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Posted November 2, 2012:
- Disaster Defense: Balancing Costs and Benefits
- Overcoming Hurricane Stress: Getting a Grip After Sandy Leaves Town
Posted October 31, 2012:
- Tabletop Fault Model Reveals Why Some Earthquakes Result in Faster Shaking
- Seniors Particularly Vulnerable in Hurricane Sandy's Aftermath
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Posted October 23, 2012:
- Connection Between Hawaii's Dueling Volcanoes Explained
- Self-Powered Sensors to Monitor Nuclear Fuel Rod Status
- Researchers to Shake a Building to Study Its Performance During Earthquakes
Posted October 19, 2012:
- World's Largest Earthquake Drill: JPL Scientists Participate in Great California ShakeOut Exercises
- NASA C-20A Completes Radar Study of Pacific Rim Volcanoes
Posted October 18, 2012:
- Could a Hurricane Ever Strike Southern California?
- World's Largest Subwoofer: Earthquakes 'Pump' Ground to Produce Infrasound
Posted October 17, 2012:
Posted October 16, 2012:
- Scale of Volcanic Eruptions Appears to Hinge on First 10 Seconds of Bubble Growth in Magma
- Ice Age Polarity Reversal Was Global Event: Extremely Brief Reversal of Geomagnetic Field, Climate Variability, and Super Volcano
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Posted October 3, 2012:
- City of Ottawa, Canada, Sits Atop Soil, Geologic Features That Amplify Seismic Waves
- The Brief but Violent Life of Monogenetic Volcanoes
- NASA Airborne Radar to Study Volcanoes in Alaska and Japan
Posted October 2, 2012:
Posted September 26, 2012:
- Large 2012 Earthquake Triggered Temblors Worldwide for Nearly a Week
- Magnitude-8.7 Quake Was Part of Crustal Plate Breakup
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Posted September 14, 2012:
- Study Shows Wildfires' Positive and Negative Economic Impacts
- Majority of U.S. Schools Not Ready for Next Pandemic, Researchers Say
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Posted September 4, 2012:
- Increase in Respiratory Symptoms Following Volcanic Eruption
- Smoking and Natural Disasters: Christchurch Residents Increase Tobacco Consumption Post-Earthquake
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Posted August 20, 2012:
- Why Do the Caribbean Islands Arc? Movement of Earth Modeled to 3,000 Km Depth
- Your Wireless Router Could Save Lives in an Emergency
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Posted August 14, 2012:
- Health Consequences of Meltdown, Damage to Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants in Japan
- Researchers Simulate Volcanic Eruptions: Large-Scale Experiment to Shed Light on Powerful Natural Disaster
- Nearly 1,000 Earthquakes Recorded in Arizona Over Three Years

