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Team Trying to Predict Detailed Hurricane Locations and Losses [1]

With hurricane season once again upon us, you may find it beneficial to check out an interesting new alternative information source.
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La Nina's Return May Lead to More Hurricanes and Drought [6]

The short-lived El Nino pattern of 2006-2007 is likely already transitioning to a La Nina pattern, NOAA officials said Feb. 28, 2007.
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Environmental Refugees: Demographic and Other Resources [8]

Key resources of studies and statistics for human angles on environmental stories.
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Planning & Growth [9]
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People & Population [10]
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International [12]
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Environmental Refugees: U.S. and World Examples [13]

Disasters create hundreds of thousands of environmental refugees in U.S and the World.
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Special Year 2008 Look-Ahead: Environmental Refugees Grow in Numbers [14]

E-refugees grow in numbers, reflect threats to safety, security.
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Natural Resources [15]
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Reports and Studies Map Hazards Posed by Tsunamis, Hurricanes [16]

Spurred by recent tsunami and hurricane disasters in the US and around the world, NOAA, USGS, and other government agencies are taking a closer look at the hazards lurking on US shores.
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Floods and Drought in NOAA Forecast [17]

A wet, snowy winter has set the table for spring flooding in much of the eastern US and a few western states. NOAA published a forecast on March 20, 2008, of the areas most likely to get swamped. Among the states at risk are "much of the Mississippi River basin, the Ohio River basin, the lower Missouri River basin, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, most of New York, all of New England, and portions of the West, including Colorado and Idaho."

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Anyone With a Computer Might Be an Earthquake Scientist [18]

Early news about a pending citizen science project has drawn such an overwhelming response that the project's leaders are now declining to talk about it further until its formal launch, potentially in July 2008. The public response suggests it'll be of great interest to some in your audience when it becomes official. Meanwhile, you can learn more online, and get on the notification list for the launch date.

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USGS Updates Earthquake Maps [19]

Updated USGS earthquake maps may lead you to fresh local stories.
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Guru Predicts More Hurricanes [20]

Hurricane experts at Colorado State have upped the number of hurricanes they predict this season.
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Source: AFP [21], 08/05/2008

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