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Penn Research Helps Paint Finer Picture of Massive 1700 EarthquakePhiladelphia PA (SPX) May 22, 2013 In 1700, a massive earthquake struck the west coast of North America. Though it was powerful enough to cause a tsunami as far as Japan, a lack of local documentation has made studying this historic event challenging. Now, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have helped unlock this geological mystery using a fossil-based technique. Their work provides a finer-grained portrait of this earthquake and the changes in coastal land level it produced, enabling modelers to better prepare for fu ... read more |
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 CT detects twice as many lung cancers as X-ray at initial screening exam Researchers analyse the hunting behaviour of fish larvae in virtual reality Thinking 'big' may not be best approach to saving large-river fish Encouraging signs for bee biodiversity Massive Far East quake felt in Moscow, no casualties Source of life running out: water scientists | .. |
 Bangladesh cleans up after killer cyclone Bangladesh and Myanmar cleaned up on Friday after a killer cyclone wrecked tens of thousands of homes, relieved that the damage was not much worse after the storm weakened as it made landfall. ... more | .. |
 Five hurt as quake hits Algeria: medics A 5.5-magnitude earthquake on Sunday struck Algeria's Bejaia region, 250 kilometres (155 miles) east of Algiers, injuring five people and damaging some houses, the APS news agency said, citing medics. ... more | .. |
 TD Alvin Marks Starts Of US Hurricane Season The Hurricane Season of the Eastern Pacific Ocean officially began May 15 and the first tropical depression of the season formed. Tropical Depression One-E was seen by NASA's Aqua satellite while it ... more | .. |
 Bangladesh cleans up after killer cyclone Bangladesh and Myanmar cleaned up on Friday after a killer cyclone wrecked thousands of homes, relieved that the damage was not much worse after the storm weakened as it made landfall. ... more |
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 Cyclone rips into Bangladesh after mass evacuations A cyclone ripped into the Bangladeshi coast on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people hunkered down in evacuation shelters including in a region of Myanmar torn by communal unrest. ... more | .. |
 Mexican volcano rumbles, but residents shrug it off Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano has blown steam for days, prompting authorities to prepare for possible evacuations, but residents are used to their towering neighbor's rumblings and keep fearlessly heading to work. ... more | .. |
 Cyclone weakens but Bangladesh, Myanmar on alert: UN A cyclone threatening to lash low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar appears to have weakened, but still poses a risk to more than eight million people, according to the UN. ... more | .. |
 Dozens of Rohingya missing in Myanmar as cyclone looms Rescuers were on Tuesday searching for 58 missing Rohingya Muslims whose boat capsized in western Myanmar as they fled a looming cyclone, state media said, as the storm threatened thousands living in makeshift camps. ... more |
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 7.0-magnitude quake in remote Northern Mariana Islands A deep 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. ... more | .. |
 China marks anniversary of killer Sichuan quake China Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake which killed more than 80,000 but some said questions remained over the thousands of children who died as their schools collapsed. ... more | .. |
 Bangladesh issues cyclone alert Bangladesh warned millions of people Monday that a cyclone could barrel into their coastal homes later this week as authorities in Myanmar began moving potential victims to higher ground. ... more | .. |
 Myanmar moves internal refugees as cyclone nears Myanmar on Sunday began moving people into emergency shelters as a cyclone threatened to batter a violence-wracked region home to tens of thousands of internal refugees. ... more |
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 Strong Iran quake kills child, causes damage A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit southern Iran early on Saturday, killing one child and injuring at least 20 others in remote, mountainous villages, state television reported. ... more | .. |
 Budget cuts could threaten U.S. flood warning system Budget cuts are forcing a U.S. agency to turn off hundreds of stream gauges experts say help communities prepare for floods like those that hit Iowa last month. ... more | .. |
 Risk of another Indian Ocean earthquake, tsunami said underestimated The risk of Indian Ocean earthquakes and tsunamis similar to the 2004 Sumatra disaster is greater than previously thought, researchers say. ... more | .. |
 School questions linger 5 years after Sichuan quake Five years after thousands of Chinese children died as their schools collapsed in an earthquake, new babies have given devastated families hope even as questions over poor building work and corruption remain. ... more |
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 Herschel Space Observatory Finds Galaxy Mega Merger Researchers Explain Magnetic Field Misbehavior in Solar Flares Johns Hopkins undergraduates help design space stethoscope for NASA atrexx Launches Cost Effective Broadband Services to Libya and Afghanistan via Ka-Band Satellite Hylas 2 NASA's BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons Trip into space with DiCaprio costs $1.55m | .. |
 Researchers Develope New Way To Measure Destructive Potential Of Hurricane Season Researchers at Florida State University have developed a new metric to measure seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity that focuses on the size of storms in addition to the duration and intensit ... more | .. |
 No Redoubt: Volcanic eruption forecasting improved Forecasting volcanic eruptions with success is heavily dependent on recognizing well-established patterns of pre-eruption unrest in the monitoring data. But in order to develop better monitoring pro ... more | .. |
 Philippine volcano survivor recalls 'scene from hell' Philippine tour guide Roel Llarena recalled Wednesday how a mountain hike turned into a nightmare when the volcano he was climbing began spewing out giant rocks, killing five of his companions. ... more | .. |
 More hurricanes for Hawaii? News of a hurricane threat sends our hearts racing, glues us to the Internet for updates, and makes us rush to the store to stock up on staples. Hawaii, fortunately, has been largely free from these ... more |
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 Four dead as Philippine volcano erupts Three German tourists and their Filipino tour guide were crushed to death when one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes spewed a giant ash cloud and a hail of rocks on Tuesday, authorities said. ... more | .. |
Curious incident of China's quake dogs in the night-time A Chinese city is using dogs to predict earthquakes, an official said Tuesday, after state-run media reported that neighbours were complaining of nightly false alarms - in the form of barking. ... more | .. |
 Five dead as Philippine volcano erupts Four foreign tourists and their Filipino tour guide were crushed to death when one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes spewed a giant ash cloud and a hail of rocks on Tuesday, authorities said. ... more | .. |
 Saudi floods death toll rises to 20: civil defence Twenty people have died and four people remain missing in Saudi Arabia after heavy downpours triggered flash floods in the desert kingdom for nearly a week, the civil defence authorities said on Thursday. ... more |
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