Why does he not prevent them, or divert them away from where people are, or defuse them once they begin?” These questions doubtless are sincere, but they fail to take into consideration all the facts.
“Neither of these gave us the full picture,” Dr. Mather said. “But our new approach can explain the volcanic pattern up and down the Australian east coast.” Dr. Mather said this model could also explain other intraplate volcanic regions in the Western USA, ...
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You have to be a bit lucky to capture such photos: you have to happen to catch both birds at the same time. When you usually catch five or fewer birds at a time, as we do, the chances that any two of them will be an informative comparison becomes small. Each of these pair photos...
Why do typhoons and earthquakes happen often in the Philippines? Located along the typhoon belt in the Pacific, the Philippines is visited by an average of 20 typhoons every year, five of which are destructive. Being situated in the “Pacific Ring of Fire” makes itvulnerable to frequent earth...
neither is likely to happen soon, despite the claims of Stephen Hawking in his final book that an asteroid impact is the greatest threat to life on Earth. To argue that we should spend money on space missions for this reason, to create a backup for the human species, seems disingenuous. ...
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Niall:Well, not on an aeroplane because then you'll be worried about the disasters that can happen when you're flying. I'm not sure what the appropriate place is, perhaps under the table in the foetal position by candlelight. I've never been able to read on beaches. I don't know wh...
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