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Recent news stories:
  • BBC News (August 23, 2011): 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
  • NYTimes (August 22, 2011): Oldest fossils of life
  • BBC News (August 16, 2011): Pacific Eel is living fossil
  • New York Times (June 6, 2011): Jellyfish -- SO much more...
  • BBC Mobile (May 29, 2011): Papua New Guinea Volcanic CO2 is natural ocean acidity lab -- corals disappear
  • SF Gate (May 26, 2011): Water Quality Report for Bay Area Beaches
  • SF Gate (May 18, 2011): Leopard Shark Die Off in South Bay
  • Time Magazine Online (May 12, 2011):
    Mississippi River Floods -- Who's in Control?
  • SF Gate (May 12, 2011):
    Near Half Moon Bay -- Fossil found of extinct gigantic bony-toothed sea bird with an 18-foot wings
  • National Geographic (Mar. 11, 2011):
    Honshu, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami News and Pictures
  • Hawke's Bay Today - New Zealand (Feb. 25, 2011):
    Christchurch earthquake strenghtened by interference/reflection
  • The Boston Globe -- Boston.com (Feb. 23, 2011):
    75 dead in Christchurch, New Zealand 6.3 aftershock
  • Associated Press (Dec. 23, 2010):
    Flooding and Mudslides in California Storms
  • San Jose Mercury News (Dec. 22, 2010):
    Water contamination at local beaches
  • Los Angeles Times (Dec. 4, 2010): 12-ft-long Oarfish washes ashore in Miami
  • Washington Post (Nov. 30, 2010): Mt Merapwi Mudflows up to 60 mph
  • SFGate (Nov. 29, 2010): Bahia Emerald -- Legal Battle over $925 million rock
  • English.news.cn (Nov. 22, 2010): 29 Chinese Coal Miners rescued
  • New York Times (Nov. 19, 2010): Europe Makes Strides in Saving Bluefin
  • USA Today (Nov. 19, 2010): Mt. Merapi death toll 275 (pyroclastic flows)
  • SFGate (Nov. 15, 2010): Thousands of Dead Jellyfish on Ocean Beach
  • SFGate (Nov. 13, 2010): NOAA's Ocean Explorer ship in port
  • CNN (Nov. 12, 2010): Indonesia's Mount Merapi Erupts Again
  • Reuters (Oct. 13, 2010): Chilean Gold and Copper Mine Catastrophe
  • SFGate (August 8, 2010): Largest wetland restoration project in US history!

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