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  Russian Far East Holds Seismic Hazards: Potential to Trigger Tsunamis That Pose Risk to Pacific Basin

  December 3, 2012 — Research shows that the Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands, long shrouded in secrecy by the Soviet government, are a seismic and volcanic hotbed with a potential to trigger tsunamis that pose a ... > full story
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  Have Venusian Volcanoes Been Caught in the Act?

  December 3, 2012 — Six years of observations by the European Space Agency's Venus Express have shown large changes in the sulfur dioxide content of the planet's atmosphere, and one intriguing possible explanation is ... > full story
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  Go With the Flow in Flood Prediction

  December 3, 2012 — Floods have once again wreaked havoc across the country and climate scientists and meteorologists suggest that the problem is only going to get worse with wetter winters and rivers bursting their ... > full story
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  NASA's TRMM Satellite Confirms 2010 Landslides

  November 27, 2012 — A NASA study using TRMM satellite data revealed that the year 2010 was a particularly bad year for landslides around the ... > full story
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  Seeing the World Through the Eyes of an Orangutan

  November 27, 2012 — A captive bred Sumatran orangutan and a neuroscientist in Malaysia are hoping to explain some of the mysteries of the visual brain and improve the lives of captive bred ... > full story
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  Did You See That? How Could You Miss It?

  November 26, 2012 — A psychology study shows that people do not recall things they have seen -- or at least walked by -- hundreds of ... > full story
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  How Does a Volcanic Crater Grow? Grab Some TNT and Find out

  November 26, 2012 — A new study examines maar craters, which resemble the bowl-like cavities formed by meteorites but are in some ways more ... > full story
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  Models for Evacuation Procedures in Big Cities After Massive Earthquakes

  November 26, 2012 — Researchers in Japan report on models for evacuation procedures in big cities after massive earthquakes based on the behavior of people in Tokyo after the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake on March 11, ... > full story
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  9.2-Million-Year-Old Rhino Skull Preserved by Instant 'Cooking to Death' in Volcanic Ash

  November 21, 2012 — Less than two percent of the earth's fossils are preserved in volcanic rock, but researchers have identified a new one: the skull of a rhino that perished in a volcanic eruption 9.2 million years ... > full story
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  How 'Black Swans' and 'Perfect Storms' Become Lame Excuses for Bad Risk Management

  November 15, 2012 — Instead of reflecting on the unlikelihood of rare catastrophes after the fact, a risk analysis expert prescribes an engineering approach to anticipate them when possible, and to manage them when ... > full story

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