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Hanna's latest shift is good news for Florida
Sentinel Staff WriterShoved around by unfriendly winds, Tropical Storm Hanna now looks to bypass Florida and take aim at the Carolinas. Central Florida could feel some of the distant cyclone's gusts tonight and Friday, forecasters warned. But officials at Kennedy Space...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Kennedy Space Center, Weather Reports, Tropical Weather, Bodies of Water
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19-Square-Mile Ice Sheet Breaks Loose In Canada
Associated PressA chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday. Derek Mueller, an...Tags: Glaciers, Landforms, Bodies of Water, Colleges and Universities, Coral Reefs
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New Orleans levee system still vulnerable, officials say
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs Hurricane Gustav bore down Sunday on New Orleans, top officials at the Army Corps of Engineers said that despite repairs and reinforcements, the 350-mile levee system still might not be able to fully protect the city. The earth and concrete levees are...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Contracts, University of Maryland, Hurricane Gustav, Natural Disasters
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Can levees withstand new surge?
Tribune NewspapersAs Hurricane Gustav bore down on the Louisiana coast Sunday, top officials at the Army Corps of Engineers said they have done everything possible to protect the city, but they acknowledged that the storm could be bigger than their hurricane protection...Tags: Tropical Weather, Bodies of Water, National Hurricane Center, Weather Statistics, Contracts
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Plan now or we'll 1 day be called Lake Florida
Special to the SentinelTropical Storm Fay passed over Florida for five days and left untold billions of gallons of water, creating massive damage and unknown millions of hours of cleanup. Had Hurricane Gustav not changed his path and passed over Florida, Lake Florida would have...Tags: Bodies of Water, Georgia, Tropical Storms, Rhode Island, Coral Reefs
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Arctic ice shrinks to second-lowest level ever
Arctic sea ice, which melts partly during each polar summer, has shrunk more this year than in any on record except for 2007, the National Snow and Ice Data Center has found. Scientists said the data provided more ominous indications that a global...Tags: Global Warming, Weather Reports, Bodies of Water, James V Hansen, Coral Reefs
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Lake Okeechobee sees record rise after Tropical Storm Fay
South Florida Sun-SentinelTropical Storm Fay's statewide soaking gave drought-strained Lake Okeechobee its biggest one-week boost on record, and the water keeps coming. The lake rose more than 2 feet thanks to the rain Fay delivered on its six-day slog across Florida, the South...Tags: South Florida Water Management District, Hurricane Fay, Lake Okeechobee, Bodies of Water, Tropical Storms
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State climate panel urges action
The state Commission on Climate Change is urging comprehensive action to reduce air pollution, get ready for a warming climate and prepare for rising water along Maryland's vulnerable coastline. In a report released today, the panel urged Gov. Martin O'...Tags: Bodies of Water, Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, Conservation, Energy Saving
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The latest 'great game' involves Indian Ocean
This battered harbor town on Sri Lanka's southern tip, with its scrawny men selling even scrawnier fish, seems an unlikely focus for an emerging international competition over the energy supply routes that fuel much of the global economy. An impoverished...Tags: Missile Systems, Robert Gates, Bodies of Water, Natural Disasters, Defense
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World Briefing
GUATEMALA Abducted American girl, 3, freed Police freed a 3-year-old U.S. girl kidnapped in Guatemala in a raid on the home where she was being held, killing three men and two women in a gun battle, authorities said. The girl was not harmed in the...Tags: Police Arrests, Kidnapping, Crimes, Justice System, Police
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Arctic Ocean ice hits 2nd-lowest level on record
The Associated PressMore ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global-warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at its second-lowest level in about 30 years. The National Snow and Ice Data...Tags: Bodies of Water, Coral Reefs, NASA
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Bush proposes protections for Pacific islands, atolls and reefs
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPresident Bush on Monday signaled his intention to protect some of the Pacific Ocean's most remote and unspoiled islands, atolls and coral reefs from fishing and deep-sea mining. In a memo to three Cabinet secretaries, the president asked for a plan that...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Georgia, Coral Reefs, Petroleum Industry, Lobbying
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