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NOAA predicts 'possibly extremely active' hurricane season
U.S. government meteorologists predict a “possibly extremely active” hurricane season in 2013, the top National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official said Thursday, with as many as half a dozen major hurricanes. NOAA expects 13...
Tags: Weather, Natural Disasters, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bodies of Water, Pacific Ocean
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National Hurricane Center Forecasts 'Active To Extremely Active' Season This Year
The Hartford CourantThe Atlantic Ocean hurricane season this year is expected to be "active or extremely active," federal forecasters said Thursday. The season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, will bring 13 to 20 named storms, of which seven to 11 will be hurricanes,...Tags: FEMA, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Natural Disasters, National Hurricane Center, Bodies of Water
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EDITORIAL: CO2 overdose
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.THE NEWS about 400 parts per million -- the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere -- it's just a symbolic figure that gives environmental doomsayers something to whine about, right? Well, sure, if you don't care about rising temperatures,...Tags: NASA, Environmental Issues, Global Change, Conservation, Weather
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Group: Big dreams for local mass transit achievable
The Virginian-PilotIt was unanimous. All 30 tables of participants in last year's Reality Check conference on the region's future said transportation was a key issue to tackle. Twenty-seven, or 90 percent, supported expanding mass transit. On Thursday, about 150 people...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Bodies of Water, Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, Bill Clinton, Amtrak
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SPLIT OVER MARSH PLAN
Richmond Times-DispatchThe owners of Curles Neck Farm say they want to preserve that sprawling property on the James River, home to nesting eagles and other wildlife.??? --???"That farm is not going to be developed in our lifetime," said Tommy Pruitt, a developer who owns...Tags: Environmental Issues, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), James River, Wetlands, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Palm Beach County faces climate change challenges
Sun SentinelClimate 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: Weather, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Bodies of Water
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Maine geography whiz has whole world in his mind
Portland Press Herald, MaineWhen Archer Thomas was about 4 years old he pointed to a map inside a Maine Atlas and Gazetteer and said to his mother, "Look, here's the town of tub." At first Thomas' mother, Jean Whitney, could not figure out what her son was talking about. She had...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Jeopardy!, Domestic Travel, Family, Newspaper and Magazine
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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. None was linked to that nation’s tsunami warning system, which underestimated...
Tags: Science and Technology, Earthquakes, Natural Disasters, Tsunamis, Bodies of Water
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F-1 project tests team's mettle
The Hutchinson News, Kan.Crumpled-up chunks of metal rest in two large water-retention bins at the SpaceWorks division of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. The impact of each massive 18,000-pound engine falling more than 40 miles to the Atlantic Ocean crushed it like...Tags: NASA, Environmental Issues, Amazon.com Inc., Apollo Moon Mission (1961-1975), Neil Armstrong
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CU-Boulder researchers help show impact of global melt
Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.A new study that included contributions by University of Colorado researchers shows that glacial melt from sources not including the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets contributes as much to sea level rise as does the ice loss from those two land masses....Tags: NASA, University of Colorado at Boulder, Satellite Technology, Glaciers, Education
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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: Global Warming, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bodies of Water
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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: Bodies of Water, Glaciers, Landforms, University of Connecticut
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