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Legacy of 1986 Chernobyl disaster seen in impact on region's forests

Aug 09, 2013 (UPI)

Radiation from Russia's 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster has had a lasting negative impact on the region's trees, a study suggests. While the worst effects in su...

Papua New Guinea opposition challenges asylum deal

Aug 03, 2013 (UPI)

Papua New Guinea's political opposition leader has restarted a legal challenge to Australia's detention center on Manus Island as the first group of asylum seek...

Dark tourism brings light to disaster zones

Aug 01, 2013 (AFP)

Before the huge tsunami virtually wiped it off the map in 2011, Rikuzentakata's pristine beach and luxuriant pine forests were a well-worn stop on Japan's touri...

Dutch providing Mexican Navy with bridge simulator system

Jul 30, 2013 (UPI)

A full-mission ship bridge simulator and desktop training stations are being provided to the Mexican Navy by Netherlands-headquartered simulation company VSTEP....

Sandy's offspring: baby boom nine months after storm

Jul 26, 2013 (AFP)

The lights go out, there is no television and the kids had been packed off to the grandparents. As they say in New York: "Waddaya gonna do?" When Superstorm San...

More steam in Fukushima reactor building: TEPCO

Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)

The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan said Tuesday steam had been spotted at the battered reactor for the second time in days, but level...

Nepal Army gets emergency bridge kits

Jul 21, 2013 (UPI)

Ready to assemble roadway bridges by Acrow Bridge have been supplied to Nepal by the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command. The modular bridges supplied part of...

NASA, International Space Agencies Note Benefits of Space Station during Disasters on Earth

Jul 19, 2013 (SPX)

The International Space Station (ISS) partner agencies released a statement Wednesday on the benefits of the space station during natural disasters on Earth. Fl...

The best defense against catastrophic storms: Mother Nature, say Stanford researchers

Jul 19, 2013 (SPX)

Extreme weather, sea level rise and degraded coastal systems are placing people and property at greater risk along the coast. Natural habitats such as dunes and...

Fukushima steam still baffling: TEPCO

Jul 19, 2013 (AFP)

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Friday it still did not know what caused steam seen inside a reactor building, nor why it was no l...

Rain no dampener for New Zealand cardboard cathedral

Jul 19, 2013 (AFP)

Sections of an innovative New Zealand cathedral being made from cardboard have gone soggy in the rain, but the project will still be completed next month, the A...

NASA Technology May Breathe Life, Safety Into Mines

Jul 18, 2013 (SPX)

A technology used by NASA to protect crews working around hazardous gases soon could be called on for a number of life-saving applications as well as the agency...

Long-forgotten seawall protected New Jersey homes from Sandy

Jul 18, 2013 (SPX)

Picture two residential beach communities on the New Jersey shore: Bay Head and Mantoloking, which sit side-by-side in Ocean County on a narrow barrier island t...

Man who battled Fukushima disaster dies of cancer

Jul 09, 2013 (AFP)

The former boss of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, who stayed at his post to try to tame runaway reactors after the 2011 tsunami, died of cancer on Tuesday, th...

Fukushima radioactive groundwater readings rocket

Jul 09, 2013 (AFP)

Toxic radioactive substances in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have rocketed over the past three days, its Japanese operator said Tuesday, ...

AW139 helicopters to perform emergency medical missions

Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)

Anglo-Italian helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland reports its AW139 intermediate twin-engine aircraft will be used for emergency medical missions in Australi...

REACTing to a crisis

Jul 03, 2013 (ESA)

Keeping all lines of communications open during a crisis is critical - and the Dublin Fire Brigade has shown how this can be done using satellite and hybrid tec...

RESCUE Consortium Demonstrates Technologies for First Responders

Jun 28, 2013 (SPX)

Gilat Satellite Networks reports that the RESCUE consortium, which operates as part of the MAGNET Program in the Office of the Chief Scientist of Israel, demons...

India rescue chopper crash death toll rises to 20

Jun 26, 2013 (AFP)

All 20 people on board a military helicopter were killed when it crashed in flood devastated northern Indian, the country's air force chief said on Wednesday. T...

India chopper crash kills 20 as flood rescue forges on

Jun 26, 2013 (AFP)

India's military vowed Wednesday to press ahead with evacuations from the country's flood ravaged north after 20 airmen and paramilitary members were killed whe...