Natural Disasters
Researchers have developed a combination of software and hardware that will allow them to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, to map large, unfamiliar areas -- such as collapsed buildings after a disaster.
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A Catastrophic Super-Eruption Would Give the World 1 Year to Prepare Before Exploding
byErica Tennenhouse
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5 Extremely Bizarre Man-Made Disasters
byJoanne Kennell
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No, it’s not the San Andreas Fault.
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Earthquakes Can Make Magma Pop, Triggering Volcanic Eruptions
byJoanne Kennell
Some earthquakes could trigger volcanic eruptions within weeks, others might take years.
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The fault has been quiet for far too long.
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The North American Plate is shedding some layers.
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It’s the rain’s fault.
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Japan to Build Ice Wall Around the Fukushima Nuclear Plant
byJohannes Van Zijl
Similar ice wall methods have been used before, but one of this size has never been tested!
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Robots Designed to Clean Up Fukushima Reactors Have "Died"
byJoanne Kennell
As soon as they got too close to the reactors, the radiation destroyed their wiring.
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