Sandy slams Cuba; ‘high impact’ likely in US Northeast

Hurricane Sandy grew into a major potential threat to the Northeast on Thursday after hammering Cuba’s second-largest city and taking aim at the Bahamas. It is likely to hit during a full moon when tides are near their highest, increasing coastal flooding potential, NOAA forecasts warn.

Fishing for Answers off Fukushima

Japan fisheries data provides a look at how the ocean is faring 18 months after the worst accidental release of radiation to the ocean in history

Japan Struggling To Store Radioactive Water

Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant is struggling to find space to store tens of thousands of tonnes of highly contaminated water used to cool the broken reactors, the manager of the water treatment team has said.