Topic: NATURE - on March 13, 2011 at 10:54:00 PM CET
Vulkan Shinmoedake in Japan ausgebrochen
Nach Erdbeben, Tsunami und Atomunfällen jetzt auch noch das: Im Südwesten Japans hat heute der Vulkan Shinmoedake Asche und Gestein in die Atmosphäre geschleudert. Die Asche sei dabei bis in eine Höhe von 4000 Metern gelangt, teilten die Behörden mit.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 13, 2011 at 10:41:00 PM CET
Japan's Shinmoedake volcano spews ash and rock two days after quake
The Japanese weather agency has reported that a volcano in southern Japan began spewing ash and rock even as the country struggled to recover Sunday from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a warning Sunday that the Shinmoedake volcano resumed activity after lying dormant for a couple of weeks.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 13, 2011 at 2:30:00 PM CET
Confirmed deaths top 1,300
More than 1,300 people are confirmed dead from the devastating earthquake and tsunami which hit northeastern Japan on Friday..............
Miyagi Prefecture has confirmed 515 deaths in Higashi-matsushima, Kesen-numa and Sendai cities.
In the coastal town of Minami-Sanriku, most private homes and other structures have been washed away. About 10,000 people, or more than half the total population of 17,000, remain missing.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 13, 2011 at 12:30:00 PM CET
Media Tools > Japan - picasa
Mar 12, 2011 photos: 26 – 46 MB Public on the web
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Topic: NATURE - on March 13, 2011 at 10:08:00 AM CET
Japan earthquake how to protect yourself
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR SELF in 27 languages
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Topic: NATURE - on March 12, 2011 at 6:09:00 PM CET
Earthquake List for 10-degree Map Centered at 40°N, 145°E
Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks for the 10-degree Map Centered at 40°N, 145°E. Most recent events are at the top.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 12, 2011 at 4:37:00 PM CET
In quake zone, mortifying scenes of epic devastation
Kilometers from the ocean's edge, weary, mud-spattered survivors wandered streets strewn with fallen trees, crumpled cars, even small airplanes. Relics of lives now destroyed were everywhere — half a piano, a textbook, a soiled red sleeping bag.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 12, 2011 at 4:10:00 PM CET
Minami-Sanriku Machi - 10,000 people are missing Google Earth coordinates
Fuji TV: 10,000 people missing in tsunami-hit town of Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture (population: 17,800)
Fuji News Network [fnn-news.com]
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elpais.com -- NHK reports that 5,000 homes in Rikuzentakada City, Iwate Prefecture, have been flooded. In Arahama, 2,700 homes are missing. ---Positions of the Nuclear Power Plants near Fukushima
bbs.keyhole.com [kmz] ----Fukushima 3D map in Google Earth
maplandia.com -----Fukushima Google Satellite Map
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Japan raced to avert a nuclear meltdown today by flooding a nuclear reactor with seawater after Friday's massive earthquake left more than 600 people dead and thousands more missing. Towns in the country's northeast coast were literally wiped away by an ensuing tsunami, leaving countless people seeking shelter in the aftermath of the quake, which measured 8.9 on the Richter scale and was the country's strongest recorded quake. -- Lloyd Young 44 photos total) boston.com
Photos: Scenes from the earthquake
latimes.com
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Topic: NATURE - on February 15, 2011 at 11:08:00 AM CET
Russia's Fish Fight For Oxygen In St. Petersburg Ponds
Fish cluster at an ice hole, covered with thin pieces of ice, struggling for air in a pond in a park in St. Petersburg, Russia. As the long Russian winter drags on, fish in the ponds of St. Petersburg become increasingly desperate for oxygen, clustering in vast, thrashing masses at shrinking holes in the ice. Not only does ice block oxygen that could be diffused into the water from the air, but it also impedes sunlight from reaching oxygen-generating plants and algae in the water.
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Topic: NATURE - on February 2, 2011 at 9:33:00 AM CET
Heidi the cross-eyed opossum 'on diet to cure crossed eyes'
It is believed that Heidi's crossed eyes, which have made her an international sensation, could be a result of a bad diet when she was younger, which led to fat deposits forming behind her eyes.
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Topic: NATURE - on January 18, 2011 at 2:11:00 PM CET
Flood-hit Sri Lankan elephant calf found dead in tree
An image has emerged from Sri Lanka of a dead elephant calf stuck high in a tree after getting caught up in the country's fast-flowing floods.
The animal was found near the Galoya river, which rose 18ft (5.5m) above its normal height.
Local villagers alerted photographer Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa, who took the picture on Thursday.
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Topic: NATURE - on January 10, 2011 at 12:22:00 PM CET
'Unkillable' cow puts elderly man in hospital
An elderly Fort Pierce man's run-in with an apparently unkillable cow on New Year's Day sent him to the hospital in critical condition.
The drama unfolded Saturday when 70-year-old Oscar Wilcox was working on a fence at his St. Lucie County ranch, according to tcpalm.com.
When Wilcox's wife heard him scream, she drove to the pasture and saw the cow attacking him.
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