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For humans, eelgrass not always greener
NEWPORT BEACH — Some call it a weed. A scourge on the bay. Others, mainly fish, can't live without it.
Eelgrass, a type of seagrass found throughout Southern California bays, lines the shore in many parts of Newport Harbor and provides refuge...Tags: Science and Technology, Science, California, Lifestyle and Leisure, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Discover Catalina just offshore
"26 Miles (Santa Catalina)," sung by the Four Preps in 1958, helped make Santa Catalina Island a national household name. Many recreational boaters and passengers on the Catalina Flyer will travel the 26 nautical miles from Newport Harbor to Avalon. But...Tags: Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), San Diego (San Diego, California), San Clemente Island, Hurricanes, Weather
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Feels like summer (finally)
COSTA MESA — Shade, anywhere it was available, was the place to be Thursday as residents tried to cope with the first sweltering heat of the summer. Costa Mesa offered the local senior center as a cooling zone, and the community pool was open...Tags: Emergency Planning, Disasters and Accidents, Weather, Safety of Citizens, Sports
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Could another Hurricane Andrew surprise us?
If Hurricane Andrew were to threaten South Florida today, residents would get at least 36 hours advance warning — about 16 more than in 1992, thanks to improved tracking and projecting of a storm's forward motion. But officials at the National...
Tags: Palm Beach County, Hurricanes, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Tropical Weather, Weather Warnings
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The great Pacific garbage reality
For months, West Coast residents have been bracing for an onslaught of items drifting toward us since last spring's tsunami in northeastern Japan, which swept apartment buildings, cars, even entire villages, into the sea. Now we are seeing the first...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Beaches, Natural Disasters, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events
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Subtropical storm Beryl may reach land by Memorial Day
Subtropical storm Beryl is about to rain on the Southeast's Memorial Day parade. A tropical storm warning was in effect along the coasts of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina on Saturday, the National Weather Service announced, as the second named storm...
Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Weather
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Scientists observe 'tragic experiment' of tsunami debris
Jeff Larson has seen just about everything wash up on the shores of Santa Cruz: bottles, toys, shotgun shells, busted surfboards and fishing floats that looked like they had bobbed across the Pacific. When surging water driven by the magnitude 9.0...Tags: Earthquakes, Science and Technology, Car Tires, Japan, Maria Cantwell
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Disturbance off Florida could become Tropical Storm Beryl
Sun SentinelThe tropical disturbance off Florida’s east coast likely will grow into a tropical depression or storm over the weekend and possibly as soon as Friday. As of 3 p.m. on Friday, the National Hurricane Center gave the broad area of low pressure an...Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Hurricanes, Meteorological Disasters, Natural Disasters, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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NOAA: 4 to 8 hurricanes this season; disturbance bringing rain to South Florida
Ken Kaye's Storm CenterGovernment forecasters are calling for an average or slightly below average storm season, with 9 to 15 named storms, including four to eight hurricanes. They project that one to three of the hurricanes will be major, with winds greater than 110 mph.... -
NOAA predicts near-normal hurricane seasons
CNNDespite some early storms this year, forecasters Thursday predicted a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season with nine to 15 named storms, including four to eight hurricanes and one to three major hurricanes. Gerry Bell, lead hurricane season forecaster...Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Meteorological Disasters, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents
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Hurricane season 2012: Prediction calls for 'near normal'
The good news on the weather front is that Americans can expect a return to near-normal hurricane conditions this season. The bad news is that normal seems good only because recent years have been so tough. In predictions released Thursday, forecasters...
Tags: Jane Lubchenco, Natural Disasters, Meteorological Disasters, Hurricanes, Disasters and Accidents
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Genetically Engineered Salmon Move One Step Closer to Human Consumption
Channel 2 NewsThe U.S. Senate moved the country one step closer Thursday afternoon to something that the world has never seen before: approving a genetically modified, or GM, animal for human consumption. The Senate passed a bill approving reauthorization of the...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Elections, Science and Technology, Genes and Chromosomes, Allergies
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