Friday, March 28, 2014

News in Japan - March

GEJET:
10-year-old letter arrives from daughter lost to tsunami
Fire hits Fukui nuclear plant, but no radiation leaks     
Future business opportunities seen in Fukushima cleanup
Japanese film 'Homeland' tiptoes into Fukushima nuclear debate
Patience running out among Japan's disaster refugees Japan has so far built only 3.5% of the new housing promised to refugees in heavily affected Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. As a result of the tsunami and Fukushima crisis, among almost 270,000 evacuees as of last month, 100,000 are in temporary housing.
U.S. scientists expect traces of ocean radiation from Fukushima soon
The children of Japan's Fukushima battle an invisible enemy
Fukushima fishermen OK plan to divert groundwater into sea

Japan:
“Hundreds of millions” of coastal dwellers around the world will be displaced by the year 2100
The new draft warns of food crises that could be sparked by climate change, with wheat, rice and corn yields all set to fall—while demand for crops is likely rise sharply as the world’s population grows.

USA:
Americans use twice as much water as they think they do, study says
Researchers take on fighting disastrous consequences of extreme changes in climate before they occur (USA)
Hope for survivors of landslide dims as death toll rises as high as 24

Other:
European flood risk could double by 2050
Europe may experience higher warming than global average
Dynamic Reorganization of River Basins
THE REALITY, RISKS AND RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Model now capable of street-level storm-tide predictions

Vulnerable people:
What good are children?
WHO: 5 percent of calories should be from sugar

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