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Research ship returns from South Pacific voyage
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO - The Scrip ps Institution of Oceanography's research vessel Melville returned to San Diego Thursday after a 10-month expedition, most of it in the southern hemisphere. The vessel went on 11 research voyages during its deployment, in which...Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Research, Science and Technology, Marine Science, Natural Disasters
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Keeping the storm at bay
NEW YORK -- Let me propose an initiative for the next administration, starting with Day One: Get the nation started on the surge barriers, flood walls and other big infrastructure projects that can protect our coastal cities from being ravaged by the next...
Tags: New York City, Environmental Issues, Netherlands, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Manhattan (New York City)
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Anchorage to Host 2013 Arctic Ocean Symposium
Channel 2 NewsScientists from around the world have been invited to share research at a 2013 symposium on the Arctic Ocean's response to climate change. The Alaska Sea Grant Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is organizing the symposium scheduled for...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Bodies of Water, Ecosystems
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Is Sandy a taste of things to come?
CNNWe should not be surprised. That's the view of many climate scientists as they survey the destruction wrought by the superstorm that ravaged the Northeast this week. The melting of Arctic ice, rising sea levels, the warming atmosphere and changes to...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Population, Charity, Columbia University, Environmental Issues
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Hawaii Dodges Tsunami After 7.7 Quake Off Canada
CNNHONOLULU, Hawaii -- A tsunami warning for Hawaii, triggered by a powerful earthquake in Canada, proved nothing more than a pre-Halloween scare for thousands of people this weekend. "The tourists are doing their best Chicken Little impressions," one CNN...Tags: Halloween, CNN (tv network), Arts and Culture, Tsunamis, Natural Disasters
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Beaches closed after surfer killed in shark attack
L.A. NOWAuthorities ordered beaches near Vandenberg Air Force Base closed for 72 hours after a 39-year-old surfer was killed Tuesday in a shark attack.... -
Mailbag: Catamaran took him around the globe
John Conser of Costa Mesa, a designer and builder of the Conser 47 catamaran, greeted David Pollitt, proud owner of the Conser 47, Shearwater, upon David's completion of a three-year, solo circumnavigation around the world. "Congratulations, David, on...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Riviera Beach, Layoffs and Downsizing, Teaching and Learning, Thomas Paine
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Navy ships return to port after separate deployments
SAN DIEGO -- The guided-missile frigate USS McClusky and guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones returned to San Diego Tuesday following separate deployments. The McClusky combated drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea,...
Tags: Caribbean Sea, Military Equipment, Pacific Ocean, Missile Systems, Bodies of Water
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VIMS professor confirms accelerating sea level rise
Sea level rise in Hampton Roads and other points along the Eastern Seaboard is accelerating at unprecedented rates, according to new research announced Monday. John Boon, emeritus professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in Gloucester...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Hampton Roads, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Water, Gloucester Point
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SpaceX Dragon Capsule Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean
CNNThe unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California on Thursday, completing the first commercial flight to the International Space Station, NASA and company controllers reported. The SpaceX Dragon capsule landed at...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Manufacturing and Engineering, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Science and Technology, Technology
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El Niņo unlikely to stop more storms this season
El Niņo was supposed to rip storms apart and put a damper on the hurricane season, but it appears to be a no-show. As a result, there could be two or three more storms on top of an already bustling year. It leaves Florida more vulnerable, because October...
Tags: Tropical Storms, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Weather, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricanes
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Florida travel calendar for October
Check out festivals and events in October across the state.
View events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below:
Coming up this week
Through Nov. 12: Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, Walt Disney World. The...Tags: Edwin McCain, University of Miami, Foods and Beverages, Tourism and Leisure, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida)
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