Invasive species have hitchhiked to the U.S. on cargo ships for centuries, but the method U.S. regulators most rely on to keep them out is not equally effective across coasts. Ecologists from the Smithsonian Environmental ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 4, 2011
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Ever since the great Japan tsunami on March 11 washed millions of tons of debris into the Pacific, scientists at the International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, have been trying to track the trajectory ...
Environment
Oct 14, 2011
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After the recent great quakes that have swept away entire coastlines and cities in Japan, Haiti and Sumatra, scientists are now looking hard at the nation that may suffer the gravest threat of all: Bangladesh. A new documentary ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2011
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Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) have developed a method for evaluating the vulnerability of coastal regions to the impact of storms. The method, which has been applied on the Catalan coastline, ...
Environment
Jul 13, 2011
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(AP) -- A Spanish law crafted in 1886 still governs development along Puerto Rico's sprawling coastline, worrying activists and legislators who say the ancient mandate has allowed construction along ecologically sensitive ...
Environment
Jul 7, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of archaeologists from British universities are due to return to Jersey to start their second season excavating across the island. Over the course of a month they will investigate a late ice age hunting ...
Archaeology
Jun 22, 2011
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A low pressure area in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, located off the western coast of Mexico, is still getting organized, and System 92E and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite spotted heavy rain and strong ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 17, 2011
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The Atlantic will experience a rougher than normal hurricane season this year with up to 10 hurricanes, the US weather service forecast Thursday.
Environment
May 19, 2011
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(AP) -- A group of attorneys representing children and young adults began to file legal actions Wednesday in every state and the District of Columbia in an effort to force government intervention on climate change.
Environment
May 5, 2011
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These images show the effects of the tsunami on Japan's coastline.
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2011
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