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Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan: How to Help [Updated]
Here's what you can do, right now, to help with disaster response and relief efforts in Japan.
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See This Earthquake Ravaged Japanese Highway Rebuilt in Three Days
Check out these amazing photos of a totally devastated stretch of Japanese highway that was rebuilt in three short days.
Education
Schools Are Helping Devastated Japanese Communities Recover
Students say that getting back to something familiar—school—helps them deal with the stress of living in shelters and having lost loved ones.
Environment
Nuclear Meltdown Explained, and Everything Else You Need to Know About the Situation at Fukushima [Updated]
The basics behind a nuclear meltdown, and answers to other earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster FAQs.
Environment
A Chart to Better Understand Radiation Levels and Their Effects on People [Updated]
Keep this chart close at hand while reading reports on the levels of radiation spreading from the ruined Fukushima reactor in Japan.
Environment
Heroes: Hear the Voice of the Heroic Young Woman Who Saved Thousands of Lives
A young woman on the Miyagi Coast gave her life to save thousands of others.
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Slideshow: Buy These Things and Support Relief Efforts in Japan
We know you don't need any material goods as incentive to give, but here are some good people offering proceeds from sales to relief efforts in Japan.
Environment
Cascadia: The West Coast Fault Line That Is "Nine Months Pregnant"
The fault zone that produced the largest known earthquake in the Lower 48 is "nine months pregnant and overdue." This time line illustrates it.
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Haiti Quake Recovery One Year Later: Six Things You Can Do
There's no shortage of NGOs working on the island nation, but the situation there remain dire and the recovery has "barely begun" according to Oxfam.
Environment
Map: See Japan Get Battered By 572 Earthquakes in Eight Days
Watch this stunning sequence of the hundreds of aftershocks to the massive 9.0 earthquake that has sent Japan reeling.
Environment
Heroes: Japanese Emergency Workers Risk Lives to Warn Others of Coming Tsunami
A few stories of heroism and bravery emerge from the rubble.
Culture
More Earthquakes to Come in Japan
The huge 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan was actually an aftershock—and is likely to be followed by more large aftershocks in the coming weeks.
Education
Heroes: Teacher Saves 42 Students from Tsunami
Once the tsunami warnings sounded, Robert Bailey knew he only had eight minutes to save his student's lives.
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"People Could Die": GOP Budget Cuts Would Shrink Spending on Tsunami Warning Systems
Proposed budget cuts would shrink funds for tsunami warning systems, like the one that alerted Hawaiians ten minutes after the Japanese quake.
Environment
Map: See Which Earthquake-Prone Areas Have the Most People
Check out this map that mashes up population density and seismic risk and put the global earthquake risk in perspective.
Environment
Slideshow: America's Ten Riskiest Nuclear Reactors
The Nuclear Regulatory Commissions calculated the odds of an earthquake damaging the core of every reactor in the country. Here are the ten riskiest.
Environment
Quotatious: Rush Limbaugh Blames Japan's Environmental Consciousness for the Earthquake
Rush Limbaugh says that "Gaia" was trying to tell Japanese environmentalists something with the earthquake and tsunami.
Environment
A Visual Assessment of Damage at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Look at these satellite images of the Fukushima nuclear reactors before and after the earthquake, tsunami, and explosions.
