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Can climate change affect natural disasters?
damage from Hurricane Ike – photo by U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr. (source: U.S. Air Force) If you want a simple answer to whether climate change can affect natural disasters then...
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Oregon Town Powered by Geothermal Energy Inspires Others
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons. By: Llywrch.Towns and cities around the globe have embraced the use of renewable energy. Most of the time, you’ll hear about people switching to solar or wind power,...
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Toads sense earthquake days in advance
photo by e³°°° (source: Flickr Creative Commons)Dogs, rodents, fish and snakes have been observed reacting to earthquakes, sometimes several days before they occur. Now we can add toads to the list of...
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Breaking: At least 400 dead from earthquakes in western China
Qinghai, China; photo by Cory M. Grenier (source: Flickr Creative Commons) A series of earthquakes – the largest having a magnitude of 6.9 – struck a Tibetan region of western China today, killing at...
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Scientists to explore link between climate change and earthquakes, volcanoes
Tibetan monks in Qinghai; photo by karamibu (source: Flickr Creative Commons) The death toll from the earthquakes that struck western China last Wednesday has passed 1,700. The quakes occurred in...
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Quake-Catcher Network: Help Improve Earthquake Awareness and Science!
Image Source: QCN.Stanford.edu. Over the years, a number of warning systems have been developed for floods, tornados, hurricanes and so forth. However, there has yet to be any kind of (decent) warning...
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Breaking News: Indonesia Hit by 2 Earthquakes; Some Dead, Many Wounded
At least 2 earthquakes hit Indonesia today, killing at least 3 people and damaging hundreds of homes. First, there was a 5.3 magnitude quake on Sulawesi island. Landslides nearly destroyed at least 50...
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Animals and earthquakes: ‘psychic toads’
photo by Pierre Metivier (Feuillu on Flickr CC) Scientists are getting closer to solving the mystery of why some animals seem to be able to predict earthquakes. Since an incident in 373 BC in Ancient...
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