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| GLOBAL WARMING A 'WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION' |
| Global climate change induced by humans is a 'weapon of mass destruction' at least as dangerous as nuclear, chemical or biological arms, a leading climate scientist has said. |
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| EARTHQUAKE FORECASTS GIVEN A BOOST |
| An earthquake theory developed in the laboratory has just passed a huge test in the field, bringing accurate forecasts one step closer.
An article in this week's Nature, by Shinji Toda of the Geological Survey of Japan and colleagues, has confirmed a theory explaining the behaviour of earthquakes. |
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| NEW WAVE SUPERCOMPUTERS CATCH BIG WAVES |
| The new wave in computing - super-fast machines churning out three-dimensional models viewable in high-tech, immersive theaters - may teach us more about the big waves that sometimes threaten people who live near the seashore. |
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| SILENT EARTHQUAKE IN HAWAII OFFERS CLUES TO EARLY DETECTION OF CATASTROPHIC TSUNAMIS |
| A slow-moving earthquake recently observed on Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano could become a model for predicting catastrophic tsunamis in the Pacific, according to a new study by geophysicists from Stanford and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). |
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