508140 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/plastics-dominate-debris-washing-up-on-states-coastal-beaches/?utm_source=RSSLONG BEACH, Pacific County — Several times each week, Russ Lewis and a few friends pick up litter that washes ashore on a 7-mile stretch of ocean shoreline, and most of it is plastics of one kind of another. Some of the stuff, such as the strapping akin to what Northwest crabbers use to wrap around bait — most likely comes from close by.Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:08:00 +0200seattletimes-bee789abfb022b497e73985f91f080c420160413000800http://www.yenisafak.com/teknoloji/japonyada-nukleer-sizinti-domuzlara-bulasti-2450271Japonya nükleer sızıntıyı önleyemiyor! Japonya'da Töhoku depremi ve tsunamisi sonrasında meydana gelen Fukuşima nükleer santralinin üzerinden tam 5 sene geçti. Aradan geçen zamana karşın gözle görünür bir gelişme kaydedilemediği gibi, nükleer sızıntısı da engellenemedi.Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:15:00 +0200yenisafak-dadc699cafb1a7d74969c9f233ee1c6d20160412221500http://fai.informazione.it/C2401205-EB9D-4EEF-A3DA-6700AF743F5C/Sicilia-terremoto-Ml-2-4-il-12-04-2016-ore-10-56-Tirreno-Meridionale12/04/2016 - 20:28 Un terremoto di magnitudo ML 2.4 è avvenuto nella provincia/zona Tirreno Meridionale (MARE) il 12-04-2016 10:56:31 (UTC) 12-04-2016 12:56:31 (UTC +02:00) ora italiana con coordinate geografiche (lat, lon) 38.44, 15.29 ad una profondità di 131 km. Il terremoto è stato localizzato da: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.Tue, 12 Apr 2016 20:50:00 +0200fai.informazione-1bc5a8cac3f7c8af473215f83e00b76f20160412205000http://sputniknews.com/asia/20160412/1037892833/singapore-science-earthquakes.htmlA group of scientists led by Deepa Mele Veedu, an Indian-origin researcher from the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has discovered a way to predict earthquakes. In the study scientists reveal that slow fault movements, or small vibrations caused by....Tue, 12 Apr 2016 20:49:00 +0200rian-en-16c9b27ac864016c86b1693215dce96020160412204900