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VIDEO Melting of the Thwaites Glacier could rewrite the global coastline
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✏ Japan’s earthquake shifted balance of the planet
Last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan has actually moved the island closer to the United States and shifted the planet's axis. The quake caused a rift 15 miles below the sea floor that stretched 186 miles long and 93 miles wide, according to the AP. The areas closest to the...- cybercore
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Overwhelmed by the scale of damage: Thousands more bodies found in Japan
1,000 bodies are found scattered across coastline; officials run out of body bags, coffins Link Removed- cybercore
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Japanese Struggling to Find Food and Water in Disaster Area
Link RemovedPeople look for food amid empty shelves in a shop in Fukushima on March 13, 2011 Officials with Japan's nuclear safety agency said early Sunday morning there is an emergency at another nuclear reactor at a quake-hit power plant. The agency says the cooling system at the number three...- whoosh
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'Virgin Mary' spotted in cliff face by startled tourist
A holidaymaker was stunned when she took a photograph of a craggy coastline and captured this spooky image - of the Virgin Mary. The hooded figure is seen holding her arms out-stretched in a cradling action sheltered beneath rocks at Newquay's Western Beach, Cornwall. Caroline and...- cybercore
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China oil spill after pipe blast 'worse than thought'
Efforts to clean up an oil slick continue in China, amid fears strong winds have dispersed the pollution more widely than previously been thought. Shipments of oil from the north to the industrial belt in the south have been disrupted since the accident. The oil spilled into the sea in North...- whoosh
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Gulf of Mexico oil cap funnels 6,000 barrels
A special cap funnelling oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill appears to be having some success, a US Coast Guard official has said. Adm Thad Allen said 6,000 barrels of oil were captured in the first 24 hours after the procedure commenced on Thursday. This represents between a third and a...- whoosh
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Gulf of Mexico oil leak 'worst US environment disaster'
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the worst environmental disaster the US has faced, a senior official has said. White House energy adviser Carol Browner also said the US was "prepared for the worst scenario" that the leak might not be stopped before August. BP is to try a new tactic after its...- whoosh
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'Top kill' BP operation to half US oil leak fails
The latest attempt to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil leak has failed, the oil giant BP has said. BP chief operating officer Doug Suttles said the firm was now shifting to a new strategy to stop the spill. In the failed procedure - known as "top kill" - the firm had been blasting waste material...- whoosh
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BP uncertain about success of latest oil operation
Oil giant BP says it is unsure whether its latest attempt to plug a gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has succeeded. Chief operating officer Doug Suttles said the "top kill" operation had not yet stopped the flow and it was preparing its next plan. Millions of gallons of oil have leaked...- whoosh
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