Nuclear Jellyfish close Power PlantsJellyfish have prompted the shut-down of two reactors at a nuclear power plant in Scotland. Higher-than-average temperatures in the North Sea may be a factor.
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Nuclear Jellyfish close Power PlantsJellyfish have prompted the shut-down of two reactors at a nuclear power plant in Scotland. Higher-than-average temperatures in the North Sea may be a factor.
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Jun 29, 2011; 7:15 AM ETFirst Tropical Storm of the Year “Arlene” Forms in Southwest Gulf
Tropical Storm Arlene, which is spinning over the southwest Gulf of Mexico, became the first tropical system of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season Tuesday night.
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Maggots: A Creepy, Crawly Summer Surprise
Maggots will have good luck in some parts of the United States this year. St. Louis, Mo., has had close to twice the amount of average precipitation since the beginning of March. Erie, Pa., and Seattle, Wash., have both had more than one and a half times their average precipitation.
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Wild Weather Costs at Least $23 Billion with Hurricane Season Still Ahead
The damage this spring broke records. Last week, a report from Aon Benfield, a reinsurance company, estimated $21 or $22 billion in damage from severe weather so far this year.For comparison, the top estimate, $28 billion, is three times the 2011 operating budget for the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Men or Women- Who Does Lightning Strike More Often?From 1995 to 2008, lightning strikes killed 648 people in the U.S. according to Popular Science. Of those killed, 82 percent were male.
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North Dakota River Continues to FloodAt 7:30 a.m. today, the Souris River at Minot was more than 6 feet above its normal level. The river water needs to rise only 2 more feet to beat the historical record set in 1881.
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Wayward Penguin Lands in New ZealandA far-traveled Antarctic penguin has turned up on a New Zealand beach after having apparently taken a “wrong turn.”
This is the first sighting of an emperor penguin in New Zealand since 1967, according to the New Zealand Herald.
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What’s a Solstice and Where is Summer?For many of you, “summer started weeks ago,” but astronomical summer begins today for the Northern Hemisphere. Not to be forgotten, astronomical winter will begin for the Southern Hemisphere.
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Forty-Four Killed in Russian Plane Crash
A passenger jet crashed late on Monday in northwestern Russia, according to the Associated Press. The plane, en-route from Moscow, was on final approach to the Petrozavodsk airport, crashing a few hundred yards short of the runway.
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Humans Impacting Antarctica’s Marine Ecosystems
Although Antarctica is still the most pristine environment on Earth, its marine ecosystems are being degraded through the introduction of alien species, pollution, overfishing, and a mix of other human activities,“ said team member Dr. Sven Thatje of the University of Southampton’s School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) based at the U.K.’s National Oceanography Centre.
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