Assateague’s Wild Horses Cross Chincoteague Channel In Annual Tradition
Every year, some 150 wild ponies are rounded up on Assateague Island, a small barrier island and wildlife refuge that is partly in Maryland and partly in Virginia. Local folklore describes the Assateague horses as survivors of a shipwreck off the Virginia coast.
Offshore Drilling Rig Partially Collapses Off Louisiana Coast
A shallow-water Gulf of Mexico drilling rig has partially collapsed off the coast of Louisiana after catching fire because of a ruptured natural gas well, U.S. regulators said on Wednesday.
TEPCO Admits Radiation Leaks Into Pacific Ocean
TEPCO, the owner of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, has admitted that the damaged reactors are leaking highly toxic radioactive contamination into the Pacific Ocean. Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority had already told TEPCO two weeks ago to speed up completion of a seawall to block contaminated water that it suspected was leaking into the ocean.
Arctic Thawing Could Cost The World $60tn
Methane released by a thinning permafrost may trigger catastrophic climate change and devastate global economy.