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Tonga Quake Not Conducive To Tsunami
St. Louis MO (SPX) Mar 14, 2007Seismologists at Washington University in St. Louis and their colleagues in Australia, Japan and Tonga have determined why a large earthquake in Tonga did not cause a large tsunami. A tsunami warning was issued around the Pacific Rim following the magnitude 8.0 earthquake on May 3, 2006, but the resulting tsunami was very minor and caused no damage. Tsunamis generally result from shallow-t ... more Human Rights In Darfur 
Geneva (UPI) Switzerland, March 12, 2007The U.N. Human Rights Council High Level Mission to Sudan, mandated to assess the situation in the nation's western Darfur region, delivered a critical report back to the council's fourth session beginning Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. The five-member panel, despite being unable to visit Darfur, also delivered an assessment of what was needed. "The situation of human rights in Darfur rema ... more Caribbean Extinctions Occurred 2M Years After Apparent Cause 
Sab Diego CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2007Smithsonian scientists and colleagues report a new study that may shake up the way paleontologists think about how environmental change shapes life on Earth. The researchers summarized the environmental, ecological and evolutionary consequences for Caribbean shallow-water marine communities when the Isthmus of Panama was formed. They concluded that extinctions resulting when one ocean became two ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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