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  The Brief but Violent Life of Monogenetic Volcanoes

  October 3, 2012 — A new study is providing insight into the explosive mechanisms of volcanoes that erupt just once, and then ... > full story
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  NASA Airborne Radar to Study Volcanoes in Alaska and Japan

  October 3, 2012 — NASA scientists periodically monitor subtle changes in volcanic activity with the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) carried by a modified NASA C-20A (G-III) aircraft. This ... > full story
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  Geofoam Protects Pipelines from Earthquakes

  October 2, 2012 — Lightweight and stiff as a board, a plastic foam material is being used to protect Utah’s natural gas pipelines from rupturing during ... > full story
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  Large 2012 Earthquake Triggered Temblors Worldwide for Nearly a Week

  September 26, 2012 — This year's largest earthquake, a magnitude 8.6 temblor on April 11 centered in the East Indian Ocean off Sumatra, did little damage, but it triggered quakes around the world for at least a week, ... > full story

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  • Rare Great Earthquake in April Triggers Large Aftershocks All Over the Globe
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  Magnitude-8.7 Quake Was Part of Crustal Plate Breakup

  September 26, 2012 — Seismologists have known for years that the Indo-Australian plate of Earth's crust is slowly breaking apart, but they saw it in action last April when at least four faults broke in a magnitude-8.7 ... > full story

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  • Study Reveals Complex Rupture Process in Surprising 2012 Sumatra Quake
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  Wildfires in Washington State

  September 21, 2012 — The summer of 2012 will unfortunately be known as the "Summer of Devastating Western Wildfires" and practically not one state out west was spared. Washington State has been hardest hit of late. This ... > full story
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  Twenty-Three Nuclear Power Plants Found to Be in Tsunami Risk Areas

  September 21, 2012 — Tsunamis are synonymous with the destruction of cities, and homes and since the Japanese coast was devastated in March 2011 we now know that they cause nuclear disaster, endanger the safety of the ... > full story
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  Civil Engineers Destroy Test Levee in the Netherlands

  September 20, 2012 — Civil engineers collapsed a full-scale dike this week in the Netherlands. The test dike was embedded with advanced sensors and traditional measurement instruments, and results of the study are ... > full story
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  Did a 'Forgotten' Meteor Have a Deadly, Icy Double-Punch?

  September 19, 2012 — When a huge meteor collided with Earth about 2.5 million years ago and fell into the southern Pacific Ocean it not only could have generated a massive tsunami but also may have plunged the world into ... > full story
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  Mathematicians Show How Shallow Water May Help Explain Tsunami Power

  September 18, 2012 — While wave watching is a favorite pastime of beach-goers, few notice what is happening in the shallowest water. A closer look by two applied mathematicians has led to the discovery of interacting X- ... > full story

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