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Ahead of the wave

By Stephen Ornes / February 13, 2013

Water pours ashore as a tsunami strikes the east coast of Japan on March 11, 2011. Credit: Mainichi Shimbun/Reuters

Scientists are working to predict — and tame — the tsunamis that can threaten some coastal communities

Posted in Earth | Tagged Dailin Wang, David Mencin, earth science, earthquakes, engineering, feature, forces, France, Great Lakes, Hawaii, Indonesia, Institut Fresnel, Invisibility, Japan, Marseille, motion, oceanography, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Sébastien Guenneau, seiche, seismometers, strainmeters, tectonic plates, topstories, tsunami, waves and radiation, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park

Earth’s big breakup

By Stephen Ornes / October 16, 2012

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Powerful motions beneath the Indian Ocean unleashed a series of earthquakes near Sumatra

Posted in Earth | Tagged aftershocks, Australia, crust, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Earth's crust, earthquakes, École Normale Supérieure in Paris, getinvolved, Himalayas, India, Indo-Australian plate, Indonesia, Kerry Sieh, Matthias Delescluse, physics, plate tectonics, seismology, Sumatra, tectonic plates