earthquake
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“One thing is to provide short-term aid after a natural disaster such as a hurricane or an earthquake,” said oil expert Francisco Barnés de Castro, a former dean of Mexico’s National Autonomous University.
To help identify where debris may come down, a scientist at Johns Hopkins University has contributed to a new approach that uses existing earthquake monitoring systems to track objects as they reenter the atmosphere.
From Science Daily
This month, a series of proverbial earthquakes have shaken all those assumptions with the potential to reshape the political and economic landscape for years to come.
Natural disasters such as earthquakes and drought also often compound the daily struggle to survive.
From Barron's
Vibrations from the booms can be picked up by stations typically used to detect earthquakes, helping researchers calculate an object’s speed, trajectory and potential fallout zone.
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