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Are women more generous? New study sheds light on donation behavior

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why would women give more to the victims of Hurricane Katrina than to the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research sheds light onto the way gender and moral identity affect donati ...





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Samoan tsunami was too close to prevent deaths: research

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Samoa's tsunami detection, monitoring and warning system works well and could not have prevented the more than 100 deaths caused by the devastating tsunami that hit the region on September 29, a major international ...


Tsunami waves reasonably likely to strike Israel

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

"There is a likely chance of tsunami waves reaching the shores of Israel," says Dr. Beverly Goodman of the Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa following encompassing geoarchaeological research ...


Space Radar Reveals Topography of Tsunami Site

Space Radar Reveals Topography of Tsunami Site

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created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two color-coded perspective views of the Independent State of Samoa (left) and American Samoa (right), generated with digital elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, illustrate ...


Men, women give to charity differently, says new research

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 18, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

To whom would you rather give money: a needy person in your neighborhood or a needy person in a foreign country? According to new research by Texas A&M University marketing professor Karen Winterich and colleagues, if you're ...


Samoan Tsunami wave was 46 feet high

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(AP) -- The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high - more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists ...


Australian continent to blame for Samoa, Sumatra quakes

Australian continent to blame for Samoa, Sumatra quakes

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent earthquakes in the Pacific and Indonesia have one University of Queensland researcher questioning whether the two are related.


Tsunami evacuation buildings: another way to save lives in the Pacific Northwest

Tsunami evacuation buildings: another way to save lives in the Pacific Northwest

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some time soon, a powerful earthquake will trigger a massive tsunami that will flood the Pacific Northwest, destroying homes and threatening the lives of tens of thousands of people, says Yumei Wang, a geotechnical ...


Indonesian residents clear debris after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake

Colossal quake may hit Sumatra in 30 years: geologist

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A colossal earthquake may hit Indonesia's Sumatra island within 30 years, triggering a tsunami and making last month's deadly temblor look tiny by comparison, a geologist has warned.


Conditions combined for devastating tsunami (AP)

Conditions combined for devastating tsunami

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Because of a lethal combination of geology and geography, the people of American Samoa didn't stand much of a chance. Almost every condition that triggers bad tsunamis was in place this time, generating ...


Community education and evacuation planning saved lives in Sept. 29 Samoan tsunami

Community education and evacuation planning saved lives in Sept. 29 Samoan tsunami

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Community-based education and awareness programs minimized the death toll from the recent Samoan tsunami, though there are still ways to improve the warning and evacuation process, according to a team of researchers ...



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