‘A study by researchers at Stanford suggests that additional cancer-related deaths from radioactive materials released in last year’s accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant could be as low as 15 cases and as high as 1,300 — a range that highlights the uncertainties associated with any attempts to predict the disaster’s health effects.’

via Japan – Estimate of a Cancer Toll – NYTimes.com.

‘Dumping iron in the seas can help transfer carbon from the atmosphere and bury it on the ocean floor for centuries, helping to fight climate change, according to a study released on Wednesday.’

via Dumping iron in the seas could slow global warming, say scientists (+video) – CSMonitor.com.

‘Strong scientific evidence links climate change with increasing heat waves, coastal flooding, and other extreme weather events.’

via Infographic: Extreme Weather and Climate Change | Union of Concerned Scientists.

‘Radiation released into the air by the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant most likely will cause the cancer deaths of about 130 residents of Japan, although the toll could possibly go as high as 1,300, Stanford researchers said Tuesday.’

via Radiation from Fukushima plant may kill about 130 people: research – latimes.com.

Despite the scorching heat on Monday, July 16th, more than 170,000 protesters marched through Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park to demand the government bring an end to Japan’s use of nuclear power. As anti-nuclear protests have been occurring nearly every week since the end of March, this easily marks the largest in the series, as well as one of the largest demonstrations in Japan’s history.’

via Japan’s largest anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo draws over 170,000 – The Japan Daily Press.

‘A new interactive map released by the group Climate Central summarizes the average temperatures of each of the 48 contiguous United States for the last 100 years. By clicking across the country (try it on the map above), you can see that lately, temperatures have been trending up no matter where you live.’

via A State-by-State Climate Map – NYTimes.com.

‘…If an earthquake cuts the power that runs the cooling system that keeps the nuclear core from overheating, San Onofre has diesel backup generators that are supposed to take over. But in May a study found that the backup generators could inadvertently shut down in an earthquake, causing a nuclear meltdown—exactly what happened in Fukushima.’

via ‘Shut Down San Onofre’: The New Front Line in the Fight Against Nuclear Power | The Nation.

‘California lawmakers have approved financing for a bullet train that would eventually become part of the first dedicated high-speed line in the US.’

via BBC News – California high-speed rail wins approval.

‘TOKYO — The nuclear accident at Fukushima was a preventable disaster rooted in government-industry collusion and the worst conformist conventions of Japanese culture, a parliamentary inquiry concluded on Thursday.’

via Japanese Commission Calls Fukushima Nuclear Crisis a ‘Man-Made’ Disaster – NYTimes.com.