A Cornell Web site is giving researchers information and helping tsunami relief workers in Sri Lanka. Its maps, built from Geographic Information System databases supplemented by field observations using GPS instruments, are a model for the distribution of information in future disasters.
As the death toll from the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami climbed above 200,000 a University of Washington psychologist just back from Indonesia warned of a new danger -- a mental health crisis among the survivors.
UAB engineers are developing new building materials to protect people and property from surges of water associated with tsunamis, hurricanes and other natural disasters.
A dozen major earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have occurred in the Caribbean near Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, in the past 500 years, and several have generated tsunamis.
Cornell University researchers have created a video simulation of the Dec. 26 Indian Ocean tsunami that shows in graphic detail how the massive wave system spread outward from the epicenter of an undersea earthquake northwest of Sumatra.
Improving how decision-makers respond in the minutes and hours that follow the first reports of a natural disaster like the recent tsunami or a manmade incident, such as a chemical accident or a terrorist attack, is the focus of a research project at the University at Buffalo.
1) Net noise threat to emergency radio; 2) It's earthquake the movie; 3) Hockney "˜was wrong' over copying claim; 4) Invention (short story); 5) Special news report : "After the Tsunami".
Northeastern University will be matching up to $25,000 in funds raised on campus for the tsunami relief. A university-wide effort is already underway to raise funds, educate, and provide counseling and prayer meetings on campus.
Menninger trauma expert recommends instilling hope and empathy in early aid to tsunami survivors to address psychological effects of trauma.
A University of Washington associate dean and his family found themselves in the midst of the Indian Ocean tsunami. and responded by seeking out and caring for the injured and dying.
The international community is failing to coordinate and strategically plan aid for the tsunamistruck regions of south Asia, comments this week's editorial.
In the wake of the earthquake in the Indian Ocean that caused the devastating Tsunami, researchers have discovered what may lead to an inexpensive device that ordinary people could use as a 'volcanic eruption and earthquake detector.'
Some of the devastation caused by the powerful tsunami Dec. 26 could have been prevented if not for the loss of nature's own protective coastal vegetation and natural barriers, says a professor.
As news about the effects of the tsunami and its victims swells worldwide, headlines are beginning to show man-made offenses. A URI expert on sexual exploitation and trafficking says predators are always looking for ways to prey on the vulnerable.
Repeatedly watching the graphic images of the tsunami destruction in southern Asia can take an emotional toll, especially on children, says a Purdue University media expert.
Philip Liu will lead a delegation of American scientists from the National Science Foundation's Tsunami Research Group and the U.S. Geological Survey into the tsunami-ravaged areas to Sri Lanka on Jan. 9-16, 2005.
Coastal engineer and wave expert Robert Dalrymple, who is building a mathematical model of the effect of tsunamis on coastal structures, is available for interviews.
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