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☆ Taiwan quake: Preparing for aftershocks a priority, professor says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTaiwan earthquake: Preparing for aftershocks a priority, civil engineering professor saysTony Yang, a professor in the department of civil engineering at the University of British Columbia, discusses the immediate concerns surrounding the major earthquake that hit Taiwan.

Persons: Tony Yang Organizations: Taiwan, University of British Locations: University of British Columbia, Taiwan

☆ Volcano Erupts in Southwestern Iceland After Thousands Evacuate
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Volcano Erupts in Southwestern Iceland After Thousands EvacuateA volcano erupted in southwestern Iceland near the town of Grindavik on Sunday. Thousands of residents were evacuated overnight, according to the Associated Press. Photo: Icelandic Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management/AFP/Getty Images

Organizations: Associated Press, Icelandic Department of Civil, Emergency Management, Getty Locations: Southwestern Iceland, Iceland, Grindavik

☆ Iceland shields geothermal plant from risk of volcanic eruption
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Streetworks continue, after cracks emerged on a road due to volcanic activity near Grindavik, Iceland obtained by Reuters on November 14, 2023. Iceland's Justice Minister Gudrun Hafsteinsdottir told state broadcaster RUV that a large dike has been designed to protect the Svartsengi geothermal power plant, located just over six kilometers from Grindavik. A spokesperson for HS Orka, operator of the power plant, told Reuters that the plant supplies power to the entire country although a disruption would not impact power supply to the capital Reykjavik. Seismic activity in southwestern Iceland decreased in size and intensity on Monday, but the risk of a volcanic eruption remained significant, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said in a statement. As of late Monday evening, the volcanic hazard assessment in and around Grindavik was unchanged from Sunday.

Persons: Gudrun Hafsteinsdottir, Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Johannes Gotfredsen, Jacob Gronholt, Pedersen, Christina Fincher Organizations: Reuters, Administration, Facebook, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Iceland's, RUV, HS, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Thomson Locations: Grindavik, Iceland, Reykjavik, Icelandic

☆ A volcano in Iceland could erupt in hours devastating a nearby town, say experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Iceland has declared a state of emergency due to a high risk of a volcanic eruption. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementA town in Iceland, home to 4,000 people, could be devastated by an imminent volcanic eruption, experts said. Since late October, the Reykjanes peninsula has experienced a staggering 24,000 tremors. After being dormant for several centuries, there have been three eruptions on the Reykjanes peninsula since 2021.

Persons: Grindavik, —, specter, Iceland — Organizations: Service, Emergency Management, Icelandic Met, Department of Civil, Department, Fire Locations: Iceland, soutwest Iceland, Reykjavik, Reykjanes, Grindavik, Sundhnjukagigar, Europe

☆ Over 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden in the Amazon, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Known as earthworks, they were shaped by indigenous peoples who lived in the area around 500 to 1,500 years ago. Many Amazonian earthworks that predate the arrival of European colonizers are revealed in deforested areas. Heckenberger, who was not involved in the study, has conducted research in the Brazilian Amazon since the 1990s, working with indigenous peoples of the Xingu region. These findings further demonstrate that the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples in the Americas and elsewhere is “remarkably dynamic and innovative,” he added. So the scientists also mapped 937 known earthworks, instructing the model to highlight locations for potential earthworks that shared similar topographic features with previously detected sites.

Persons: it’s, ”, Vinicius Peripato, Peripatos, Michael Heckenberger, ” Heckenberger, Peripato, ” Peripato, lidar, Dr, Juan Carlos Fernandez Diaz, ” Fernandez Diaz, “, Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, University of Florida, Brazilian Amazon, University of Houston, Scientific Locations: São Paulo, Brazilian, Americas, Brazil, Amazonia

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Persons: Elon Musk, Chuck Schumer, Leah Millis, Musk, X, Tesla, Donald Trump, Tom Hals, Jaspreet Singh, Zaheer Kachwala, Noeleen Walder, Matthew Lewis, Rod Nickel Organizations: Intelligence, Senate, U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, Twitter, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Tesla, SpaceX, U.S . Justice Department, California's Department of Civil Rights, U.S . National Labor Relations Board, U.S . SEC, Supreme, Wall Street, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Florida, California, San Francisco, U.S, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Wilmington, Del, Bengaluru

☆ Iceland police restrict access to erupting volcano spewing toxic gas
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] View from Reykjavik towards the area where a volcano eruption was taking place on the Reykjanes peninsula, in Iceland, July 10, 2023. REUTERS/Sigurdur DavidssonCOPENHAGEN, July 11 (Reuters) - Icelandic police have restricted access to a volcano that has been spewing out "life-threatening toxic gas pollution" since it began erupting on Monday, the department of civil protection and emergency management said. "The police, after counsel from scientists, have decided to restrict access to the eruption site due to enormous and life-threatening toxic gas pollution," the department said. "For the next hours, it is highly likely that gas will build up around the eruption site due to low wind. Those who have already undertaken the hike to the eruption site, or are already there, are strongly advised to leave the area," it said.

Persons: Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Robert Birsel Organizations: REUTERS, Residents, Facebook, Thomson Locations: Reykjavik, Iceland, COPENHAGEN

☆ The mystery of MH370 remains 9 years later — here are all the theories, dead ends, and unanswered questions from the most bizarre airline disaster of the century
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

The theories so farA new Netflix documentary about the plane, "MH370: The Plane That Disappeared," was released in March 2023. The show's director called the plane's disappearance "the greatest aviation mystery of all time." But the July 2018 report had offered evidence against the idea that it was a deliberate act by the crew. But Australia's former prime minister, Tony Abbott, said in 2020 that the plane's disappearance was "almost certainly murder-suicide by the pilot." But the 2018 report said there was no technology on the plane that would allow control to be taken from the pilots remotely.

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