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A damaging earthquake is in New Jersey’s future
I wrote a story on Tuesday's minor offshore earthquake and New Jersey's temblor risk for today's Asbury Park Press. The magnitude 3.9 quake on Tuesday was centered about 120 miles off the Jersey...
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Enormous storm overspreads much of the U.S.
Few winter storms since the 1950s have been as big as this one, according to NASA. Today, it's unloading snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain and affecting 30 states from Texas to New England,...
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September in New Jersey features more extreme weather
September was very wet and abnormally warm in the Garden State, continuing a trend of weather extremes, according to the state climatologist. Indeed, 2011 could become the wettest and warmest year in...
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Barnegat Bay restoration project would be model for N.J. watersheds
New Jersey's Barnegat Bay restoration project would serve as a model for protecting other watersheds and improving all surface water bodies under new state goals. The five goals are part of the "Next...
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New Jersey state parks to be privatized to some degree; what’s your view?
Keeping state parks open without increasing fees for residents is a central theme in a long-term plan unveiled by Gov. Chris Christie's administration this week. The plan also calls for generating...
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New Jersey state park projects tracked by new website
New Jersey has a new website on capital spending at its parks, forests, historic sites and wildlife management areas, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. Gov. Chris...
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Forests mapped in the U.S.; check out NASA image
NASA posted a map of forest density on the Web today. The map was developed from the National Biomass and Carbon Dataset, according to NASA. It shows the biomass in the trunks, limbs and leaves of...
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Should all health agencies issue warnings at polluted beaches?
Fecal pollution violated government limits at eight beaches in Monmouth and Ocean counties on Monday, when officials took water samples at more than 200 spots in New Jersey. Officials took more...
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Lakes galore in Canada’s Nunavut Territory; see image
I thought my home state of New York had lots of lakes, including the beautiful Finger Lakes, serene Adirondack lakes and, of course, ocean-like Lake Ontario. Indeed, I've spent lots of time enjoying...
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