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Evaluate Children's Stress After Natural Disasters
August 28, 2012 Some children, depending on other stressors, may have a harder time recovering from natural ... > full story -
Short And Mid-Term Cardiovascular Effects of Japan's 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami: Incidence Rises With the Seismic Peak
August 27, 2012 The Japanese earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, which hit the north-east coast of Japan with a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale, was one of the largest ocean-trench earthquakes ever ... > full story -
Antarctic Ice Sheet Quakes Shed Light on Ice Movement and Earthquakes
August 23, 2012 Analysis of small, repeating earthquakes in an Antarctic ice sheet may not only lead to an understanding of glacial movement, but may also shed light on stick slip earthquakes like those on the San ... > full story -
Why Do the Caribbean Islands Arc? Movement of Earth Modeled to 3,000 Km Depth
August 20, 2012 The Caribbean islands have been pushed east over the last 50 million years, driven by the movement of the Earth's viscous mantle against the more rooted South American continent, reveals new ... > full story -
Your Wireless Router Could Save Lives in an Emergency
August 20, 2012 An emergency communications system that could automatically piggyback on domestic wireless routers connected in urban locations could help first responders stay in touch even if cell phone towers and ... > full story -
Tibetan Plateau May Be Older Than Previously Thought
August 16, 2012 The growth of high topography on the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan, China, began much earlier than previously thought, according to an international team of geologists who looked at mountain ranges ... > full story -
Landslide Fatalities Are Greater Than Previously Thought
August 15, 2012 Landslides kill ten times more people across the world than was previously thought, according to new ... > full story -
Health Consequences of Meltdown, Damage to Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants in Japan
August 14, 2012 Researchers report on the psychological status of workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan several months after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, and the amount of internal ... > full story -
Researchers Simulate Volcanic Eruptions: Large-Scale Experiment to Shed Light on Powerful Natural Disaster
August 14, 2012 A rare large-scale attempt to simulate volcanic eruptions will provide much-needed insight into one of Earth's most powerful and mysterious natural ... > full story -
Nearly 1,000 Earthquakes Recorded in Arizona Over Three Years
August 14, 2012 Researchers have used EarthScope data to build the first comprehensive earthquake catalog for ... > full story
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