Be prepared: it’s impossible to predict an earthquake
09 Nov 2021 A collaboration across many countries has shifted the focus away from short-term earthquake prediction towards increasing resilience. The results are...
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Earthquakes without frontiers
26 Oct 2015 The Alpine–Himalayan belt, which stretches from the Mediterranean to the Pacific, is one of the world’s most seismically active regions. Now, a...
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Cambridge people named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list
13 Jun 2015 Seven distinguished members of the University have been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list announced today.
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Scientists explain scale of Japanese tsunami
24 Aug 2012 Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes under the seabed. Some tsunamis – including the disaster that hit Japan last year – are unexpectedly large...
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Tweeting disasters
12 Oct 2011 Social networks like Twitter cannot help prevent disasters, but can quickly correct misinformation resulting from false rumours preventing possible...
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