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24-Apr-18

San Francisco's Big Seismic Gamble, New York Times, 17-Apr-18 [submitted by Nate]

Luck, Not Tougher Building Standards, Spared Mexico in Quake, The New York Times, 23-Sep-17

7-Apr-18

Indonesia declares state of emergency as oil spill spreads (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., BBC News, 3-Apr-18 [submitted by Dan Franks, GEOL3650]

1-Mar-18

The secret on the ocean floor, BBC News, 19-Feb-18

What Land Will be Underwater in 20 Years? Figuring it Out Could Be Lucrative, Science Times, New York Times, 23-Feb-18

Fortified but Still in Peril, New Orleans Braces for its Future, Science Times, New York Times, 23-Feb-18

Left to Louisiana's Tides, a Village Fights for Time, Science Times, New York Times, 23-Feb-18

Insects Feat on Louisiana Wetlands, Inviting the Gulf In, Science Times, New York Times, 24-Feb-18

27-Feb-19

Welcome to the Age of Climate Migration, Rolling Stone, 25-Feb-18

26-Feb-18

Cape Town Pushes Back 'Day Zero' As Residents Ease Off Water Use, New York Times, 21-Feb-18

20-Feb-18

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Volcano Erupted Today and the Photos Are Spooky as Hell, Gizmodo,

16-Feb-18

A Hot, Dry Winter in California. Could It Be Drought Again? New York Times, 15-Feb-18

Decline in Fertility, Below Even What Young Women Say They Want, New York Times, 15-Feb-18

15-Feb-18

A Spy's Guide to Climate Change, Opinion, New York Times, 15-Fe-19

Missing the Paris climate target by just a little means raising the odds of extreme weather by a lot, MIT Technology Review, 14-Feb-18

What the hell is a climate model - and why does it matter, Sustainable Energy, MIT Technology Review, 8-Feb-18

10-Feb-18

Apocalypse Not, Opinion, New York Times, 8-Feb-18

8-Feb-18

Earthquake Toll in Taiwan Rises to 8 As Aftershocks Keep the East on Edge, New York Times, 8-Feb-18

31-Jan-18

Cape Town water crisis

Satellite images show Cape Town's dwindling reservoir as the city slowly runs out of water, CNN, 31-Jan-18

Cape Town Scientist prepare for "Day Zero, News in Focus, Nature, 24-Jan-18

Running Dry in Cape Town, New York Times, 1-Feb-18

'Water scarcity' affects four billion people each year, News, Nature, 12-Feb-16

28-Jan-18

The EPA made a surprise move that could protect the world's largest salmon fishery, CNN Politics, 28-Jan-18

Bigger Avalanches Being Triggered by Climate Change, New York Times, 28-Jan-18

Volcano Known for Its Beauty Is Also a Killer, New York Times, 28-Jan-18 [Mount Mayon, Philippines]

26-Jan-18

Kodiak earthquake after shocks, Logan used the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program's Latest Quakes map to find the aftershocks within 100 km of the original epicenter. He found 129 aftershocks with magnitudes ranging from 2.8 to 5.3. This was yesterday. There are probably more now. [submitted by Logan Wieland]

In less than 3 months, a major international city will likely run out of water, CNN, 25-Jan-18

The trend continues, 2017 one of the hottest years on record, CNN, 18-Jan-18

Doomsday Clock Timeline, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 24-Jan-18

TV PSA from the 1950s, YouTube [submitted by Logan Wieland] Duck and Cover

increase in yield of nuclear weapons since WWII

23-Jan-18

Fighting Climate Change? We're Not Even Landing a Punch, New York Times, 23-Jan-18

Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern, New York Times, 18-Jan-18

U.S.G.S. Interactive Earthquake map, 7.9 magnitude earthquake 283 km SE of Kodiak, AK at a depth of 10 km, USGS, 23-Jan-18 [submitted by Logan Wieland]

Tsunami Advisories Lifted After Alaska Earthquake, New York Times, 23-Jan-18

Doomsday Clock Announcement, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 17-Jan-18

Know the Time - An Animation of Global Risk, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 23-Jan-18

18-Jan-18

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