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New blow for dinosaur-killing asteroid theory
The enduringly popular theory that the Chicxulub crater holds the clue to the demise of the dinosaurs, along with some 65 percent of all species 65 million years ago, is challenged in a paper to be published in the Journal of the Geological Society on April 27, 2009.   view more (2009-04-27)

Earthquake 'pulses' could predict tsunami impact
The magnitude 9.2 earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean in December of 2004 originated just off the coast of northern Sumatra, but an "energy pulse" - an area where slip on the fault was much greater - created the largest waves, some 100 miles from the epicenter.   view more (2005-12-05)

Men, Women Give To Charity Differently
To whom would you rather give money: a needy person in your neighborhood or a needy person in a foreign country?   view more (2008-12-19)

Rebuilding Peace: The Post-Tsunami Challenge
Aid must be distributed fairly in conflict zones, UU expert warns   view more (2005-01-19)

Status quo of the tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean
The German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS) runs on track. Main milestones like the development of the automatic data processing software SeisComP3, as well as the underwater communication for the transmission of the pressure data from the ocean floor to a warning centre are already finalised.   view more (2007-12-21)

New research puts 'killer La Palma tsunami' at distant future
The volcanic island of La Palma in the Canaries is much more stable than is generally assumed, Dutch scientists working at the TU Delft have found.   view more (2006-09-21)

Malaria experts to unveil top-flight research during international conference at The University of Nottingham
Some of the world's leading authorities on tropical diseases and parasitic infections will gather for an international conference at The University of Nottingham to discuss the latest breakthroughs in research and treatments.   view more (2005-02-03)

Deep-ocean researchers target tsunami zone near Japan
Rice University Earth scientist Dale Sawyer and colleagues last month reported the discovery of a strong variation in the tectonic stresses in a region of the Pacific Ocean notorious for generating devastating earthquakes and tsunamis in southeastern Japan.   view more (2008-01-18)

A new approach in tsunami-early warning
The newly implemented Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean, GITEWS, goes into operation today and with this, the system enters its final phase of optimisation.   view more (2008-11-11)

The next great earthquake
The 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and resulting tsunami are now infamous for the damage they caused, but at the time many scientists believed this area was unlikely to create a quake of such magnitude.   view more (2007-03-23)

Study of coastal disasters yields surprising findings, arresting images
Two of the world's worst natural disasters in recent years stemmed from different causes on opposite sides of the globe, but actually had much in common, according to researchers who are part of a large National Science Foundation-funded research initiative that has been studying both the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 and the Hurricane Katrina of... view more... (2007-04-12)

Seagrass Is In Decline Worldwide, Says UNH Researcher
Around the world, seagrass beds - shallow-water ecosystems that are important habitats, food sources, and sediment stabilizers - are in decline.   view more (2006-03-28)

Scripps Studies Offer New Picture of Lake Tahoe's Earthquake Potential
For more than a decade, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been unraveling the history of fault ruptures below the cobalt blue waters of Lake Tahoe one earthquake at a time.   view more (2009-04-30)

Stress Buildup Precedes Large Sumatra Quakes
The island of Sumatra, Indonesia, has shaken many times with powerful earthquakes since the one that wrought the infamous 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Now, scientists from the California Institute of Technology and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences are harnessing information from these and earlier quakes to determine where the next ones will... view more... (2008-05-28)

Fewer Deaths than 2004, but Earthquakes Still Kill Nearly 90,000 in 2005
Although there were fewer deaths worldwide in 2005 due to earthquakes, more than 89,353 casualties were reported, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and confirmed by the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).   view more (2006-01-16)

Princeton geoscientist offers new evidence that meteorite did not wipe out dinosaurs
A Princeton University geoscientist who has stirred controversy with her studies challenging a popular theory that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs has compiled powerful new evidence asserting her position.   view more (2009-05-05)

A year on from the Asian tsunami, satellites are aiding regional rebuilding
The deadly Indian Ocean tsunami that swept across coastlines on 26 December 2004 took the lives of more than 200 000 people.   view more (2005-12-27)

Wageningen puts knowledge into action for long term tasks after tsunami disaster
Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands wishes to offer its knowledge and expertise to the governments and organizations which will be working on the long-term task of rehabilitation in the disaster zones. Over the next few weeks, a working group led by Dr. Bram Huijsman will inventory the sorts of expertise that Wageningen... view more... (2005-01-07)

TAU scientists probe 'deep' questions aboard EcoOcean's environmental research ship
Did the great flood of Noah's generation really occur thousands of years ago" Was the Roman city of Caesarea destroyed by an ancient tsunami" Will pollution levels in our deep seas remain forever a mystery"   view more (2007-09-10)

Potential for another large earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, say scientists
Three great earthquakes and destructive tsunamis over the past four years is not enough to spare the region of another large earthquake, warns an international group of earthquake researchers in their paper published in the 4 December issue of the journal Nature.   view more (2008-12-05)
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