Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
earthquakes, Tag
- Disaster-resilient housing saves lives and dollars Fri, 26 Apr 19, 4:30amWhen Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in 2013, the Raloso family hid in their bathroom while their house collapsed around them. 4,000 of their neighbors died. The Raloso’s invested in rebuilding stronger and when Typhoon...
- Earthquakes of the 20th Century Fri, 19 Apr 19, 3:00amFrom NOAA PacificTWC Published on Dec 9, 2018 This animation shows every recorded earthquake in sequence as they occurred from January 1, 1901, through December 31, 2000, at a rate of 1 year per second...
- The Guardian view on fracking: the end can’t come soon enough | Editorial Tue, 5 Feb 19, 5:23amLaunching a new fossil fuel industry was a bad idea, and a coalition of localists and environmentalists appears close to defeating itLess than four months after what was supposed to be a new beginning for fracking in England,...
- The NanTroSEIZE Project: Drilling through a plate boundary in an active subduction zone. Fri, 4 Jan 19, 1:30amGuest post by David Middleton From Real Clear Science: These 7 Expeditions Could Reveal Some of Earth’s Biggest Secrets in 2019 By Adam Mann This past year brought tons of fascinating new information about our planet...
- Fracking: second tremor in 24 hours recorded in Blackpool Sun, 28 Oct 18, 3:30amTremor at Cuadrilla site in Little Plumpton is 18th since fracking restarted 12 days ago
- Earthquake-resistant Christchurch Central Library is a stunning symbol of rebirth Sat, 27 Oct 18, 5:30amNearly eight years after multiple massive earthquakes ravaged the New Zealand city of Christchurch, Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects have completed the Christchurch Central Library, a “stunning symbol of hope, unity and...
- Japan earthquake: landslide traps residents in homes Thu, 6 Sep 18, 9:19amWarning of aftershocks as 10 injured in 6.6 earthquake on northern island of Hokkaido
- Study: Earthquakes on one side of Earth can trigger new ones on opposite side Tue, 14 Aug 18, 2:23amResearch finds quakes can systematically trigger other ones on opposite side of Earth CORVALLIS, Ore. – New research shows that a big earthquake can not only cause other quakes, but large ones, and on the opposite side...
- After 250 earthquakes in 24 hours, Hawaii's Kilauea volcano might erupt Fri, 4 May 18, 3:53amOut of the five volcanoes on Hawaii's Big Island, Kilauea is the most active — and it's threatening to erupt. After a collapse event at the Pu'u 'Ō'ō vent, in the volcano's East Rift Zone, around 250 earthquakes happened....
- This foldable, solar-powered skyscraper provides instant shelter in disaster zones Wed, 2 May 18, 5:06amSkyshelter.zip is a mobile skyscraper that can be folded and transported to natural disaster zones. Polish designers Damian Granosik, Jakub Kulisa and Piotr Pańczyk envisioned the design as a compact multi-purpose shelter...
- Fracking may have caused South Korean earthquake – study Fri, 27 Apr 18, 9:01amResearchers analysed data from November quake and found main shock occurred near fracking site
- Town where nobody's home: Fukushima communities struggling to survive Fri, 9 Mar 18, 2:36pmSeven years after the nuclear disaster, 50,000 people have yet to return to their homes, but the dream of going back endures
- Wave of earthquakes shake Yellowstones supervolcano Fri, 23 Feb 18, 1:25amSince the start of February, Yellowstone National Park and its supervolcano have been hit with a wave of at least 20 earthquakes and a number of smaller tremors...
- Wave of earthquakes shake Yellowstone's supervolcano Fri, 23 Feb 18, 1:25amSince the start of February, Yellowstone National Park and its supervolcano have been hit with a wave of at least 20 earthquakes and a number of smaller tremors...
- Gas field earthquakes put Netherlands’ biggest firms on extraction notice Wed, 24 Jan 18, 2:48amGovernment tells 200 companies they have four years to stop sourcing gas from Groningen field after increasingly significant earthquakes