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A Year Later: Remember Japan's Disaster
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Sunday marks the first anniversary of Japan's Tohoku earthquake and tsunami—a disaster that killed 16,000 people, left nearly 4,000 missing, triggered one of the world's worst nuclear disasters, and dealt a staggering blow to the Japanese economy. Here's a brief … Continue reading
Live Coverage: 7.4 Aftershock Hits Japan; Tsunami Warning Lifed
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Update 11:30 a.m. The tsunami warning for Japan has been lifted. Earlier post Tsunami warning in effect for the same northeast coast area so badly hit by a previous tsunami a few weeks ago. A one-meter (3 foot) wave is … Continue reading
Interview: Atmospheric Scientist Says No Risk to Californians From Japan Radiation
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Stephanie Martin interviews Dr. Charles Zender on Japan radiation risk Using the seven-point scale applied to nuclear accidents, Japan has retroactively raised the severity of the current crisis from a four to a five. That means, by definition, the incident … Continue reading
Live Coverage: Japan Nuclear Crisis
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Latest from AP: TOKYO – One week after an earthquake and tsunami spawned a nuclear crisis, the Japanese government conceded Friday it was slow to respond to the disaster and welcomed ever-growing help from the United States in hopes of … Continue reading
Japan Nuclear Fallout and the Risk to California
Update March 18: New interview on Japanese radiation risk with atmospheric physics researcher. Earlier post It's human nature I suppose to view catastrophes like those hitting Japan, initially at least, through a self-protective lens. Thus, when I woke up this … Continue reading
Live Coverage: Japan Nuclear Crisis
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After the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, Japan is now in the midst of a third terrifying crisis: radiation release from a crippled nuclear power plant. Use the following news resources for up-to-the minute updates on events. NHK English live stream … Continue reading
Japan's New Crisis: Fighting to Avert a Nuclear Disaster
Japan has barely begun responding to Friday's earthquake and tsunami, and already the government has been forced to focus on a potential new catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (Daiichi can be translated, by the way, as "first" … Continue reading
Japan Aftermath in Pictures
We're huge fans of Boston.com's Big Picture blog, a site dedicated to finding and presenting (in large format) some of the most amazing photographs documenting global news events, big and small. Have a look at the images they've pulled together … Continue reading
How to Help Japan
If you're interested in donating money or time to the relief efforts in Japan following this week's devastating earthquake and tsunamis, here's a list of just a few of the organizations with programs dedicated to the cause: American Red Cross … Continue reading
