Disasters

Originally Published by ENS

To protect and restore the coastal ecosystems of Louisiana and Mississippi, Obama administration officials today released a “Roadmap” defining a planning process to overcome policy and procedural barriers to restoration.

Posted on March 10th, 2010
Disasters, Ecosystems

EDF nuclear reactor carries ‘Chernobyl-size’ explosion risk

Originally Published by The Guardian | guardian.co.uk

Posted on March 9th, 2010
Disasters, Energy

Underwater Plate Cuts 400-Mile Gash

Originally Published by NY Times

Posted on March 5th, 2010
Disasters

Environmental disaster looms from River Po oil spill

Originally Published by ENN

Posted on March 4th, 2010
Disasters, Water

The Feb. 27 Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake in Chile May Have Shortened the Length of Each Earth Day

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory research scientist Richard Gross has computed how Earth’s rotation should have changed and shortened the Earth day by about 1.26 microseconds as a result of the Feb. 27 quake.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory , posted on March 4th, 2010
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Chilean tsunami was first real scale test of the UNESCO/IOC Pacific Tsunami Warning System and enabled emergency evacuations

The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that wreaked havoc on Central Chile on February 27, 2010 also generated a tsunami which crossed the entire Pacific Ocean, reports the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Pacific Tsunami Warning System (PTWS) enabled emergency response agencies to warn locals about the risk of tsunami and order evacuations. This is the first real ocean-wide test of a system that was put in place nearly 50 years ago.

Peter Koltermann, posted on March 4th, 2010
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U.K. agency calls for greater flood protection

Originally Published by EarthNews

Posted on March 3rd, 2010
Disasters, Water

Disaster Awaits Cities in Earthquake Zones

Originally Published by NY Times

Posted on March 2nd, 2010
Disasters

5 workers killed in explosion at Middleton, Conn., power plant

Originally Published by Wash Post Science

Posted on February 12th, 2010
Disasters, Energy

Airborne Radar to Study Quake Faults in Haiti

NASA’s Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar, aboard a modified NASA Gulfstream III aircraft, will study geologic processes in Hispaniola following the Haiti earthquake. NASA’s flights will help scientists better assess the geophysical processes associated with earthquakes along large faults and better understand the risks, said Paul Lundgren of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the principal investigator for the Hispaniola overflights.