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Enormous container ships ferry goods all over the world, but when one of them gets into trouble – as happened with the Ever Given and Ever Forward recently – how can they be saved?

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by Amaury Laporte, Kimberly Skinner (Environmental and Energy Study Institute)  To Daniel Kreeger, executive director of the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), everyone can benefit from incorporating climate science into their day-to-day work decisions. Kreeger co-founded ACCO in 2008 to create a space for professionals to connect with peers, develop leadership skills, and learn methods for applying climate considerations in practice. In 2018, ACCO and the state of Maryland collab...

Number one concern moving forward? >> my number one concern is just the rescue is getting to people who are trapped, stranded, who need help and that cant be done quickly enough. >> and so, at this point, how concerned are you seeing the people in osaka? are they sharing the same kinds of concerns youre reading about and seeing on television from tokyo and sendai? >> yeah. i mean, everyone is trying to contact their friends, people they know. trying to get a sense of it. people here, of course, ...

That theyre doing. >> this has to be in the place nearest the epicenter, the video incredible and showing some of that now. there were massive fires. there were people who were stranded on commuter trains or stranded in their offices. and could not get home. where do things stand in terms of transportation? >> well, i guess it depends on the area. like in tokyo, initially, all the trains were stopped but then slowly they started to come back. but in some of the areas that have been really devast...

fire. >> sparked fires in homes across the country and an oil refinery, a nuclear power plant shut down but no radiation escaped. closed airports. japans famous bullet train shut down stranding hundreds of commuters. and then, a 23-foot wall of water crashed ashore. the tsunami sweeping away everything in its path. small boats smashed to bits. cars upturned and bobbing in the water. ships smashing against each other in part and a report of a ship with 100 people swept away. heres the l...

Intensely. and just to give a sense of how strong it is, the meteorological agency said its 180 times the strength of the kobe earthquake which killed 6,000 people and a whole other order of intensity. >> and as were showing some incredible pictures we have seen today whats your number one concern about being there in osaka? and look at the video of the water swirling in the ocean. unbelievable video that we got in today in the moments after that earthquake. the incredible effects of the earthqu...

California. kntvs reporting boats pulled out to sea, they were capsized or both in this case. they have now closed down the santa cruz board walk. this is the northern end of the monterey bay. near santa cruz harbor watching right now with kntv overhead. daniel kreeger lives in japan and joining us by skype. we received bad news via the news wires that the death toll expected in japan expected to exceed 1,000. at this point, whats the immediate situation facing folks in japan? >> well, i guess a...