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World’s race for economic growth threatens Greenland’s pure white wilderness
Posted by Observer: Stephen Pax Leonard on April 2nd, 2011
Observer: Part of the appeal of coming to the north of Greenland, I have no qualms in saying, was to discover the remnants of a way of life that might be labelled "exotic". However, it would be misleading to suggest that all the Polar Eskimos here belong to a culture which could be called "hunter-gatherer". Nowadays, the majority of the people in Qaanaaq live as we do with more or less the same amenities. Seventy-two people own a hunting licence in the Thule region and most of those are part-time hunters....
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Japan PM tells Fukushima nuclear plant workers to hold firm
Posted by Guardian: Justin McCurry on April 2nd, 2011
Guardian: Japan's prime minister, Naoto Kan, has told workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to hold firm in the belief that disaster can be averted, as highly radioactive water continued to seep into the sea.
Nuclear officials' discovery of a crack in a concrete pit at the number two core could offer an explanation for the flow of contaminated water that has jeopardised the operation to calm the reactors and raised fears about radiation finding its way into the sea and soil near the facility....
Australia: Future cyclones will hit harder: Scientist
Posted by Cairns Post: Daniel Bateman on April 2nd, 2011
Cairns Post: Cyclones could become more intense and move slightly further south by the end of the century, a new study has found.
But, despite plaguing this year's wet season, they will become far less frequent.
University of Melbourne climate scientist Dr Kevin Walsh has used computer models to simulate the formation of cyclones over the next 90 years.
His research will be presented at the Greenhouse 2011 conference in Cairns next week.
The week-long conference will feature a presentation from Climate...
Radioactive water from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant is leaking into sea
Posted by Guardian: David Batty on April 2nd, 2011
Guardian: Radioactive water from Japan's quake-striken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is leaking into the sea, its operator said.
The 20cm (8in) crack in a containment pit under reactor two may be the source of recent radiation in coastal waters, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) officials said.
Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy director-general of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, said Tepco was planning to pour concrete into the pit to seal the crack, which may have been leaking since the magnitude 9.0...
Radioactive Water Leaking From Crippled Japan Plant
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 2nd, 2011
Associated Press: Japan's prime minister surveyed the damage in a town gutted by a massive tsunami, as officials said Saturday that highly radioactive water was leaking into the sea from the nuclear plant stricken by the disaster.
The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex has been spewing radioactivity since March 11, when a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing wave knocked out power, disabling cooling systems and allowing radiation to seep out of the overheating reactors.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan went to the plant...