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Fukushima at Increased Earthquake Risk, Scientists Report
Seismic risk at the
Fukushima nuclear plant
increased after the
magnitude 9 earthquake that
hit Japan last March,
scientists report. The new
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Debris Scatters in the Pacific Ocean, Possibly Heading to US
Debris from the tsunami that
devastated Japan in March
could reach the United
States as early as this
winter, according to new
predictions. However, they
... > full story
'Double Tsunami' Doubled Japan Destruction
Researchers discovered that
the destructive tsunami
generated by the March 2011
Tohoku-Oki earthquake was a
long-hypothesized "merging
tsunami" that doubled in
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Russian Ship Finds Tsunami Debris Where Scientists Predicted
Ever since the Japan tsunami
on March 11, 2011 washed
millions of tons of debris
into the Pacific, scientists
in Hawaii have been looking
for evidence to validate
... > full story
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Human Cognitive Performance Suffers Following Natural Disasters
February 11, 2012 — Not surprisingly, victims of a natural disaster can experience stress and anxiety, but a new study indicates that it might also cause them to make more errors - some serious - in their daily lives. ... > full story -
Chronic Poverty Stalks Haitian Earthquake Victims Still Living in Camps
January 10, 2012 — A new study of aid to Haiti finds that 36 percent of households in the directly affected area -- and 54 percent of those living in camps -- still have not recovered to their pre-earthquake levels ... > full story -
New Program to Expand, Enhance Use of LIDAR Sensing Technology
October 11, 2011 — Researchers have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and erosion and use the powerful ... > full story -
Observations of Fallout from the Fukushima Reactor Accident in San Francisco Bay Area Rainwater
September 21, 2011 — Researchers report that Japan's power plant accident fallout extended as far as the San Francisco Bay area, resulting in elevated levels of radioactive material that were nonetheless very low and ... > full story -
Fukushima: Reflections Six Months on
September 19, 2011 — When the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 11, 2011, the world witnessed the largest nuclear incident since the 1986 Chernobyl ... > full story -
Tsunami Observed by Radar, May Lead to Better Early Warning Systems
August 16, 2011 — The tsunami that devastated Japan on March 11 was picked up by high-frequency radar in California and Japan as it swept toward their coasts, according to US and Japanese scientists. This is the first ... > full story -
Japan's Tohoku Tsunami Created Icebergs in Antarctica
August 8, 2011 — A NASA scientist and her colleagues were able to observe for the first time the power of an earthquake and tsunami to break off large icebergs a hemisphere away. The researchers were able to link the ... > full story -
Tsunami Airglow Signature Could Lead to Early Detection System
July 14, 2011 — Researchers have recorded an airglow signature in the upper atmosphere produced by a tsunami using a camera system based in Maui, Hawaii. Coupling of the ocean surface to the upper atmosphere enables ... > full story -
Olympia Hypothesis: Tsunamis Buried the Cult Site on the Peloponnese
July 10, 2011 — Olympia, site of the famous Temple of Zeus and original venue of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, was presumably destroyed by repeated tsunamis that traveled considerable distances inland, and ... > full story -
Stiff Sediments Made 2004 Sumatra Earthquake Deadliest in History
June 22, 2011 — Geoscientists have discovered an unusual geological formation that helps explain how an undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in December 2004 spawned the deadliest tsunami in recorded ... > full story
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