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Earth Sciences Mar 28, 2024

Fukushima fallout transport longevity revealed by North Pacific ocean circulation patterns

Fukushima is now notorious for the nuclear disaster that took place in March 2011, the second worst of its kind after the Chernobyl catastrophe of 1986. An earthquake-triggered tsunami off the Japanese coast damaged backup ...

Earth Sciences Mar 27, 2024

Uncovering earthquake evidence in Azerbaijan's greater Caucasus mountains

The Greater Caucasus mountain range stretches between the Black and Caspian Seas across parts of Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. These formidable peaks are the result of the subduction of the Arabian plate beneath the Eurasian ...

Environment Mar 26, 2024

Swiss Re warns insured disaster losses could double in a decade

Insured property losses could double in the coming decade due to climate change and more frequent and more intense severe weather events, reinsurance giant Swiss Re warned Tuesday.

Earth Sciences Mar 26, 2024

Mathematical innovations enable advances in seismic activity detection

Amidst the unique landscape of geothermal development in the Tohoku region, subtle seismic activities beneath the Earth's surface present a fascinating challenge for researchers. While earthquake warnings may intermittently ...

Astronomy Mar 26, 2024

Tiniest 'starquakes' ever detected

At a distance of 11.9 light years, Epsilon Indi (ε Indi) is an orange dwarf star (also known as a K dwarf) with 71% of the sun's diameter. An international team, led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) ...

Social Sciences Mar 25, 2024

Enhancing college campus safety: A virtual reality approach to understanding student emergency response

Amid the rise in emergencies on college campuses, including fires, accidents, psychological issues, and cyber threats, there's an urgent need to enhance students' emergency response abilities. Existing research has explored ...

Space Exploration Mar 25, 2024

Building ChatGPT-style tools with Earth observation

Imagine being able to ask a chatbot, "Can you make me an extremely accurate classification map of crop cultivation in Kenya?" or "Are buildings subsiding in my street?" And imagine that the information that comes back is ...

Environment Mar 22, 2024

A strong earthquake shakes Indonesia's Java Island but no reports of casualties

A strong and shallow undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia's main island of Java on Friday, causing some damage but no immediate reports of casualties.

Earth Sciences Mar 21, 2024

Q&A: Clarifying the megathrust earthquake mechanism

There is a 70-80% chance that the Nankai Trough Megathrust Earthquake will occur in the next 30 years. It is predicted to cause more extensive damage than the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and fatalities may exceed 320,000.

Environment Mar 21, 2024

Q&A: What happened underground during the Noto Peninsula earthquake?

The Noto Peninsula earthquake that occurred on January 1 brought the challenges of earthquake-prone Japan back into sharp focus. With a magnitude of 7.6, surpassing the 1995 Kobe earthquake (Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake), ...

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