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U.N. nuclear agency sends new Fukushima expert mission

2013-10-04 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The U.N. nuclear agency said on Friday it would send an international team of experts to Japan later this month to look into efforts to clean up affected areas around the crippled Fukushima atomic power plant. Japan's nuclear regulator earlier ordered the operator of Fukushima to draft in additional workers if needed to plug leaks of radioactive water from its tanks and report within a week on steps taken to fight the crisis. The warning was the second in as many months issued to Tokyo Electric...

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U.S. Government Shutdown Threat Sends Oil Prices Near Three-Month Low

2013-10-04 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Christian Science Monitor: Investors fear even the temporary furloughing of hundreds of thousands of government employees will crimp a weak economic recovery and drive down demand for oil and gasoline. But that's only one piece of the puzzle. Potential boosts in supply are also putting downward pressure on oil prices. Warming relations between the US and Iran, and pursuit of a diplomatic solution in Syria portend a more stable situation in the oil-rich Middle East. In the US, a calm hurricane season has meant smooth and...

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Another Fukushima Leak Likely Sends More Contaminated Water into Ocean

2013-10-03 23:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: Another leak of radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear campus was reported Thursday, and some of the water may have have reached the plant's harbor on the Pacific Ocean. The water, which leaked out of a holding tank, contained 200,000 becquerels per liter of beta-emitting radioactive isotopes, including strontium 90. Levels of strontium 90 were found to be 6,667 times the legal limit, which is 30 becquerels per liter. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant's operator, said...

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Effect of climate change sends ocean health 'spiralling downward' faster than predicted

2013-10-03 12:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: Scientists have warned that climate change has sent the health of oceans "spiralling downward" faster than previously thought. A key international assessment of climate change last week revealed the oceans are absorbing much of the warming and unprecedented levels of carbon dioxide caused by human activity such as burning fossil fuels. Now experts are warning the impact of rising greenhouse gases combined with a range of other problems is far graver than previously thought. Oceans are being...

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