EARTH NEWS FROM THE PRESS AT LARGE

New York Times: Tornado disaster in Oklahoma (23.05.2013)
Reuters: Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states (20.05.2013)
China Daily: 55 dead. 14 missing in South China storms (18.05.2013)
NBCNews.com: 6 dead, at least 14 missing as tornadoes rip through Texas (16.05.2013)
NBCNews.com: Cyclone Mahasen fizzles as it hits Bangladesh (16.05.2013)
China Daily: Rainstorms affect 196,800 people in E. China (12.05.2013)
Canada.com: Ice wall tears Manitoba homes and cottages apar (12.05.2013)
The Guardian: Mayon volcano eruption kills climbers in the Philippines (07.05.2013)
Reuters: Southern California wildfire nearly 60-percent contained (05.05.2013)
Digital Journal: Huge tornado ploughs through Italy causing damage (04.05.2013)
ahramonline: Saudi floods death toll rises to 20: civil defence (03.05.2013)
abc7: Afghanistan: Geological Hotspot for Destructive Earthquakes (29.04.2013)
Huffington Post: Quake In Sichuan Kills At Least 179, Thousands Injured (20.04.2013)
AFP: More than 12,000 affected by quake in Pakistan (18.04.2013)
The Guardian: 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits near Iran-Pakistan border (16.04.2013)
CBCnews: Strong Japan quake injures 23 (13.04.2013)
AP: Spring storm that killed 3 moving to the Carolinas (12.04.2013)
allAfrica: Kenya: Floods Leave 36 Dead, Property Damaged (11.04.2013)
International Business Times: Iran Earthquake: 37 Dead, 850 Injured, Hundreds Homeless (09.04.2013)
Merco Press: Death toll of 54 as torrential rain and flash floods hit La Plata and Buenos Aires (04.04.2013)
hindustantimes: 83 buried in a Tibet landslide (30.03.2013)
Earthquake-Report: Strong earthquake hits central Taiwan -1 death, 97 injured & much damage (28.03.2013)
ABS-CBN: 'Freak tornado' leaves 12 dead in Phillipines (27.03.2013)
AFP: Six killed, 11 missing in Indonesian landslide (25.03.2013)
The Guardian: Snow storms continue to disrupt power and transport across UK (23.03.2013)
AFP: Bangladesh tornado kills 20, injures 100: officials (23.03.2013)
RT: Kiev declares emergency after heavy snowfall (23.03.2013)
Herald Sun: Tornado, hailstorms kill at least 24, injure hundreds in China (21.03.2013)
CBS: 100 injured in Canadian blizzard highway wrecks (21.03.2013)
AFP: Brazil landslides claim at least 27 lives (20.03.2013)
The Windsor Star: Europe walloped with snow (15.03.2013)
BBC: New Zealand North Island hit by worst drought in 30 years (15.03.2013)
The Local: At least 20 hurt in 100-car autobahn pile-up (12.03.2013)
Huffington Post: Meteorite Streaks Across Russian Urals, Leaves At Least 400 Injured (15.02.2013)
NBCNews.com: Tornadoes wreck hundreds of homes in Mississippi & Alabama (11.02.2013)
ABC News: The Big Dig-out: New England, NY Slammed With Snow (10.02.2013)
BBC: Peru, Chile and Bolivia hit by floods after heavy rain (10.02.2013)
Channelnewsasia.com: Aftershocks stall aid efforts in tsunami-hit Solomons (08.02.2013)
The Himalayan: Heavy rain kills 34 in Pakistan: officials (06.02.2013)
Channelnewsasia.com: 8.0 quake strikes Solomons, sparks Pacific tsunami (06.02.2013)
Channelnewsasia.com: China's thick smog arrives in Japan (04.02.2013)
Channelnewsasia.com: Beijing issues warnings as smog continues (30.01.2013)
The National: Australian summer lurches from fire to floods (30.01.2013)
Reuters: Magnitude 6.8 quake shakes Chile, but no serious damage (30.01.2013)
StarAfrica.com: Mozambique flood toll rises to 40 and 100,000 displaced (27.01.2013)
AFP: S. Africa tries to capture thousands of runaway crocs (25.01.2013)
AFP: Indonesia bid to control rain to avert more flood (25.01.2013)
REnew economy: What's causing Australia's heatwave? (18.01.2013)
AFP: Australian observatory survives wildfire (14.01.2013)
CNN World: Snowstorm, fierce winds and deadly flooding thrash Middle East (09.01.2013)
UPI.COM: Record low temperatures in Bangladesh (09.01.2013)
Reuters: Cold snap grips China, traps 1,000 ships in ice (06.01.2013)
BBC: Australia wildfires - thousands stranded in Tasmania (05.01.2013)
AP: M7.5 earthquake shakes parts of Alaska, Canada (05.01.2013)
The News International: New Delhi suffers coldest day in 44 years (04.01.2013)
UPI.COM: Jan. 1 snow cover set U.S. record (03.01.2013)
UK Met Office: 2012 was the wettest year on record for England (03.01.2013)
AFP: Philippine storm death toll rises to 20 (30.12.2012)
Straits Times: 14,000 flee Malaysia floods, Paya Peda dam wall broken (27.12.2012)
USA Today: 3 dead as twisters, storms tear across U.S. (26.12.2012)
USA Today: Deadly snowstorm in Midwest snarls holiday travel (21.12.2012)
AP: Deep freeze, snowstorms hit Romania, Bulgaria (20.12.2012)
BBC: Deep Freeze Sweeps through Ukraine (19.12.2012)
Sri Lanka Watch: Massive showers - Colombo in crisis under floods (19.12.2012)
BBC: Cyclone Evan leaves trail of destruction in Fiji (18.12.2012)
The Guardian: Heavy snow keeps Balkans in deep freeze (11.12.2012)
RT: Dramatic twist: Typhoon Bopha to strike Philippines again (09.12.2012)
NASA: Satellite Provides 3-D Analyzation of Super-typhoon Bopha: "Full Catastrophe" (08.12.2012)
BBC: Japan earthquake sparks tsunami scare (07.12.2012)
Leopoldina: On the science-based communication of risks following the recent sentencing of Italian scientists (12.11.2012)
BBC: Burma earthquake: At least 12 feared dead (11.11.2012)
SFGate: Guatemala president: earthquake kills 39 (08.11.2012)
JMA: Flooding in southern India kills 25, displaces thousands (06.11.2012)
CNN World: Experts warn of superstorm era to come (31.10.2012)
New York Times: After the Devastation, a Daunting Recovery (31.10.2012)
VOA: Weather Forecast of Superstorm Sandy On Target (31.10.2012)
Bloomberg: Hurricane Sandy Threatens $20 Billion in Economic Damage (30.10.2012)
Huffington Post: Magnitude 7.7 quake strikes off Canadian coast (29.10.2012)
The Conversation: L’Aquila charges leave earthquake scientists on shaky ground (25.10.2012)
BBC: L'Aquila quake: Italy scientists guilty of manslaughter (22.10.2012)
AAAS: US appeal to Italian President of 29 June 2012 (21.10.2012)
The Telegraph: France assesses damage of Lourdes flooding (20.10.2012)
CNN: Landslide kills children in Peru's jungle (18.10.2012)
VOA: Pakistan floods kill hundreds, affect millions (17.10.2012)
The Nation: Bangladesh storm toll rises to 26 (13.10.2012)
CNN World: Landslide buries 18 schoolchildren in China (04.10.2012)
AsiaOne: Powerful typhoon Jelawat hits Japan mainland; 2 reported dead (01.10.2012)
SKY.com: Spain Flash Floods: Death Toll Rises To Ten (29.09.2012)
SKY.com: Clean-Up Under Way In York After Flood Misery (28.09.2012)
New York Times: Floods and Landslides Kill Dozens in North East India (24.09.2012)
AP: Powerful South American storm causes death, damage (20.09.2012)
BBC: Nigerian floods displace thousands (19.09.2012)
Boston.com: Typhoon batters 2 Koreas after drenching Japan (17.09.2012)
PressTV: Floods, landslides kill 45 people in northern India (15.09.2012)
ABC News: Guatemalan Eruption Sparks Massive Evacation Order (14.09.2012)
The Guardian: San Cristobal volcano eruption in Nicaragua forces evacuation (09.09.2012)
Reuters: Landslides, floods kill 29 in Vietnam - media (08.09.2012)
New York Times: Earthquakes in China Kill Dozens (07.09.2012)
Insurance Journal: Strong earthquake strikes Western Costa Rica (05.09.2012)
Algeria Press Service: Bad weather and road accidents: 20 dead, 56 wounded in 48 hours (02.09.2012)
BBC: Spain fires: Costa del Sol blaze 'mostly halted' (01.09.2012)
AFP: After drenching New Orleans, hurricane Isaac threatens dam (31.08.2012)
CNN: Strong offshore quake kills 1 in the Philippines (31.08.2012)
xinhuanet: DPRK recovering after typhoon Bolaven (30.08.2012)
Straights Times: 2nd typhoon pounds South Korea, kills 2 people (30.08.2012)
JPL: A Slow-moving Isaac Brings Flooding to Gulf States (29.08.2012)
PM News: Nigeria: Flooding kills 10, displaces 20,000 (27.08.2012)
Reuters: Two earthquakes in Iran kill 300 and injure 2,600 (12.08.2012)
The China Post: China reservoir collapse kills at least 10 (12.08.2012)
ABC News: Death toll from Philippines floods rises to 66 (11.08.2012)
BBC: Vast volcanic 'raft' found in Pacific, near New Zealand (10.08.2012)
NASA: Summer storm spins over Arctic (09.08.2012)
Straights Times: Typhoon causes widespread damage in China (09.08.2012)
UPI.COM: July temperatures set U.S. record (08.08.2012)
NSIDC: A most interesting Arctic summer (06.08.2012)
BBC: North Korea floods: Death toll raised, WFP sends food aid (04.08.2012)
Herald Sun: Typhoon toll rises as 300,000 flee in Asia (03.08.2012)
US Energy Info Admiin: US energy-related CO2 emissions in early 2012 lowest since 1992 (01.08.2012)
AFP: N. Korea flood death toll rises to 88: state media (28.07.2012)
NASA: Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt (24.07.2012)
TIMEWorld: Flash Floods Swamp Chinese Capital, Killing 37 (22.07.2012)
BBC: Vast acquifer found in Nambia could last for centuries (20.07.2012)
Reuters: Grain prices set records as U.S. drought, food worries spread (20.07.2012)
EC-JRC: Per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels (18.07.2012)
The Daily Star: Deadly megaquake on Lebanon's horizon (16.07.2012)
UDaily: Greenland glacier loses ice (16.07.2012)
Japan Today: Kyushu braces for more rain after at least 19 die (13.07.2012)
BBC: Russia flash floods: 144 killed in Krasnodar region (08.07.2012)
The Independent: Unrelenting US heatwave kills at least 30 people (08.07.2012)
Insurance Journal: Feared El Nino Weather Could Strike in Third Quarter: Climate Forecasters (06.07.2012)
The Muslim News: Nine people dead as flash floods hit northern Turkey (05.07.2012)
jacksonsun.com: Eastern US storms kill 13, cut power to millions (30.06.2012)
Jagran Post: Worst ever Assam floods create havoc in over 23 districts (30.06.2012)
Aljazeera: Scores killed in Bangladesh floods (29.06.2012)
The Local: Stockholm set for rainiest June on record (27.06.2012)
Chicago Tribune: More than 100 missing after Uganda landslide: government (26.06.2012)
news.com.au: Quake zone may become mass grave (13.06.2012)
msnbc.com: 224 homes destroyed in New Mexico wildfire (13.06.2012)
JakartaGlobe: Five Dead, Thousands Evacuated as Rain Pounds Taiwan (12.06.2012)
InquirerNews: Dozens in hospital after 6.0 quake hits near Turkish resort (10.06.2012)
ITAR-TASS: 9 Firefighters killed fighting Russion wildfire (07.06.2012)
BBC: New earthquake shakes Northern Italy - 10 dead (29.05.2012)
Reuters: Italy quake kills at least six, damages historic buildings (20.05.2012)
AFP: Worst drought in 50 years takes toll in northern Brazil (14.05.2012)
AFP: 40 die in Chinese hailstorm (12.05.2012)
Times of India: Flash flood in north Afghanistan kills at least 27 (11.05.2012)
Channelnewsasia.com: Japan to take control of Fukushima operator TEPCO (09.05.2012)
Reuters: At least 20 dead in Nepal flood, 44 missing (07.05.2012)
Nine News: Tornado kills teenager in Japan (07.05.2012)
news.com.au: Flash floods kill at least 27 at Afghan wedding, hundreds missing (07.05.2012)
AFP: Moscow swelters in record heat (30.04.2012)
RIA Novosti: Floods Hit Homes in Central Russia (21.04.2012)
ABC News: Mexico Volcano Spews Glowing Rock, Tower of Ash (20.04.2012)
The Telegraph: Chile earthquake shakes TV newsroom whilst on air (17.04.2012)
AFP: 7.0-magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea: USGS (16.04.2012)
AFP: Six dead after more than 100 tornadoes hit US (16.04.2012)
Reuters: At least five dead in Oklahoma as tornadoes pound Plains (15.04.2012)
GlobalPost: Indonesian earthquake makes the history books (14.04.2012)
Reuters: Avalanche buries more than 100 Pakistani soldiers (07.04.2012)
CNN World: Red Cross: 1,100 homes struck by Texas twisters (06.04.2012)
NASA: TRMM satellite sees tornadic Texas storms in 3D (05.04.2012)
Channelnewsasia.com: Typhoon-strength storm brings travel chaos to Japan (03.04.2012)
BBC: Fiji floods: State of emergency declared as rains continue (01.04.2012)
France24: Strong quake shakes Chile, no reports of deaths (26.03.2012)
msnbc.com: March 2012 has meant 6,000 US weather records broken so far! (26.03.2012)
ClimateCentral: Heat Wave Sizzles On, Toppling More Than 2,000 Records (17.03.2012)
AFP: UN says 145 'presumed dead' in Afghan avalanche (10.03.2012)
nzherald: Flash flooding causes chaos in Sydney (08.03.2012)
Herald Sun: Fears Wagga Wagga levee bank will fail as flood peak nears (06.03.2012)
AFP: Britain warns of widespread summer drought (20.02.2012)
The Telegraph: World's driest desert hit by heavy rains causing floods and mudslides (15.02.2012)
MIT: ‘Storm of the Century?’ Try ‘Storm of the Decade’ (13.02.2012)
The Telegraph: Europe deep freeze reaches North Africa as it claims more than 300 lives (06.02.2012)
Washington Post: 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Philippines kills 13, triggers landslides (06.02.2012)
France24: Deadly cold front continues as dam bursts in Bulgaria (06.02.2012)
digtriad.com: Thousands Of Australians In New South Wales And Queensland Cut Off By Floodwaters (04.02.2012)
UNISDR: Fiji declares 15 day state of disaster (03.02.2012)
New York Times: Food Crisis as Drought and Cold Hit Mexico (30.01.2012)
NASA: Biggest solar storm since 2005 pummels Earth (24.01.2012)
Times LIVE: Cyclone Funso kills 12 in Mozambique (23.01.2012)
NASA: What happened to all the snow? (19.01.2012)
Jakarta Globe: 25 Volcanoes Showing Abnormal Activity (17.01.2012)
abc NEWS: Rain Kills at Least 8 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (09.01.2012)
VOA: Thousands Flee Brazil Floods (06.01.2012)
The Telegraph: Philippines landslide kills dozens (06.01.2012)
Daily Mail: The day it was so windy the waterfall ran uphill: Britain battered by 106mph gales which leave two dead (05.01.2012)
Australian BoM: La Niña dominates the Bureau's Annual Climate Statement 2011 (04.01.2012)
BBC: Chile police investigate 'intentional' forest fires (04.01.2012)
Latin American Herald Tribune: Death Toll in Brazil Rainstorm Climbs to 93 (01.01.2012)
Associated Press: Cyclone Thane kills 42 on India's southeast coast (31.12.2011)
UK Met Office: Average December finishes a warm 2011 (30.12.2011)
NASA: New island forms in the Red Sea (23.12.2011)
asiaone: Hundreds of flood victims sue Thai premier, officials (21.12.2011)
AFP: Philippine storm toll passes 900 as cities prepare burials (20.12.2011)
Reuters: Texas drought kills up to half a billion trees (20.12.2011)
NASA: PHILIPPINES DEVASTATED BY TROPICAL STORM WASHI (19.12.2011)
SKY News: Flash Floods Kill More Than 650 In Philippines (18.12.2011)
AFP: Mexico unrattled one day after quake (12.12.2011)
THEBLAZE: ‘Off the Scale’ Winds Send Turbine Engine Up in Flames (09.12.2011)
BBC: Undersea mountains march into the abyss (06.12.2011)
BBC: New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact (02.12.2011)
asiaone: Hundreds of houses collapse in China quake (02.12.2011)
The Guardian: From Cairo to the Cape, climate change begins to take hold of Africa (01.12.2011)
RadioAustralia: Four dead, 30 missing in Indonesia landslide (30.11.2011)
Germanwatch: Pakistan and Guatemala mostly hit by weather extremes in 2010 (29.11.2011)
WMO: 2011: world’s 10th warmest year, warmest year with La Niña on record, second-lowest Arctic sea ice extent (28.11.2011)
TheStar: Earthquake swarm hits El Salvador, damaging homes (26.11.2011)
ColomboPage: Death toll reaches 17 in Sri Lanka storm, 33 missing (26.11.2011)
Reuters: Mexico suffers worst drought in 70 years (25.11.2011)
AFP: Chevron may be fined $145 mn over Brazil oil spill (23.11.2011)
xinhuanet: China reaffirms stance on climate change ahead of talks (22.11.2011)
AFP: Amazon countries vow to enhance conservation efforts (22.11.2011)
Reuters: Nebraska governor signs bills to reroute Keystone pipeline (22.11.2011)
NASA: A New Map of the Moon (18.11.2011)
Subsea World News: Scientists Find Parts of Megacontinent Gondwana in International Waters West of Australia (17.11.2011)
NASA: NASA Probe Data Show Evidence of Liquid Water on Icy Europa (16.11.2011)
CNN World: Thailand: Super-canal may prevent floods (16.11.2011)
AsiaOne: Taiwan deploys undersea quake warning system (14.11.2011)
The StarOnline: More than 1,000 die in Southeast Asia floods (10.11.2011)
BBC: Turkey earthquake: Rescue teams search for survivors (10.11.2011)
Channelnewsasia: Vietnam floods kill at least 100 (09.11.2011)
Japan Today: Tokyo starts radiation checks on city's food (08.11.2011)
BBC: Colombia mudslide deaths mount (07.11.2011)
The Guardian: Greenhouse gases rise by highest amount on record (04.11.2011)
Discovery News: Zombie Volcano or New Supervolcano? (03.11.2011)
arabnews.com: Oman storm kills 11 (03.11.2011)
ScienceNewslineNature: Geologists Find Ponds Not the Cause of Arsenic Poisoning in India's Groundwater (03.11.2011)
PattayaDailyNews: Electrocution warning as Thai flood toll spikes (02.11.2011)
ABC Radio: Sceptic's research confirms climate change (01.11.2011)
QUT: Technology makes storing radioactive waste safer (31.10.2011)
Channelnewsasia: Bangkok exodus as floods advance on city centre (28.10.2011)
InDepthNews: New Findings on Fukushima Nuke Disaster (27.10.2011)
UNICEF: Mekong flooding causes widespread damage in Viet Nam (26.10.2011)
NASA: A Crack in the Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf (26.10.2011)
BBC: Turkey earthquake: Aid lorries looted by survivors (26.10.2011)
Italian Life: Five Die as Storms Hit Northern Italy (26.10.2011)
TIME Science: After Turkey's Earthquake: When Will the World Wise Up About Natural Disasters? (25.10.2011)
AFP: Turkey, a country at seismic crossroads (24.10.2011)
Purdue University: Turkish earthquake devastation compounded by lax code enforcement (24.10.2011)
New York Times: Designing for Safety in Turkey and Other Earthquake Zones (24.10.2011)
Universidad Carlos III Madrid: Forest fires are becoming larger and more frequent (24.10.2011)
AlertNet: SE Asia floods show businesses unprepared for disasters - UN (20.10.2011)
environmentalresearchweb: Moon's shadow creates a wake (20.10.2011)
The Japan Times: China's unparalleled rise as a hydro-hegemon (19.10.2011)
Channelnewsasia: Strong quake in Bali causes injuries, panic (14.10.2011)
The Chosunilbo: Thailand Floods Worst in Five Decades (14.10.2011)
MailOnline: Scientists reveal why pressure builds inside 'super volcanoes' (13.10.2011)
NASA: New Type of Earth-Observing Satellite for Launch Readied (12.10.2011)
WHOI: Bacterial Communication Could Affect Earth's Climate (12.10.2011)
GSA: Critical Minerals Ignite Geopolitical Storm (10.10.2011)
TerraDaily: Ambitions in check on global climate deal (08.10.2011)
PattayaDailyNews: Bangkok’s neighbours shoulder flood burden (08.10.2011)
Ria Novosti: Russia sets priorities for federal space program (08.10.2011)
ASU News: Subtly shaded map of Moon reveals Titanium treasure troves (07.10.2011)
INDRA News: SPACE TECHNOLOGY TO DETECT HEAT ISLANDS (06.10.2011)
ESA: ESA finds that Venus has an ozone layer too (06.10.2011)
Channelnewsasia: Worst Cambodian floods in a decade kill 167 (06.10.2011)
NASA: Arctic Sea Ice Continues Decline, Hits 2nd-Lowest Level (04.10.2011)
Johns Hopkins APL: ERIS Could Resolve Climate Change Questions (04.10.2011)
Green Cross: Pacific typhoons highlight need for strong risk management (04.10.2011)
UNHCR: Chief warns that displacement crises multiplying, becoming more unpredictable (03.10.2011)
BBC: Arctic ozone loss at record level (03.10.2011)
Europlanet: A Big Discovery on a Little Space Rock (03.10.2011)
UMichigan: Rising carbon dioxide levels at end of last ice age not tied to Pacific Ocean, as had been suspected (03.10.2011)
ULeicester: Tenerife geology discovery is among 'world's best' (03.10.2011)
JakartaGlobe: US, Indonesia Sign $30m Debt-for-Nature Swap (30.09.2011)
AFP: Myanmar suspends dam project after rare outcry (30.09.2011)
Japan Times: Many Nara, Wakayama towns lack mudslide maps (30.09.2011)
ABS-CBNnews: Philippines struggles in wake of killer typhoon (29.09.2011)
Herald Sun: Canary Islands after earthquake triggers volacano fears (29.09.2011)
Scripps News: Novel Method for Measuring Global Photosynthesis Rate (28.09.2011)
ABC News: 60 dead, 4 million affected in India floods (27.09.2011)
CGIAR: Major River Basins Have Enough Water to Sustainably Double (26.09.2011)
YALE environment 360: The Big Payback from Bringing Back Peat Bogs (26.09.2011)
The Japan Times: Typhoon Roke leaves 12 dead nationwide (23.09.2011)
Washington Post: Rescuers reach some villages in India cut off by powerful quake as death toll passes 100 (22.09.2011)
Channelnewsasia: China flood deaths rise to 90 (22.09.2011)
UPI.COM: Myanmar stands firm on Myitsone dam (22.09.2011)
NCAR: Scientists probe Indian Ocean for clues to worldwide weather patterns (22.09.2011)
The Guardian: Himalayas earthquake brings home urgency of securing glacier lakes (22.09.2011)
The Guardian: Carbon capture progress has lost momentum, says energy agency (22.09.2011)
UPI.COM: Delay climate treaty until 2015? (21.09.2011)
NPL: New calibration satellite required to make accurate climate change prediction (21.09.2011)
Helmholz Centre: If insurance companies pay out too often, farmers will be threatened with ruin in the long term (20.09.2011)
BBC: Italy scientists on trial over L'Aquila earthquake (20.09.2011)
Brown University: Continents influenced human migration, spread of technology (19.09.2011)
The Himalayan: Sikkim Quake - Rains hamper rescue work (19.09.2011)
Channelnewsasia: S.Korea minister blames blackout on weather, reports (18.09.2011)
Channelnewsasia: China takes over as US solar power firms fail (18.09.2011)
DLR: Vesta - an asteroid full of surprises (16.09.2011)
JapanToday: Japan to build floating wind farm near Fukushima nuclear plant (16.09.2011)
CNN World: 26 die from floods in India (16.09.2011)
muslimmatters: A humanitarian disaster the world is just waking up to (15.09.2011)
NASA: Kepler Mission Discovers a World Orbiting Two Stars (15.09.2011)
Channelnewsasia: Tsunami protection wall for Japan atomic plant (15.09.2011)
CEIP: World’s leading nuclear power companies adopt principles of conduct (15.09.2011)
U of Edinburgh: Health fears allayed over CO2 storage (14.09.2011)
Straits Times: Vietnam floods, landslide kill 6, damage homes and destroy crops (14.09.2011)
LATimes: Rising sea levels could take economic toll on California beaches (14.09.2011)
NIST: Double Jeopardy: Building Codes May Underestimate Risks Due to Multiple Hazards (13.09.2011)
ESA: Herschel paints new story of galaxy evolution (13.09.2011)
hindustantimes: Tsunami warning centre should be global hub: Deshmukh (12.09.2011)
THE HILL: US NRC staff calls for speedy evaluation of earthquake, flood risks at nuke plants (12.09.2011)
Swiss Re: Catastrophes cost the insurance industry USD 70 billion in the first half year of 2011 (09.09.2011)
vivanews.com: Artificial Rain Readied to Handle Forest Fire (09.09.2011)
AFP: Deadly floods hit US northeast in wake of Irene (09.09.2011)
UMiami: Using 61 Years of Tropical Storm Data Scientists Uncover Landfall Threat Probabilities (09.09.2011)
UCLA: Can scientists look at next year's climate? (09.09.2011)
Cardiff University: 800,000 years of abrupt climate variability (09.09.2011)
NCAR: Switching from coal to natural gas would do little for global climate, study indicates (08.09.2011)
NASA: NASA Sees 4 Tropical Cyclones in the Atlantic (08.09.2011)
NOAA: La Niña is back (08.09.2011)
Miami Herald: Strong building codes can save lives (08.09.2011)
Texas A&M: Tree Rings Reveal Forest Fires From Hundreds Of Years Ago (07.09.2011)
UCAR: Detailed global portrait of greenhouse gases emerges from pole-to-pole flights (07.09.2011)
Bristol University: Where does all the gold come from (07.09.2011)
Yomiuri Shimbun: Typhoon No. 12 caused deep-seated landslides (07.09.2011)
NASA: Spacecraft Observes New Characteristics Of Solar Flares (07.09.2011)
xinhuanet: Satellites improve disaster monitoring efficiency in China (06.09.2011)
ESA: Ultrafast substorm auroras explained (06.09.2011)
ABC News: Five million caught in Pakistan monsoon floods (06.09.2011)
ABC News: Grim search after 37 die in Japan typhoon (06.09.2011)
Reuters: Austin-area wildfire burns a record 476 homes in Texas (06.09.2011)
UN: Horn of Africa food crisis remains dire as famine spreads in Somalia (05.09.2011)
BBC: Iran arrests saltwater lake protesters (04.09.2011)
Scripps News: How Extremely Warm Were the Last Two Notoriously Cold Winters? (01.09.2011)
JPL: Aquarius Makes First Ocean Salt Measurements (01.09.2011)
AFP: Irene damages to US more than $10 bn: firm (31.08.2011)
NASA: Extreme 2010 Russian Fires and Pakistan Floods Linked Meteorologically (30.08.2011)
ISECG: Space Agencies Meet To Discuss A Global Exploration Roadmap (30.08.2011)
StarAfrica: Ugandan villagers reel from mudslide tragedy (30.08.2011)
HIMB: Scientist creates new hypothesis on ocean acidification (29.08.2011)
Nigeria Newsline: Flooding kills 20 in southwestern Nigeria (29.08.2011)
The Economist: Seasons of discontent (27.08.2011)
UNISDR: Bridging the gap between climate scientists and disaster risk reduction experts (27.08.2011)
Green Cross: Drought, water scarcity shows world needs global governance for protecting watercourses (26.08.2011)
U of Notre Dame: Astrophysicists identify missing fuel for Galactic star formation (25.08.2011)
ESA: Arctic shipping routes open (25.08.2011)
Computerworld: Christchurch City Council assesses its quake response (25.08.2011)
Chicago Tribune: 1 million dead in 30 seconds (25.08.2011)
TerraDaily: Newly discovered Icelandic current could change climate picture (24.08.2011)
Astrobiology Magazine: New Candidate for Oldest Fossils (24.08.2011)
AFP: Denmark moves forward on North Pole claim (23.08.2011)
environmentalresearchweb: Map shows giant fjords beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet (22.08.2011)
CSIRO: Galaxies are running out of gas (22.08.2011)
environmentalresearchweb: Climate projections don't accurately reflect soil carbon release (19.08.2011)
Space Daily: Magnetic Storms Affect Humans As Well As Telecommunications (19.08.2011)
New York Times: Mapping Antarctic Ice In Motion (18.08.2011)
NASA: Spacecraft Sees Solar Storm Engulf Earth (18.08.2011)
EMPA: Fudging in greenhouse gas stats? (18.08.2011)
NOAA: National Weather Service taking action to build a 'Weather-ready' nation (17.08.2011)
MIT: Breathing new life into Earth (16.08.2011)
LiveScience: Top 10 Surprising Results of Global Warming (16.08.2011)
The Daily Galaxy: The Supernova Closest to Earth --A Glowing Ring 6 Trillion Miles in Diameter (14.08.2011)
Care2: Alaskan Volcano Could Be Gearing Up For Big Explosion (13.08.2011)
UCAR: Arctic ice melt could pause in near future, then resume again (11.08.2011)
cnet news: Tsunami broke off Manhattan-size bits of Antarctica (09.08.2011)
National Geographic: Major Deep-Sea Smokers Found—"Evolution in Overdrive" (08.08.2011)
Reuters: Power companies prepare as solar storms set to hit Earth (06.08.2011)
GFZ: La Niñas distant effects in East Africa (05.08.2011)
Astrobiology Magazine: The Odds for Life on a Moonless Earth (04.08.2011)
NASA: NASA Spacecraft Data Suggest Water Flowing on Mars (04.08.2011)
Yale: Better Desalination Technology Would Help Solve World’s Water Shortage (04.08.2011)
Chiang Mai Mail: Northern Thai floods kill 13 (01.08.2011)
NASA: The Medvezhiy glacier, located in Tajikistan, advances quickly (30.07.2011)
CSIRO: War on willows (29.07.2011)
JPL: NASA Satellite tracks Northeast African Drought (28.07.2011)
Reuters: South Korea landslides: Seoul residents warned over exposed landmines (28.07.2011)
AsiaOne: Storm kills 25 in Philippines (27.07.2011)
IRIN: Heavy rains hamper Myanmar shelter construction (26.07.2011)
IRIN: Erratic weather triggers landslides, deaths in Nepal (25.07.2011)
LATimes: The politics of earthquakes (24.07.2011)
CHINADAILY: Provinces invest in disaster prevention (20.07.2011)
EPFL: Deep below the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (19.07.2011)
The Telegraph: Japanese tsunami stood at 132.5ft (18.07.2011)
msnbc.com: Radioactive decay fuels Earth's inner fires (17.07.2011)
New York Times: Drought: A Creeping Disaster (16.07.2011)
Daily Mail: Scientists capture atmospheric signature of tsunami in discovery that could lead to early warning system (15.07.2011)
CNN World: Do natural disasters boost economic growth? (14.07.2011)
UNISDR: Halfway through 2011, estimated economic losses already USD265 billion – DRR needed more than ever, says UN (14.07.2011)
Scripps News: Loss of Large Predators Has Caused Widespread Disruption of Ecosystems (14.07.2011)
HSNW: Understanding deadly tornadoes (13.07.2011)
Saigon-gpdaily: US senators seek safeguards on Mekong dams (07.07.2011)
Scripps News: Scripps Researchers Discover New Force Driving Earth's Tectonic Plates (06.07.2011)
CSIRO: Future fire – still a wide open climate question (05.07.2011)
BBC: Japan finds rare earths in Pacific seabed (04.07.2011)
PressTV: Death toll in Chittagong landslide hits 17 (03.07.2011)
Channel6News: Tropical Storm Arlene kills at least 10 in Mexico (03.07.2011)
JPL: La Niña's Exit Leaves Climate Forecasts in Limbo (29.06.2011)
Scientific American: Storm Warnings: Extreme Weather Is a Product of Climate Change (28.06.2011)
environmentalresearchweb: Call for improved 'environmental intelligence' (27.06.2011)
Associated Press: Tropical Storm Meari leaves 15 missing in Philippines; floods subside in metro Manila (25.06.2011)
ITAR-TASS: Duma passes draft law on unified state environmental monitoring (18.06.2011)
BBC: Fatal floods hit China forcing over 500,000 to flee (17.06.2011)
NPR: Advanced Tornado Technology Could Reduce Deaths (17.06.2011)
BBC: Powerful cosmic blast as black hole shreds star (16.06.2011)
JPL: Recalculating the Distance to Interstellar Space (15.06.2011)
NSO: Major drop in solar activity predicted (14.06.2011)
ALJAZEERA: Russia builds first floating nuclear plant (14.06.2011)
JPL: New Insights on How Solar Minimums Affect Earth (14.06.2011)
Channelnewsasia.com: China warns of more rain after deadly floods (13.06.2011)
Bloomberg: Volcanic Ash Disrupts Air Travel Across Southern Hemisphere (13.06.2011)
NASA: Satellite views of ash cloud entering ANZ air space (13.06.2011)
Khaleej Times: In Kabul, air pollution a bigger killer than war (11.06.2011)
France24: Medvedev alarmed over tonnes of 'dangerous' waste in Russia (09.06.2011)
NASA: New Lunar Eclipse Video Released (08.06.2011)
National Geographic: Solar Flare Sparks Biggest Eruption Ever Seen on Sun (08.06.2011)
UPI.COM: Arab Spring 'aids Sahara solar power plan' (08.06.2011)
Raytheon: Satellite Downlink in Antarctica for Critical Weather Systems Completed (07.06.2011)
environmentalresearchweb: Manufacturing emissions – is the producer or consumer nation accountable? (06.06.2011)
asiaone: 21 miners in China confirmed as dead (06.06.2011)
CERN: CERN experiment traps antimatter atoms for 1000 seconds (05.06.2011)
The Guardian: Global warming crisis may mean world has to suck greenhouse gases from air (05.06.2011)
environmentalresearchweb: Climate service organizations 'are an essential resource' (02.06.2011)
environmentalresearchweb: Tohoku quake coincided with sky 'anomalies' (02.06.2011)
NASA: New NASA Salt Mapper to Spice Up Climate Forecasts (02.06.2011)
France24: German decision has France pondering nuclear future (31.05.2011)
Spiegel Online: Germany to Phase Out Nuclear Power by 2022 (30.05.2011)
New York Times: Groundwater Depletion Is Detected From Space (30.05.2011)
IEA: Prospect of limiting the global increase in temperature to 2ºC is getting bleaker (30.05.2011)
UWIS-Madison: Human impacts of rising oceans will extend well beyond coasts (27.05.2011)
UPI.COM: Earthquake statement leads to charges (27.05.2011)
xinhuanet: China's Fengyun-3B satellite goes into official operation (26.05.2011)
PennState: Significant Role of Oceans in Onset of Ancient Global Cooling (26.05.2011)
AFP: Greenpeace warns of radioactive sea life off Japan (26.05.2011)
AFP: Radiation fears surround France's old uranium mines (26.05.2011)
New York Times: Evidence of Water Beneath Moon’s Stony Face (26.05.2011)
ESA: Satellite observations show potential to improve ash cloud forecasts (26.05.2011)
bayoubuzz: 100-Year Storm Risk Reduction Elevation Map Released For Louisiana (25.05.2011)
Smithsonian: Scientists discover the largest assembly of whale sharks ever recorded (25.05.2011)
EPI: Cancer Now Leading Cause of Death in China (25.05.2011)
ABC Science: Bacteria creates hail stones: study (25.05.2011)
CHINADAILY: Call for tsunami warning system (25.05.2011)
CHINADAILY: Eyes on East Asian future (25.05.2011)
Scripps News: West Coast Radar Network is World's Largest (24.05.2011)
ESA: GMES Masters seeks innovative uses for Earth observation data (24.05.2011)
BBC: Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images (24.05.2011)
New York Times: NASA to Abandon Mars Spirit Rover (24.05.2011)
NASA: GOES-13 Satellite Video Close-Up of Deadly Joplin, Missouri Tornado (23.05.2011)
The Independent: Weather disasters in the poorest nations 'have trebled since 1980s' (23.05.2011)
WMO: Update: La Niña Episode Coming to an End (23.05.2011)
Harvard-Smithsonian CfA: Kepler's Astounding Haul of Multiple-Planet Systems (23.05.2011)
msnbc.com: 12-mile-high ash plume shuts main Iceland airport (22.05.2011)
Hindustan Times: Thunderstorm, rain kills 37 in North India (21.05.2011)
ABC News: Huge waves swamp Fiji hotel rooms (20.05.2011)
New York Times: China Admits Problems With Three Gorges Dam (20.05.2011)
BBC: Instruments saw Japan quake lurch (19.05.2011)
MIT: Atmosphere Above Japan Heated Rapidly Before M9 Earthquake (18.05.2011)
NatureNews: So many lonely planets with no star to guide them (18.05.2011)
The Telegraph: Scientists discover habitable Earth-like planet (17.05.2011)
WMO: Global preparedness for Space Weather Hazards (17.05.2011)
BBC: Quakes 'could rupture glacial lakes' (16.05.2011)
FairwindsAssociates: Fukushima - One Step Forward and Four Steps Back as Each Unit Challenged by New Problems (13.05.2011)
BBC: Mining to blame for islands to sink beneath waves (13.05.2011)
New York Times: British Parakeet Boom Is a Mystery, and a Mess (13.05.2011)
Associated Press: How one Japanese village defied the tsunami (13.05.2011)
WMO: Taskforce recommends new climate services framework to save lives, (12.05.2011)
Science Alert: Understanding emotional responses to climate change (12.05.2011)
xinhuanet: No immunity to disasters (12.05.2011)
New Scientist: Fossil raindrops reveal early atmospheric pressure (11.05.2011)
New Scientist: Crocodiles swam the Atlantic to reach America (11.05.2011)
BBC: UK leads space disaster charter (11.05.2011)
Daily Mail: Drifting apart: Amazing underwater photos that show the growing gap between two tectonic-plates. (11.05.2011)
cnet news: Photopic Sky Survey: See stars like never before (10.05.2011)
Reuters: Did human activities cause the Mississippi River flood? (10.05.2011)
The Guardian: La Niña and global warming blamed as torrential rains swamp Colombia (10.05.2011)
TerraDaily: Economic risks of disasters soar over $1.5 trillion: UN (10.05.2011)
LATimes: Scientists surprised by Genesis mission's solar wind data (09.05.2011)
The Guardian: A global databank could warn of natural disasters (08.05.2011)
FINCHANNEL.COM: Early warning systems offer best hope for disaster prevention (06.05.2011)
xinhuanet: China ups disaster preparedness following devastating Wenchuan quake (06.05.2011)
Associated Press: Japan to halt 3 nuke reactors over quake concerns (06.05.2011)
New York Times: Synopsis of US Tornadoes (05.05.2011)
Associated Press: Report sees sharper sea rise from Arctic melt (03.05.2011)
NSF: TeraGrid: Paying it forward in the wake of disaster (02.05.2011)
Physics Today: Safety reviews, not shutdowns, are ordered in the wake of Fukushima (01.05.2011)
Climate Central: Tornado Outbreak Raises Climate Change Questions (29.04.2011)
SciDevNet: Modest volcano-monitoring 'can still save lives' (27.04.2011)
BBC: Volcanic ash air shutdown the 'right' decision (25.04.2011)
NASA: NASA And Partners Fund New Climate Impact Studies On Species And Ecosystems (22.04.2011)
BBC: Ozone hole 'changes Southern Hemisphere weather' (21.04.2011)
New York Times: Tsunami Warnings, Written in Stone (20.04.2011)
Caltech: Caltech Researchers Use GPS Data to Model Effects of Tidal Loads on Earth's Surface (15.04.2011)
IDG News: Person Finder a personal success for one Google worker (15.04.2011)
WSJ: The Man Who Predicted the Tsunami (09.04.2011)
BBC: New York set to be big loser as sea levels rise (08.04.2011)
ars technica: Yellowstone volcanic plume much larger than expected (08.04.2011)
LATimes: Cleaning up Japan's radioactive water could take decades (07.04.2011)
CNN World: Researchers: Hawaii may get hit with trash from Japan's tsunami (07.04.2011)
LATimes: Richard Branson's Virgin Oceanic sub to feed deep-sea data to Google Earth (07.04.2011)
VOA: Crisis at Japan Nuclear Plant Shifts to New Blast Risk (06.04.2011)
CNN World: Utility: Radioactive water leak from reactor stopped (05.04.2011)
UK Met Office: Climate experts join international health conference (05.04.2011)
The Telegraph: Panic is the main risk when disaster hits (29.03.2011)
MailOnline: The ghost trees of Pakistan: Spider webs cocoon branches in creepy after-effect of floods (28.03.2011)
AlertNet: Japan's agony offers key lessons to an increasingly vulnerable world (22.03.2011)
SDSC: Cyberinfrastructure to Meet Peak Demand for Emergency Data in Rural Areas (21.03.2011)
WMO ZAMG: Japanese weather in the crisis region (21.03.2011)
Smarter Technology: SMARTER CITIES SIMULATING JAPAN-SIZED TSUNAMIS (20.03.2011)
U World News: Research cannot predict the worst - expert (20.03.2011)
New York Times: Lessons From Chernobyl for Japan (19.03.2011)
JMA: The '2011 off-the-Pacific-coast of Tohoku Earthquake' portal (18.03.2011)
Reuters: Japan dumps water on overheating reactor (17.03.2011)
Time: After a Disaster, What Defines a Country's Resilience? (16.03.2011)
Reuters: Japan scrambles to pull nuclear plant back from brink (16.03.2011)
Scripps News: Ancient 'hyperthermals' guide to anticipated climate changes (16.03.2011)
Reuters: Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe (15.03.2011)
Sheffield U: Unique new map shows earthquake risks on humanity (14.03.2011)
Reuters: Second blast strikes Japan plant, core safe (14.03.2011)
MIT: Cellular Technology That Told Japan An Earthquake Was Coming (13.03.2011)
New York Times: Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Months, Experts Say (13.03.2011)
Discovery News: Japan Evacuates Space Station Control Center (13.03.2011)
New York Times: Quake Moves Japan Closer to U.S. and Alters Earth’s Spin (13.03.2011)
DigitalGlobe: Satellite Images of Japan (12.03.2011)
CNN World: Quakes not increasing, but human risk is (12.03.2011)
Swissinfo.ch: Switzerland commits to long-term Pakistan aid (07.03.2011)
ABC Radio: Pakistan still under 'stinking water': UNDP head (03.03.2011)
Smithsonian: Why are vines overtaking the American tropics? (14.02.2011)
Bangkok Post: Saving Lives is Amazingly Simple! (13.02.2011)
New York Times: Cold Jumps Arctic ‘Fence,’ Stoking Winter’s Fury (24.01.2011)
Time: Brazil's Murderous Floods: A Disaster Foretold (13.01.2011)
Reuters: Scientists see climate change link to Australian floods (12.01.2011)
UN: SRI LANKA: Record rains increase urgency of climate change adaptation (12.01.2011)
BBC: Philippine floods kill 40 and affect one million people (12.01.2011)
Australian BoM: An extremely wet end to 2010 leads to widespread flooding across eastern Australia. (08.01.2011)
UN: Australia floods demonstrate rising cost of damage in the face of “new normal” (29.12.2010)
NASA: GOES-13 image of the Massive East Coast Low (27.12.2010)
UN: Heavy snows in Europe underline need to prepare for climate (13.12.2010)
World Bank: Pakistan Floods 2010 - Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment (30.11.2010)

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