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…in many areas and with further research may be used in many more applications. Extremely powerful ultrasounds could be adapted to detect cracks under the Earth's surface which could give seismologists the data that they need to predict earthquakes with greater…
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…has transcended books and television to become one of Japan fs goodwill ambassadors, with initiatives like the Doraemon Education Fund in Vietnam and the Doraemon Fund-Raising Campain to help provide relief to victims of the recent earthquake in Turkey…
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…and energy, especially in its essential form. In scale, "nature" includes everything from the universal to the subatomic. This includes all things animal, plant, and mineral; all natural resources and events (hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes). It also includes…
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Category: /Literature/Poetry
…poor leadership. Anastasio Jr. isolated the elite of the country, and after the earthquake in Managua in 1972; he showed what his main concern was. The city was in a state of emergency, and instead of aiding his own people, he spent the emergency funds…
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…to desert. Many natural hazards exist, including tsunamis along the Pacific Coast, volcanoes and earthquakes in the central and southern regions and hurricanes in the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean coasts. Natural fresh water resources are scarce…
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…of the surrounding air. 1.It made the air become poisonous and toxic. 2.Highly unlikely theory on the basis of astrology. C.Scientists claimed earthquakes caused toxic fumes to come from the center of the earth. 1.This made contaminated air that the people breathed…
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…and its surrounding area is an earthquake danger zone. If an earthquake is instigated by the heavy weight of the water, the earth will shift in unpredictable ways. Thus, the dam's destruction will result in an unthinkable natural disaster. This new water source…
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Category: /History
…and socket technique capable of dealing with heat expansion and earthquakes, much like our bridges of today. The average weight of each block is about 2.6 tons, giving a total mass of an estimated 6,300,000 tons. The base of the pyramid covers 13.6 acres. Each…
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…to act shows they had at least partially recovered their authority since 478BC. However before Sparta could act disaster struck. An enormous earthquake struck Laconia with an estimated 20.000 dead and apparently only five houses were left standing…
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…to withstand earthquakes since they were so common there. He used cantilever construction for the required flexibility of the building in a foundation that floated on a bed of soft mud. This building was completed in 1922, and suffered no damage in the major…
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