NATURAL SCIENCES
Tsunamis
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- Bamboo poles shipped from the mainland to the village being reconstructed on Ko Surin after the December 2004 tsunami, Thailand.
Earthquakes beneath the ocean floor, volcanic eruptions, submarine landslides and even meteorite impacts can trigger off the monstrous waves known as tsunamis. Barely perceptible in the deep ocean, a tsunami travels at the speed of a commercial jet plane but slows down when it hits shallow waters and rears up onto land.
Because not all submarine earthquakes result in destructive tsunamis, and because not all tsunamis are triggered by earthquakes, the potentially deadly waves cannot be detected by seismological observations alone.
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Intergovernmental Coordinating Groups for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS)
- Start Date:
- 01-11-1965 -
- End Date:
- 31-12-2012
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Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
- Start Date:
- 04-12-2002 -
- End Date:
- 31-12-2012
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Towards the Establishment of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean (IOTWS)
- Start Date:
- 01-02-2005 -
- End Date:
- 31-12-2012
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Intergovernmental Coordinating Groups for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS)
- Start Date:
- 01-03-2005 -
- End Date:
- 31-12-2012
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Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS)
- Start Date:
- 01-03-2005 -
- End Date:
- 31-12-2012
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Post-tsunami assistance for Gunung Leuser National Park, the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra and Nature Conservation Agency, Aceh Province, Indonesia
- Start Date:
- 26-11-2005 -
- End Date:
- 31-12-2012
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- 01-03-2010
UNESCO Director-General expresses sorrow following Chile earthquake and urges further strengthening of disaster risk reduction preparedness
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- 19-11-2007