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The second tsunami

After an earthquake and a huge wave damaged three nuclear reactor cores in Japan, energy and carbon markets around the world were hit with a surge of activity. Anna Petherick traces the wave.

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Petherick, A. The second tsunami. Nature Clim Change 1, 90–91 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1094

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