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Popular Mechanics
April 2010 |
How a Hurricane Wavemaker Works (With Video!) To engineer better buildings, researchers at Oregon State University's Wave Research Laboratory bust walls with waves generated by this artificial tsunami machine.   |
AskMen.com
Bernie Alexander |
Tsunamis: Waves Of Destruction Understanding the tsunami: definition, origins, history, warning signs, etc. |
Geotimes
October 2004
Jay Chapman |
Tsunami Story Strikes Again Mega-tsunamis are not nearly as frequent as the news stories, and the likelihood of an event is relatively low. Continued debate among scientists, however, keeps the stories in the news and heightens the perceived threat. |
Geotimes
February 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Triggering Tsunamis A controversy over whether an earthquake or an underwater landslide generated the 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami rekindled interest in such events; it also drew geologists into a field that had been dominated by modelers and seismologists. |
Outside
May 2006
Anthony Cerretani |
Upside Down with Wolfgang Petersen An interview with cinema's saltiest director about the power of the ocean, the fishy taste of fear, and the surprisingly strong breaststroke of Richard Dreyfuss. |
Geotimes
July 2006
Jennifer Yauck |
Quake Triggers Deadly Tsunami Off Java A major undersea earthquake occurred south of Indonesia, triggering a local tsunami that hit the island of Java. At least 80 people are dead after a 6-foot-high wave crashed ashore on the island's southern coast. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2007
William Sweet |
Protecting The Big Easy From The Next Big One U.S. Army engineers face New Orleans's dilemma. |
National Defense
November 2005
Grace Jean |
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System to Become Operational in 2006 UNESCO officials set forth a plan calling for the establishment of seven regional tsunami advisory centers in the Indian Ocean basin, the installation and upgrading of coastal sea-level gauges, seismic instruments and stations, and the deployment of deep underwater sensors. |
National Defense
November 2005
Grace Jean |
U.S. Expanding Tsunami Alert Network The government has pledged $37.5 million over the next two years for the wave monitoring and detection project, which includes the production and deployment of 31 new DART (Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis) buoys. |
Geotimes
November 2006
Megan Sever |
Earthquakes, Tsunamis Strike Japan A magnitude-8.3 earthquake struck off the Kuril Islands between Japan and Russia, followed by a series of strong aftershocks, at least four of which were above magnitude 6.0, according to the USGS. |
Geotimes
November 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Large Quake, Small Tsunami for Japan A large earthquake several hundred kilometers offshore Japan triggered a tsunami warning and a subsequent small tsunami. Three or four large events have occurred on this subduction fault over the past several centuries, as the Pacific plate slowly presses westward under Japan. |
AskMen.com
Brantley Oakey |
Batten Down The Hatches In this article, we are going to give you several ideas for how to prepare for the oncoming stormy financial times. |
Scientific American
December 26, 2005 |
Echoes from the Past Many scientists are encouraging officials in tsunami-prone areas to consider such factors as destroyed protective natural barriers like coral reefs and sand dunes when designing new building codes and evacuation routes. |
Geotimes
December 2006
Margaret Putney |
Tsunami Risk Still High in Sumatra Another major earthquake and tsunami will strike the western coast of Sumatra sometime in the next few decades, according to researchers studying the region's history. And the predicted tsunami has a significant chance of hitting densely populated areas, the team says. |
Geotimes
November 2006
Laura S. L. Kong |
Guarding Against Tsunamis: What Does It Mean To Be Ready? Despite the implementation of new tsunami warning systems, much work is ahead before the coastal communities of the world can be truly prepared. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2006
Jim Gorman Diagrams |
Future Shocks Think mother nature has dealt us her worst? Think again. Here are five natural disasters poised to strike the United States, and why they will be like nothing we have ever seen... How to ride out an emergency... |
InternetNews
September 23, 2005
Tim Gray |
Hurricane Rita Stirs up Scammers Storm likely to be a fertile breeding ground for phishers. |
BusinessWeek
January 10, 2005
Rowley & Einhorn |
The Tsunami's Tragic Toll The vast catastrophe will bring painful economic costs in Asia, too. Governments across the region, already strapped for cash, now face the expense of relief and reconstruction. |
