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Pacifica Resident Linked to Triple Shooting at Quantico

2013-03-24 15:52:30| IT Services - Topix.net

By Bay City News Service Two Marines involved in a shooting at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia on Thursday have been identified as Bay Area residents, according to the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Global nitrogen availability consistent for past 500 years linked to carbon levels

2013-03-21 17:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: A Kansas State University research team has found that despite humans increasing nitrogen production through industrialization, nitrogen availability in many ecosystems has remained steady for the past 500 years. Their work appears in the journal Nature. "People have been really interested in nitrogen in current times because it's a major pollutant," said Kendra McLauchlan, assistant professor of geography and director of the university's Paleoenvironmental Laboratory. "Humans are producing a...

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Rat linked to Fukushima power outage

2013-03-20 18:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: A rat may have caused this week's power outage at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, says the Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco). The company suspects the rodent may have caused a short-circuit in a switchboard, triggering the power cut. "We have deeply worried the public, but the system has been restored," Tepco spokesman Masayuki Ono was quoted as saying by AFP news agency. Two years ago a massive quake-triggered tsunami caused meltdowns at the plant. The plant was brought...

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