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‘Miguel Bloombito’ Mocks New York Mayor’s Attempts at Spanish During Irene

In its wake, Hurricane Irene, well, left behind a lot of water, and most importantly, Señor Miguel Bloombito.

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Alaska’s ‘Orange Goo’ Answer: Eggs

These aren’t the kind of eggs you want to scramble or serve sunny side up, that much officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration know.

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Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: Drought-Stricken Texas Town to Recycle Urine

We all know that recycling is a good thing. But recycling sewage water?

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With Hollywood’s Powers Combined, a ‘Captain Planet’ Movie Will Hit Theaters

Fans of 1990′s television will be excited to hear that the Ted Turner-created Captain Planet and the Planeteers could soon be jumping from the small, not-high-definition screens in your memories to a big screen near you.

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Portland Reservoir Gets Drained After Man Urinates In It

Think back to your summer camp days: remember how annoying it was to evacuate the swimming pool when a kid had an accident?  Turns out a similar thing happened in an Oregon reservoir this week.

A lone angler casts the line at sea with Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in the background along the Pacific coast some 120 miles northeast of Tokyo

As Its Nuclear Crisis Continues, Japan Catches Radioactive Fish

For an island nation whose seafood industry has already been severely crippled, this is just another piece of bad news.

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Tsunami 101: How Asia Is Prepping for the Waves

After an 8.8-magnitude earthquake threw Japan off kilter Friday, prompting a watery surge that has engulfed the country’s northeast, tsunami warnings have been issued in abundance. What are countries in the waves’ path doing to prepare?

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The View From Above: Before and After Austraila’s Floods

We’ve seen all the pictures of the damage from the ground, but there’s nothing like seeing an aerial before and after of Australia’s landscape, courtesy of the floods.

Flash Flooding Claims Lives In Queensland

Australia Floods: Brisbane Threatened as Water Rises

The country’s third largest city is preparing for the worst. Officials warned downtown Brisbane could be inundated by Thursday.

Fifty-two storms in Abu Dhabi this summer were artifically created.

Scientists Create 52 Artificial Rain Storms in Abu Dhabi Desert

Hail, lightning and gales came through the state’s eastern region this summer thanks to scientist-puppetmasters.