MANILA — Military officials from 11 countries in the Asia Pacific region met in Manila Monday to try to improve cooperation when maritime disasters strike in international waters. Participants included representatives from China and several countries that all have competing claims in nearby disputed waters.
Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab world
AQABA – Nearly 300 government officials, scientists, aid workers and activists from across the Arab world are working together in Jordan to draw up the first joint regional platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR).
Nature adapts to survive climate change
While the climate change discussion in Washington is moving at a glacial pace, nature is responding to climate change at record speed. The animal, plant and insect kingdoms aren’t interested in public policy. They don’t read political blogs. They adapt because they have to. They must change to survive.
Climate debate cut from national curriculum for children up to 14
Debate about climate change has been cut out of the national curriculum for children under 14, prompting claims of political interference in the syllabus by the government that has failed “our duty to future generations”.
Early warning of California’s
Used in a presentation to promote a new California measure to fund an $80 million early warning system, this graphic shows the progression of earthquake shockwaves along the Andreas Fault, from the Salton Sea to downtown Los Angeles.
Japan: Two Long Years After the Devastating Earthquake, Tsunami Read more at http://hypervocal.com/news/2013/japan-earthquake-tsunami/#U9Q4ZlMMj1cY2GUg.99
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake rocked northeast Japan. The earthquake triggered devastating tsunamis, which in turn set off the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Indonesia’s Aceh Province commemorates Japan’s tsunami anniversary
The Indonesian province of Aceh and Japan’s northeastern region of Tohoku share one thing in common – they were both devastated by tsunamis; Aceh in 2004 and Japan in 2011. On the 2nd anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011, around 600 people in Aceh participated in a ceremony to commemorate the disaster in Japan.
Japan quake ‘heard at edge of space’
The great Tohoku earthquake in Japan two years ago was so big its effects were even felt at the edge of space.
Scientists say the Magnitude 9.0 tremor on 11 March 2011 sent a ripple of sound through the atmosphere that was picked up by the Goce satellite.
Indonesian volcano survivors relocated, better prepared
Yogyakarta – When Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, north of central Java’s capital Yogyakarta, started spewing thicker and more colourful clouds of smoke in October 2010, local residents wavered over the risk it signalled. The delay proved fatal.
Japan marks quake and tsunami anniversary
The earthquake and tsunami left more than 18,000 people dead or missing
Services have been held in Japan to mark the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck two years ago.