natural disasters
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NASA Begins Testing GPS-Based Earthquake Detection System
NASA has a new trick up its sleeve: a GPS system that is designed to locate the exact positon of serious earthquakes. Known as the Real-time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster (READI) Mitigation Network, it’s being tested in the western US — and it’s hoped it will save lives in the process.
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Japanese Ghost Ship Lost In Tsunami Found Floating Near Canada
When the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan last year, it created more than 22 million tons of debris — the size of California, pretty much. Included in that debris was this ghost ship, a 45m long squid-fishing boat that’s just been found, a year after the tsunami, near the coast of Canada.
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The Most Precise Image Of A Post-Earthquake Landscape Ever Created
A new measurement tool that uses light detection and ranging (or LiDAR) can show how earthquakes have changed the landscape down to a few inches — and that can help us prepare for difficult-to-predict earthquakes.
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Evidence Of Recent Nuclear Reactions Found At Fukushima
Japan is hoping to have the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant safely shuttered by the end of the year, but a little radioactive wrench just got dropped: inspectors have discovered evidence of very recent fission. That’s bad news.