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Buddhists Remember Japan's Tsunami Victims

SOMA, Japan -- Buddhist priests in black and gold robes chanted and rang bells Thursday to mark the 49th day since Japan's massive tsunami when the dead are believed to end their restless wandering through the devastated coastline. About 1,200 mourners filled a hall to overflowing, with many standing outside a gate, for a...

Borehole Finds Open Space Where Missing Idaho Miner May Be

BOISE, Idaho -- A pocket of open space behind tons of collapsed rock and debris has added some optimism to the search for a missing silver miner, despite dangerous conditions that are forcing rescuers to take a much longer route toward where he is trapped. Workers who have been digging through the boulders, twisted wires...

5 Asian Nuclear Reactors Face Tsunami Risk

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The skeleton of what will soon be one of the world's biggest nuclear plants is slowly taking shape along China's southeastern coast - right on the doorstep of Hong Kong's bustling metropolis. Three other facilities nearby are up and running or under construction. Like Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant...

Earthquake Shakes Australia, New Zealand

BRISBANE, Australia -- Moderate earthquakes rattled parts of Australia and New Zealand on Saturday, including the devastated city of Christchurch where power was cut to thousands of homes, officials said. No major damage was reported from either quake, and no tsunami warning was issued. The magnitude-5.2 quake that...

Japan Rattled by Strong Aftershock 1 Month After Tsunami

SENDAI, Japan -- A strong new earthquake rattled Japan's northeast Monday as the government urged more people living near a tsunami-crippled nuclear plant to leave, citing concerns about long-term health risks from radiation. The magnitude 7.0 aftershock came just hours after people bowed their heads and wept in somber...

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China Sinkhole Forces Hundreds To Evacuate

More than 800 villagers have been evacuated after land sank in southern China's Guangxi province, which is known for its karst topography.

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'Giving The Mining Companies The Option To Seize Our Family Cabin'

ST. PAUL, Minn. A panel of top Minnesota officials approved the sale of 77 mineral rights leases Thursday to four companies that want to prospect for copper and other valuable metals in the state's scenic northeast, overriding the objections of home and cabin owners.

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06/02/12 Alaskans mark 100th anniversary of big volcano Source: USA Today Pumice chunks still dot the beaches of Kodiak Island across Shelikof Strait.
06/02/12 South Texas county wary as oil boom settles in Source: Lancaster Farming - Ephrata PA Sitting in the bank manager's office, the man turned to his wife.
06/02/12 Consumers go for low purity gold jewellery as rupee... Source: Business Standard Consumers have started demanding 14-carat gold jewellery that was unheard of until recently, as a depreciating rupee pegs up the domestic price of the yellow metal.
06/02/12 50 years later, Centralia still burns Source: Daily News - Lebanon PA Fifty years ago, nearly 2,000 people lived in this town just north of the Schuylkill County line in Columbia County.
06/02/12 Pa. to remain center of gas drilling, experts say Source: Columbus Telegram - Columbus NE Like a runner who's gotten a big head start in a race, experts say Pennsylvania may be set to dominate natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale region for many years.

Background on earth sciences

Earth science (also known as geoscience, the geosciences or the Earth sciences) is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth.

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