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30-Apr-19

Quick reconnaissance after 2018 Anchorage quake reveals signs of ground failure (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 26-Apr-19

What does the future of Kilauea hold? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 26-Apr-19

Studies link earthquakes to fracking in the Central and Eastern US (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 26-Apr-19

Snowmelt causes seismic swarm near California's Long Valley Caldera (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 26-Apr-19

Mysterious eruption came from Campi Flegrei caldera, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 25-Apr-19

25-Apr-19

NASA, FEMA, international partners plan asteroid impact exercise, Natural Disaster News, ScienceDaily, 24-Apr-19

Salish seafloor mapping identifies earthquake and tsunami risks, Natural Disaster News, ScienceDaily, 24-Apr-19

Reinforced concrete wall damage may be larger than expected in major Seattle earthquake, Natural Disaster News, ScienceDaily, 24-Apr-19

23-Apr-19

Philippine earthquakes

U.S.G.S. Earthquake Hazards Program

Jaw-dropping video shows water sloshing down a skyscraper during earthquake, Mashable, 22-Apr-19 [submitted Isaac Hall]

Second quake: Philippines 6.1-magnitude earthquake leaves 11 dead, 3- feared trapped, CNN, 23-Apr-19

16-Apr-19

New evidence suggests volcanoes caused biggest mass extinction ever, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 15-Apr-19

11-Apr-19

Reverse global vaccine dissent, Science, 12-Apr-19

7-Apr-19

Damaging Sichuan earthquakes linked to fracking operations, Energy and Resources, ScienceDaily, 5-Apr-19

7 American cities could disappear by 2100 because of sea-level rise, Business Insiders, 3-Apr-19 [submitted by Abby DeCann]

Fossil Site May Capture the Dinosaur-Killing Impact, but It’s Only the Beginning of the Story, Smithsonian.com, 3-Apr-19 [submitted by Abby DeCann]

6-Apr-19

Crowdsourcing speeds up earthquake monitoring, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 5-Apr-19

California's current earthquake hiatus is an unlikely pause, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 5-Apr-19

3-Apr-19

By 2080, tropical diseases could be headed to Alaska, Wired [via MIT Technology Review], 2-Apr-19

Space War and Space Junk

'A terrible, terrible thing': NASA said India's satellite destruction created so much space junk it now threatens the safety of the International Space Station, Business Leader, submitted by Kyle White

Debris from India's anti-satellite test could put the space station at risk, says NASA, MIT Technology Review,

The complicated future of offshore wind power in the US, Energy and Resources News, ScienceDaily, 2-Apr-19

Canada warming at twice the global rate, leaked report finds, CBC {via MIT Technology Review), 1-Apr-19

Cleaning up oil using magnets, Energy and Resources News, ScienceDaily, 1-Apr-19 video

1-Apr-19

Meteor lights up the night sky over northern Florida, CNN, 31-Mar-19

Alaska hits 70 degrees the earliest ever, and more record highs are expected, CNN, 29-Mar-19

'Doomsday fault' town warming faster than any other on Earth, CNN, 27-Mar-19

Unparalleled warmth is changing the Arctic and affecting weather in US, Europe, CNN, 11-Dec-18

29-Mar-19

Seismic safety upgrades may cost CA hospitals billions, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 28-Mar-19

28-Mar-19

The space mission to buy us vital extra hours before a solar storm strikes, MIT Technology Review, 27-Mar-19

This is what went down when a meteorite it the roof of a house, WIred (Via MIT Technology Review), 28-Mar-19

Signs of 1906 earthquake revealed in mapping of offshore northern San Andreas Fault, Natural Disaster News, ScienceDaily, 27-Mar-19

Massive earthquakes provide new insight into deep Earth, Natural Disaster News, ScienceDaily 27-Mar-19

27-Mar-19

'Island Ocean' in Mozambique Hampers Cyclone Rescue Efforts, New York Times, 20-Mar-19

Satellites and drones are showing the devastating extent of Cyclone Idai's damage, MIT Technology Review, 21-Mar-19

For Britain, Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor..., New York Times, 20-Mar-19

Seven States Sign Deal in Effort to Avert Water Crisis Along Colorado River, New York Times, 20-Mar-19

Floodwaters Recede, Leaving Behind a Grin Obstacle Course, New York Times, 20-Mar-19

The Fight to Tame a Swelling River With Dams That May Be Outmatched by Climate Change, Science Times, New York Times, 21-Mar-19

15-Mar-19

How kids organised one of the world's largest climate protests, Wired (via MIT Technology Review), 15-Mar-19

Proposal for U.N. to study climate-cooling technologies rejected, Reuters (via MIT Technology Review), 14-Mar-19

The Arctic Is on Track to Warm Over 15 Degrees This Century Even If We Meet the Paris Agreement Pledges, Earther, (via MIT Technology Review),

13-Mar-19

New way to sense earthquakes could help improve early warning systems, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 11-Mar-19

Researchers uncover additional evidence for massive solar storms, Energy and the Environment News, ScienceDaily, 11-Mar-19

Coal power stations disrupt rainfall: Global Study, Energy and Resources News, ScienceDaily, 12-Mar-19

8-Mar-19

Shifting away from coal is key to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, Energy and Resources News, ScienceDaily, 7-Mar-19

New U.S. power plants expected to be mostly natural gas combined-cycle and solar PV, Today in Energy, EIA, DOE, 8-Mar-19

Facebook says it is cracking down on anti-vax posts, MIT Technology Review, 8-Mar-19

6-Mar-19

Wildfire risk in California no longer coupled to winter precipitation, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 4-Mar-19

Leaders of Brazil Mining Giant Step Down to Ease Criminal Inquiry, New York Times, 5-Mar-19

Ocean Heat Waves Are Threatening Marine Life, New York Times, 5-Mar-19

4-Mar-19

One man's two-decade quest to suck greenhouse gas out of the sky, MIT Technology Review, 27-Feb-19

How Security Experts Track North Korea's Nuclear Activity, Scientific American, 1-Mar-19

Machine learning expands to help predict and characterize earthquakes, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 1-Mar-19

1-Mar-19

2018's biggest volcanic eruption of sulfur dioxide, Natural Disaster News, ScienceDaily, 28-Feb-19

CO₂ emissions in developed economies fall due to decreasing fossil fuel and energy use, Energy and the Environment News, ScienceDaily, 25-Feb-19

For nearly 2 decades, Grand Canyon tourists were exposed to radiation beyond the federal limit, safety manager says, CNN, 20-Feb-19, [submitted by Sarah Fanning]

The loss of clouds could add 8oC to global warming, MIT Technology Review, 26-Feb-19

Video shows rare 'ice tsunami' along Niagara River, Action News, 25-Feb-19 [submitted by Dustin Sabin]

Climate rewind: Scientists turn carbon dioxide back into coal, Energy and Resources News, 26-Feb-19

24-Feb-19

7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Ecuador's Border With Peru, NPR, 22-Feb-19 [submitted by Greg Stark]

Major earthquake in Ecuador near Peru, YouTube, 22-Feb-19 [submitted by Greg Stark]

19-Feb-19

How to Cut U.S. Emissions Faster? Do What These Countries are Doing, Science Times, New York Times, 13-Feb-19

Becoming Greta: 'Invisible Girl' to Global Climate Activist, With Bumps Along the Way, Science Times, New York Times, 13-Feb-19

Climate change makes summer weather stormier yet more stagnant, Energy and the Environment New, ScienceDaily, 18-Feb-19

18-Feb-19

A Timeline of Earth's Average Temperature, xkcd, nd [submitted by Tyler Johnson]

Fukushima

Investigating melted fuel in Unit 2, TEPCO, 6-Feb-19

Japanese utility makes first contact with melted Fukushima fuel, arsTechnica, 18-Feb-19 [submitted by Greg Stark]

What Happened at the House Science Committee Hearing on the State of the Climate, and Why it Maters, Reason, 14-Feb-19 [submitted by Thomas Ryan]

Watch how the climate could change in these US cities by 2050, VOX, 12-Feb-19 [submitted by Thomas Ryan]

12-Feb-19

Emissions from the U.S. electric power sector projected to remain mostly flat through 2020 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Today in Energy, EIA, DOE, 11-Feb-19

NASA finds enormous meteorite crater under Greenland ice, skynews, via MIT Technology Review, 12-Feb-19

8-Feb-19

Climate News

The last five years have been Earth's warmest since records began, MIT Technology Review, 7-Feb-19

2018 fourth warmest year in continued warming trend, according to NASA, NOAA, 6-Feb-19

2018 Continues Warming Trend, As 4th Hottest Year Since 1880, New York Times, 7-Feb-19

8-Story Tower Collapses in Istanbul, New York Times, 7-Feb-19

Measles, Mostly Eliminated as Threat Is Now an Emergency in the Northwest, New York Times, 7-Feb-19

5-Feb-19

Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers by 2100, New York Times, 4-Feb-19

In India, Summer Heat May Soon Be Literally Unbearable, New York Times, 17-Jul-18

Global Warming in South Asia: 800 Million at Risk: New York Times, 28-Jun-18

Chasing the Apocalypse - Nuclear tourism traces the impressions of unimaginable devastation in remote Nevada desert, Real Life, Via MIT Technology Review, Starfish Prime Test Interim Report, test was in 1962 [submitted by Tom Ryan]

Indonesian earthquake broke a geologic speed limit, Science, 4-Feb-19 [submitted by Greg Stark]

4-Feb-19

The World Might Actually Run Out of People, Wired via MIT Technology Review, 4-Feb-19

3-Feb-19

Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy?, New York Times, 30-Jan-19 (informative article about China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI))

Behind China's $1 Trillion Plan to Shake Up the Economic Order, New York Times, 13-May-17

Drain the Oceans: Villains of the Underworld, National Geographic video, submitted by Abby DeCann, In her email, Abby wrote ".They discuss the sinking and destruction of the pirate city of Port Royal on the Jamaican coast.[on June 7, 1692] One of the topics that is discussed is liquefaction (minutes 16-18).." , The Port Royal segment begins at around 1:15 minutes and extends to 23:4. Its a great combination of history and natural disasters.

New video of Brazil dam burst, CNN, submitted by Andrew Sanford (Andrew originally sent me a Portuguese (I think) version, this is an English version.

1-Feb-19

Earthquake in slo-mo, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 29-Jan-19

Hurricane Katrina's aftermath included spike in heart disease hospitalizations, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 31-Jan-19

The Smog Is So Bad, It Prompts Criticism of Thailand's Junta New York Times, 31-Jan-19

29-Jan-19

Extratropical volcanoes influence climate more than assumed, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 28-Jan-19

As climate warms, plants will absorb less CO₂, study finds, Science Tuesday, New York Times, 23-Jan-19

Earth's Magnetic Field Almost Collapsed 565 million years ago, MotherBoard via MIT Technology Review, 28-Jan-19

Glaciers Are Retreating. Millions Rely on Their Water, New York Times, 15-Jan-19

Australia suffers through searing temperatures as heatwave reaches its peak, CNN, 18-Jan-19

US intelligence chiefs reveal gulf with Trump on North Korea, Iran and ISIS, CNN, 29-Jan-19

27-Jan-19

Brazil dam collapse: Death toll rises as mining company facies criticism, CNN, 27-Jan-19

$6 billion settlement reached in Brazil mining disaster, CNN, 2-Mar-16

Large volcanic eruption in Scotland may have contributed to prehistoric global warming, Natural Disasters News, ScienceDaily, 24-Jan-19

Chernobyl's Toughest Fix, Impossible Engineering, Science Channel, one video, 3-Jan-19

The EBRD's mission in Chernobyl, The New Safe Containment (NSC), European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), 15-May-16

09-Jan-19

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