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Sumatra faces yet another risk: Major volcanic eruptions

By on May 17, 2012 in Earthquake/Tsunami, Natural Disaster

The early April earthquake of magnitude 8.6 that shook Sumatra was a grim reminder of the devastating earthquakes and tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people in 2004 and 2005. Now a new study shows that the residents of that region are at risk …

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Massive volcanoes, meteorite impacts delivered one-two death punch to dinosaurs

Massive volcanoes, meteorite impacts delivered one-two death punch to dinosaurs

By on November 20, 2011 in Landslide/Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disaster

A cosmic one-two punch of colossal volcanic eruptions and meteorite strikes likely caused the mass-extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period that is famous for killing the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, according to two reports that reject …

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