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Backers support three-continent Appalachian Trail
Organizers of an extension of the Appalachian Trail that spans two and will eventually link three continents are making progress stitching together the pieces of long pathway. At least symbolically, they’ve united North America and Europe through...Tags: Greenland, Atlantic Ocean, North America, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, National Parks
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No sign of tsunami after strong quakes felt off Indonesian coast
Associated PressTwo massive earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings for Indonesia on Wednesday, sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles. There were no signs of deadly waves, however, or serious damage, and a...Tags: Indonesia, Physiology, Bodies of Water, Earthquakes, Natural Disasters
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Pa. man sells beans grown at family's Costa Rica farms
waynesboro@herald-mail.comFranklin County, Pa., might be 2,000 miles from the community of Biolley in Costa Rica, but one man is using the county as a distribution hub for coffee beans grown at two mountainous farms operated by his brother. Ricardo Hernández of Greencastle, Pa.,...Tags: Costa Rica, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Environmental Issues, Bodies of Water, Forestry and Timber
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Atlantic Ocean saved Hagerstown from epic winter storm
davem@herald-mail.comRoofs collapsed in Connecticut, part of an airport hangar caved in near Boston, and people climbed onto roofs in Massachusetts to shovel about a foot of heavy snow off structures to prevent further damage from a winter storm this week that was one for the...Tags: Massachusetts, Atlantic Ocean, Bodies of Water, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Weather
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GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time. None was linked to that nation’s tsunami warning system, which underestimated...
Tags: Indonesia, Japan, Tsunamis, Bodies of Water, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Carbon dioxide in atmosphere did not break 400 ppm at Hawaii site
Carbon dioxide measurements in the Earth's atmosphere did not break the symbolic milestone of 400 parts per million at a Hawaiian observatory last week, according to a revised reading from the nation's climate observers. The National Oceanic and...Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bodies of Water, Science and Technology
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CO2 Milestone Tips Us Into 'Meltdown' Realm
The Hartford CourantLast week, the world got a case of sticker shock. For the first time in recorded history, the price of our energy-rich lifestyle hit the magic number of 400 parts-per-million carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. There's no politics involved in this number....Tags: Landforms, Bodies of Water, Glaciers, University of Connecticut
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Palm Beach County faces climate change challenges
Sun SentinelClimate change needs to start becoming a bigger factor in decisions about Palm Beach County transportation plans and development proposals, county officials said Tuesday. Raising roads near the coast to brace for sea level rise and considering pollution...Tags: Palm Beach County, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, Bodies of Water, Global Change
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Smith Islanders debate buyout offered by state
Superstorm Sandy barely laid a glove on Smith Island last fall, to hear residents tell it. Though storm-driven flooding damaged hundreds of homes in Crisfield and the rest of Somerset County, only a couple islanders got any water in their homes from the...
Tags: Ecosystems, John Tyler, Annapolis, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Real Estate
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Still adrift after the storm
First Hurricane Katrina took John Hoffmann Jr.'s home, which flooded, then exploded, and then burned. Next the storm took Hoffmann's job of 23 years washing dishes at Antoine's Restaurant, a position that vanished when the heavily damaged New Orleans...Tags: Judges, Politics, Mardi Gras, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Bodies of Water
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The year 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record
The United Nation’s weather agency has confirmed that 2012 was the ninth warmest year since record keeping began in 1850, and the 27th consecutive year that global land and ocean temperatures were above average. Last year exceeded the global...Tags: Ecosystems, Pacific Ocean, Typhoon Bopha (2012), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Environmental Issues
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Governor Rick Scott warns sequester puts Florida at risk in hurricane season
The federal sequester could hurt Florida's ability to recover after a hurricane because less money will be available to prepare the National Guard, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday. Further, he said National Guardsmen are to be furloughed and won't...
Tags: Rick Scott, National Hurricane Center, Layoffs and Downsizing, Tropical Storms, Global Change
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