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29-Apr-20

Fracking and earthquake risk (Links to an external site.), Energy and Resources News, ScienceDaily, 27-Apr-20

Arctic wildlife uses extreme method to save energy, Energy and the Environment News, ScienceDaily, 28-Apr-20

27-Apr-20

Human-caused warming will cause more slow-moving hurricanes, warn climatologists, ScienceDaily, 22-Apr-20 [submitted by Clem]

Fault roughness and magnitude of earthquakes, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 24-Apr-20

New study takes the pulse of a sleeping supervolcano, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 24-Apr-20

Tectonic plates started shifting earlier than previously thought, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 22-Apr-20

22-Apr-20

Holistic way to measure the economic fallout from earthquakes, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 21-Apr-20

Changes in snowmelt threaten farmers in western US, ScienceDaily, 20-Apr-20

A crash course on climate change, 50 years after the first Earth Day , New York Times, 21-Apr-20

Why relying on new technology won't save the planet, Energy and Environment News, ScienceDaily, 20-Apr-20

North pole soon to be ice free in summer, ScienceDaily, 20-Apr-20

17-Apr-20

Parts of North America are in a megadrought -- with their driest years since the 1500s. It could get worse, CNN, 17-Apr-20

Southwest Drought Rivals Those of Centuries Ago, Thanks to Climate Change, New York Times, 16-Apr-20

16-Apr-20

Tools to help volunteers do the most good after a disaster, Natural Disasters News, 15-Apr-20

A new tool to predict volcanic eruptions, Natural Disasters News, 15-Apr-20

15-Apr-20

Analysts’ memo to lawmakers predicts staggering revenue drops (Links to an external site.), WyoFile, 13-apr-20

The world is coming together to fight coronavirus. It can do the same for the climate crisis (Links to an external site.), Space & Science, CNN, 8-Apr-20

Deadly tornadoes in the South cause 'catastrophic' damage, CNN, 13-Apr-20

The coronavirus pandemic is making Earth vibrate less, CNN, 3-Apr-20

Wildlife Collapse From Climate Change Is Predicted to Hit Suddenly and Sooner, Climate, New York Times, 15-Apr-20

Volcanic carbon dioxide emissions helped trigger Triassic climate change, Natural Hazards News, ScienceDaily, 14-Apr-20

Timing of large earthquakes follows a 'devil's staircase' pattern, Natural Hazards News, ScienceDaily, 14-Apr-20

13-Apr-20

S. Fred Singer, a Leading Climate Change Contrarian, Dies at 95 (Links to an external site.), Climate, The New York Times, 11-Apr-20

6-Apr-20

Mast fire probe amid 5G coronavirus claims, BBC, 4-Apr-20

4-Apr-20

Researchers forecast longer, more extreme wildfire seasons, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 2-April-20

3-Apr-20

Climate disasters increase risks of armed conflicts: New evidence, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 2-Apr-20

Giant umbrellas shift from convenient canopy to sturdy storm shield, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 2-Apr-20

Extreme magnetic storm: Red aurora over Kyoto in 1770, ScienceDaily, 3-Oct-17

1-Apr-20

M 6.5 earthquake 72 km west of Challis, Idaho on 31-Mar-20, Google, USGS, CNN

USGS list of aftershocks

6-Mar-20

California, Coming Off One Drought, Could Be Facing Another, New York Times, 4-Mar-20

Brazil lashed by heavy rains, leaving at least 32 dead, CNN, 6-Mar-20

4-Mar-20

Ciribavurys COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSSE, 4-Mar-20 [submitted by Nicole]

Deadly tornadoes kill 24 and flatten buildings in Tennessee, BBC, 4-Mar-20 [submitted by Clem]

Nashville Storms, Global News, YouTube, 3-Mar-20

New Reason Why Arctic Is Warming So Fast Found by Scientists, SciTechDaily, 2-Mar-20 [submitted by Clem]

Puerto Rico Is Still Shaking and People Are Still in Tents, New York Times, 2-Mar-20

Machine learning picks out hidden vibrations from earthquake data, MIT News, 28-Feb-20 [submitted by Shade]

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Inside Fukushima: What Happened After the Nuclear Disaster?

[submitted by Shade]

1-Mar-20

Sahara Storm Shrouds Canary Islands in Red Sand, New York Times [print], 25-Feb-20

Sandstorm Wreaks Havoc in Canary Islands, New York Time [digital], 24-Feb-20

Airborne Nitrogen Dioxide Plummets Over China, NASA Earth Observatory, [submitted by Clem]

Stunning Animation Shows Permafrost Changes in the Arctic Due to Climate Change, SciTechDaily, 26-Feb-20 [submitted by Clem]

Earthquakes Deform Gravity – New Algorithm Could Enable Early Warning Systems, SciTechDaily, 23-Feb-20 [submitted by Clem]

25-Feb-20

'Like an Umbrella Had Covered the Sky' Over Africa, New York Times, 21-Feb-20

Dramatic Melting of Antarctica Under Record Heat Caught by Shocking NASA Satellite Images, SciTechDaily, 22-Feb-20 [submitted by Clem]

Magnitude 6.0 at 25 km deep in Turkey on Sunday [submitted by Clem]

Hurricanes fertilize mangrove forests, shape Florida Everglades, National Science Foundation, 20-Feb-20 [submitted by Clem]

Adapting to Rising Seas, Schools Move to the Rafters and Cats Swim, New York Times, 22-Feb-20

21-Feb-20

Climate & Methane

Oil and Gas Production Found to Pose Bigger Climate Treat Than Was Recognized (Links to an external site.), New York Times, 20-Feb-20

Methane emitted by humans vastly underestimated (Links to an external site.), Energy and Resource News, ScienceDaily, 19-Feb-20

The climate and increased extreme weather affect our energy systems (Links to an external site.), Energy and Environment News, ScienceDaily, 20-Feb-20

How to deflect an asteroid, MIT News, 21-Feb-20 [submitted by Clem]

19-Feb-20

South American volcano showing early warning signs of 'potential collapse', Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 18-Feb-20

Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador, Wikipedia

Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador, Global Volcanism Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Climate Change

A Crisis Right Now: San Francisco and Manila Face RIsing Seas (Links to an external site.), Science Times, New York Times, 13-Feb-20

The End of Australia as We Know It (Links to an external site.), Science Times, New York Times, 13-Feb-20

The airline Delta has joined the carbon neutral rush (Links to an external site.), MIT Technology Review,

Here’s where Jeff Bezos could start spending that $10 billion tackling climate change (Links to an external site.), MIT Technology Review, 17-Feb-20

In a Philanthropic Surge, Bezos Pledges $10 Billion To Tackle Climate Change (Links to an external site.), New York Times, 18-Feb-20

LiDAR helps reveal radiation hotspots at Chernobyl (Links to an external site.), routescene [submitted by Shade - GEOL3400]

18-Feb-20

Mississippi Floods as Days of Heavy Rain Defeat Dam, New York Times, 17-Feb-20

'Weather Bomb' Lashes Britain With Deadly Flooding, New York Times, 17-Feb-20

14-Feb-20

BP Sets Tough Goal: Zero Emissions by 2050 (Links to an external site.), New York Times, 13-Feb-20

Swearing Off the Financing of Dirty Oil Production (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.), New York Times, 13-Feb-20

Mohawk Pipeline Protest Disrupts Canada Travel (Links to an external site.), New York Times, 13-Feb-20

Egypt Surpasses 100 Million People, With No End in Sight (Links to an external site.), New York TImes, 12-Feb-20

12-Feb-20

A huge iceberg just broke off West Antarctica’s most endangered glacier, National Geographic, 11-Feb-20 [submitted by Nicole]

An iceberg nearly the size of Atlanta just broke off a glacier in Antarctica, CNN, 13-Feb-20

12-Feb-20

Himalayan glacier shows evidence of start of Industrial Revolution (Links to an external site.), ScienceDaily, 10-Feb-20 [submitted by Clem]

The many lives of charcoal (Links to an external site.), ScienceDaily, 10-Feb-20

Alarming Discovery in Antarctica Serves as Warning Signal for Sea-Level Rise, SciTechDaily, 9-Feb-20 [submitted by Clem]

Climate Change Could Trigger More Landslides in High Mountain Asia, NASA, 11-Feb-20 [submitted by Clem and Shade]

Grizzly Bear Death Rates Are Climbing, Science Times, New York Times, 10-Feb-20

Antarctica Sets Record High Temperature: 64.9 Degrees, Science Times, New York Times, 10-Feb-20

Climate Change: It’s a Buzzkill for Bumblebees, Study Finds, Science Times, New York Times, 6-Feb-20

How Europe Turned Into a Perfect Landscape for Wildfires, Science Times, New York Times, 6-Feb-20

7-Feb-20

Coronavirus

Satellite images show how coronavirus brought Wuhan to a standstill, MIT Technology Review, 6-Feb-20

OPEC Scrambles to React As Virus Imperils Demand (Links to an external site.), New York Times, 4-Feb-20

Bumblebee news

Bumblebees' decline points to mass extinction – study, The Guardian, 6-Feb-20 [submitted by Greg]

Heat waves are wiping out bumblebees, MIT Technology Review, 6-Feb-20

Arctic Ice Melt Is Changing Ocean Currents, NASA, 6-Feb-20

5-Feb-20

Boom of Vegetation, Fueled by Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Absorbs Carbon and Cools Our Planet, SciTechDaily, 1-Feb-20 [submitted by Clem]

Wildfires increase winter snowpack -- but that isn't necessarily a good thing, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 4-Feb-20 [submitted by Clem]

Peeking at the plumbing of one of the Aleutian's most-active volcanoes, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 4-Feb-20

Pre-eruption seismograms recovered for 1980 Mount St. Helens event, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 30-Jan-20

31-Jan-20

Temperatures at Glacier In Antarctica Raise Alarm, New York Times, 30-Jan-20

Dozens Die In Torrent Of Rain In Brazil, New York Times, 30-Jan-20

28-Jan-20

Perfect Storm Causing a Collapse in Global Biodiversity, SciTechDaily, 28-Jan-20 [submitted by Clem]

Seismic biomarkers in Japan Trench fault zone reveal history of large earthquakes, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 27-Jan-20

Earth’s Oldest Asteroid Impact Found in Australia, ScienceTimes, New York Times, 21-Jan-20

As sea levels rise, little of the United States will be unaffected, arstechnica, 26-Jan-20 [submitted by Greg]

Americans Are Already Moving Away From the Rising Water's Edge, Earther, Gizmodo, 9-Oct-19

Scientists Propose Pumping 74 Trillion Tons of Artificial Snow Onto to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to Stop Its Collapse, Earther, Gizmodo, 7-Jul-19

26-Jan-20

Death toll rises to 29 and at least 1,400 injured in Turkey earthquake, CNN, 25-Jan-20

01-Jan-20

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