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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: mud

mud stories: 2 news summaries
OPINION

 5 Man-Made Natural Disasters

Floods to mud, there's lots we can take responsibility for besides global warming

Aug 3, 08 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Humans can do a righteous job of messing up the planet in the long term. We're also more than capable of wreaking short-term havoc with these man-made natural disasters, reports the New Scientist:
  1. Mud volcanoes: While we can't create the real thing, shoddy mining practices in East Java
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global warming • flooding • natural disaster • mud • oil drilling • manmade flood • hurricanes

Javanese Can't Stop the Mud

1½-year-old deluge of mud keeps on flowing

Nov 29, 07 9:31 PM CST
(Newser) - A toxic mud volcano has been flowing on the Indonesian island of Java for 18 months, and authorities are stuck. Since an energy company opened an underground fissure while drilling for natural gas, 11 villages have been swamped by the ooze. Plugging the hole with air-dropped concrete balls and hiring... More »

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Indonesia • Java • mud • dams • mystics

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