What are some major environmental events that happened in the past year?

For better or for worse, what were some major environmental events that occured recently?What are some major environmental events that happened in the past year?
The fukushima nuclear disaster

The Texas wildfires

The drought in Texas that caused a massive hay shortage: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/us/hay鈥?/a>

Flooding in North Dakota

Massive flooding in Pakistan and Thailand

The hypoxic dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico increased in size

Lake Erie experienced a huge algae bloom that caused a large scale fish kill



And apparently quite a few other major natural disasters within the U.S.: http://www.treehugger.com/natural-scienc鈥?/a>What are some major environmental events that happened in the past year?
The BP oil Spill, Russian Oil Pipeline leaking all over Siberia, Toxic Radiation pouring into the ocean and food suply after the earthquake in Japan.What are some major environmental events that happened in the past year?
Al gore lost 1 pound.