On August 29 2005, Hurricane Katrina unleashed lasting damage to New Orleans and numerous other coastal communities, particularly in Louisiana and Mississippi. As one of the deadliest natural disaster in the United States’ history, and with thousands displaced, the resulting human suffering was immense. The hurricane also caused serious environmental impacts. There were numerous oil and chemical spills, and sewage treatment systems were overwhelmed.
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The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference is to be held December 11 in Paris, France. The avowed goal of this conference is to reach a comprehensive, binding agreement on climate change bringing together all the world’s nations.
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The weekend of November 28th, people everywhere are coming together for two weeks of action calling for climate justice and an end to carbon pollution. There’s going to be thousands of events around the world culminating in a mass mobilization in Paris on Dec 12th.
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A new map of Earth's groundwater supply shows where on the planet water is locked up and "hidden" underground.
Groundwater is the source of the world's second-largest collection of freshwater, according to the National Ground Water Association. (The planet's primary source of fresh water comes from glaciers and ice caps.)
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On the heels of the news from NASA that October’s global temperature this year spiked more than any other month in 135 years, virtually assuring that 2015 will be the warmest year on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday that their data showed similarly remarkable numbers.
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NASA recently released a study suggesting that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is gaining more ice than it is losing — a finding that, at first blush, seems to contradict the idea of global warming. So, how can Antarctica be gaining ice mass in a warming world where ice sheets are collapsing and the melting is predicted to increase sea levels across the globe?
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Nicaragua's Momotombo volcano has erupted for the first time since 1905.Although volcanoes can experience periods of dormancy and activity, very little is known about why a volcano might stay quiet for 110 years and then rumble back to life, said Erik Klemetti, a volcanologist at Denison University in Ohio.
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