Russia appears prepared to create “environmental havoc” by sailing unseaworthy oil tankers through the Baltic Sea in breach of all maritime rules, says Swedish foreign minister
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More than 11,000 evacuated in northern Indonesia as Ruang volcano erupts
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4.8 earthquake in central New Jersey; felt in Philadelphia, New York
Comment box Scope: personal anecdote Tone: neutral Opinion: yes? Sarcasm/humor: none I assume everyone in the New York/New Jersey/eastern PA/maybe northern Delaware area just felt their buildings...
Comment box
- Scope: personal anecdote
- Tone: neutral
- Opinion: yes?
- Sarcasm/humor: none
I assume everyone in the New York/New Jersey/eastern PA/maybe northern Delaware area just felt their buildings shaking.
That was a 4.8 magnitude earthquake originating near Lebanon, NJ (a ways west of Edison). You can look at the details from the US government's earthquake tracking website.
I've never felt an earthquake before, so that was something. I thought the people above me had turned on a motorcycle or something. I had no clue what could shake the building like that. Then it dawned on me. Not the place you expect these things. (I'm sure the Californians find this cute!)
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Dozens trapped in tunnels after Taiwan’s strongest quake in twenty-five years kills at least nine
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Phoenix passes historic ordinance giving outdoor workers protection from extreme heat
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Iowa fertilizer spill kills nearly all fish across sixty mile stretch of rivers
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Sulfur dioxide pumped out by the erupting volcano on Iceland is currently traveling across northern Europe – scientists concerned it could impact the ozone layer
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Connecticut, USA wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil-fuel projects
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A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland after another volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula – the fourth since December
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Hydropower can be an environmental and human disaster – but do the risks have to be so big?
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One of the world’s biggest cities may be just months away from running out of water
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Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela
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Iceland plans to buy out home owners in volcano-struck town of Grindavík – total cost of the buyout could be as much as $440 million
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The spiralling cost of insuring against climate disasters – rising home premiums are a de facto ‘carbon price’ on consumers as extreme weather events become more frequent
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Border collies run like the wind to bring new life to Chilean forest after fire
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State of emergency has been declared in Iceland after lava from a volcanic eruption damaged key hot water pipes
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New report shows that a crowded historic neighborhood suffered disproportionate casualties in Lahaina Hawaii fire
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Category 6 hurricanes have arrived
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Attempts to plant new Joshua Trees after destructive fires assisted by load carrying camels
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Grindavík in Iceland now lies empty. Its people have fled and are beginning to face up to the realisation they may never be able live there again.
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Norway hit by hurricane-force winds – is climate change making Europe's extreme storms worse?
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A landslide of contaminated soil threatens environmental disaster in Denmark. Who pays to stop it?
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Iceland battles a lava flow – countries have built barriers and tried explosives in the past, but it's hard to stop molten rock
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Iceland residents of Grindavík, first evacuated in November, have been told to evacuate again after volcanic fissures opened
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As Houthi missiles block the Suez, drought depletes the Panama Canal
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Japan's 7.6-magnitude earthquake lifted land out of the sea, extending parts of its coastline by as much as 820 feet
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Powerful quake rocks Japan, nearly 100,000 residents ordered to evacuate
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Hooked on volcanoes? Tourists vie to catch Iceland's eruptions.
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Inside Fukushima Daiichi
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After 800 years, volcanic activity has returned to Reykjanes – Andri Snær Magnason reflects on the Icelandic relationship with volcanoes
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Eruption has started in Iceland
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Why is the Colorado River running dry?
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‘Green roads’ are plowing ahead, buffering drought and floods
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US emergency risk index used for allocating disaster prevention and mitigation spending ignores coastal Washington tsunami risk and other predictable disasters
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Weather extremes threaten food security (2012)
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In the face of mounting climate risks, the US insurance safety net is falling apart
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Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises − a geologist explains eruptions in the land of fire and ice
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Icelandic authorities are building protective walls around a geothermal power plant in the country's southwest to protect it from possible lava flows
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Iceland volcano won't spew more carbon than humanity – social media is once again filling up with such claims, as it always does when volcanoes make news
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Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes raised fears of a Fagradalsfjall volcanic eruption
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Denmark is preparing to make a significant pledge toward a new climate disaster fund, breaking ranks with other developed countries
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Copenhagen is moving away from concrete and asphalt and towards softer, “spongier” settlements that work with the natural flow of the water cycle
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Swarm of earthquakes in Iceland heralds next volcanic eruption – scientists say rise in seismic activity confirms south-west region is in buildup phase
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Drought in Amazon Rainforest makes water level in Manaus sink to just thirteen meters, the lowest since records began
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Geiranger in Norway, where a fissure growing in the side of a cliff could dislodge a rockslide so powerful it unleashes a deadly tsunami
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Use of weather derivatives surges as extreme climate events rock the globe
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Greenland's Inuit falling through thin ice of climate change – one of the planet's most important ecosystems teetering on the edge of collapse
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Europe’s water crisis: How supplies turned to ‘gold dust’
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Growing fire risks, rising insurance costs, home owner concerns, spell opportunity for fire hardening and prevention industry
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Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake: ‘Trying to avert disaster’
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