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Sun fires off fourth major solar flare of the week--more expected
There she goes again! The same region of the sun that brought you three powerful solar flares in a 24-hour span from Sunday night to Monday evening let loose Tuesday night with another explosive flash of ultraviolet radiation and sent tons of its own...
Tags: NASA, Astronomy, Solar Storms (2012)
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Global warming ruins SoCal Mother's Day
News flash: Global warming hits California! That’s right -- the Golden State has become the Golden Baking State, with temperatures soaring into the triple digits. For example, in Johnny Carson’s “beautiful downtown Burbank” on...
Tags: Al Gore, Weather, Global Warming, Conservation, Ecosystems
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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: Bodies of Water, Global Warming, Oceans, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues
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Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crosses historic threshold
WASHINGTON -- The ratio of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has surpassed 400 parts per million in an average daily reading at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, the highest concentration of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in millions of...
Tags: Natural Disasters, China, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Weather, Global Warming
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Long Beach aquarium exhibit peers into ocean's dark depths
The Aquarium of the Pacific's newest exhibit introduces visitors to an eerie world beyond the reach of sunshine: the bottom of the ocean, a strange seascape of crushing pressure, volcanic fissures and an abundance of cryptic creatures. The Wonders of...
Tags: Petroleum Industry
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Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up
Marine biologist Dan Madigan stood on a dock in San Diego and considered some freshly caught Pacific bluefin tuna. The fish had managed to swim 5,000 miles from their spawning grounds near Japan to California's shores, only to end up the catch of local...
Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Stony Brook University, Long Island, Japan, Science
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Common plants, animals threatened by climate change, study says
WASHINGTON -- Climate change could lead to the widespread loss of common plants and animals around the world, according to a new study released Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study’s authors looked at 50,000 common species....
Tags: Weather, Global Warming, Conservation, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues
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20-foot boat that drifted to California is tsunami debris
The barnacle-covered boat with Japanese lettering spent 758 days at sea before it drifted onto a Northern California beach. Nearly three weeks after the 20-foot boat washed ashore in Crescent City, about 20 miles south of the Oregon border, the National...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Tsunamis, Japan
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Japanese boat first confirmed tsunami debris in California
A 20-foot boat that washed ashore earlier this month in Northern California has been confirmed as the first debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami to reach the state. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, working with the Japanese...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Tsunamis, Japan, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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New teaching standards delve more deeply into climate change
The politically touchy topic of climate change will be taught more deeply to students under proposed new national science standards released Tuesday. The Next Generation Science Standards, developed over the last 18 months by California and 25 other...
Tags: Labor Markets, Students, Global Warming, Teaching and Learning, Science
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Geomagnetic storm could hit Earth this weekend
A geomagnetic storm may be on its way this weekend, and it could be dazzling. Forecasters at NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center say there is a good chance that there will be a geomagnetic storm, or a disturbance in the Earth's magnetic field, this...
Tags: NASA, Astronomy
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San Francisco: Exploratorium set to reopen at triple the size
The wait is almost over. The Exploratorium, which spent its first 44 years in a dim exhibit hall at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, will reopen Wednesday (April 17) in a new, light-filled home on the Embarcadero. The self-described 21st century...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Science and Technology, Museums, SunPower Corp.
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