 magnitude quake that struck the same area almost 10 years ago…
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Climate Change | Climate Change News | News
Dizzying pace of Biden’s climate action sounds death knell for era of denialism
For a landmark moment in the global effort to stave off catastrophic climate change, Joe Biden’s “climate day” at the White House was rather low-key…
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Ecosystem Destruction | News
The world’s largest wetlands are on fire. That’s a disaster for all of us
South America’s Pantanal region has been hit by the worst wildfires in decades. The blazes have already consumed about 28% of the vast floodplain that stretches across parts of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. They are still not completely under control.
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The waters around one of the world’s most remote inhabited islands, in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, are set to become the fourth largest completely protected marine area in the world, and the largest in the Atlantic.
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Climate Change | Climate Change News | News
Hurricane season: Record number of named Atlantic storms
This year’s Atlantic hurricane season has broken the record for the number of named storms, the US National Hurricane Center says.
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Crews are continuing a cleanup operation from an oil spill that affected a significant stretch of coastline in Delaware and Maryland.
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If you’ve visited the beach recently, you might think sand is ubiquitous. But in construction uses, the perfect sand and gravel is not always an easy resource to come by.
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