Cereal losses? A smart toolbox to safeguard the food chain
An EU initiative has made significant progress in tackling poisonous substances that contaminate crops.
Environment
Jan 10, 2019
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News tagged with early warning
New early warning system could protect vulnerable islands from flooding
A recently developed early warning system can forecast floods on coral-lined coasts worldwide and could help save residents of low-lying island nations from unprecedented disaster, according to researchers.
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2018
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New automated volcano warning system forecasts imminent eruptions
Scientists have developed an automated early warning system for volcanic eruptions, according to a new study. The new system helped government officials warn the public of impending eruptions in Italy and could potentially ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 29, 2018
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Micro-earthquakes preceding a 4.2 earthquake near Istanbul—an early warning sign?
A new study led by Peter Malin and Marco Bohnhoff of the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences reports on the observation of foreshocks that, if analyzed accordingly and in real-time, may possibly increase the early ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 01, 2018
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The K-core as a predictor of structural collapse in mutualistic ecosystems
A network metric called the K-core could predict structural collapse in mutualistic ecosystems, according to research by physicists at The City College of New York. The K-core appears able to forecast which species is likely ...
General Physics
Oct 25, 2018
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West Coast quake warning system now operational, with limits
Automated alerts from the fledgling West Coast earthquake early warning system are ready to be used broadly by businesses, utilities, schools and other entities but not for mass public notification, officials said Wednesday.
Environment
Oct 18, 2018
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Reviewing Indonesia's tsunami early warning strategy: Reflections from Palu
The 7,5 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that had hit Palu and Donggala in Central Sulawesi Indonesia last Friday, has killed at least 1,300 people. Some 99 people are missing, 799 injured and nearly 60 thousand ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 03, 2018
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Warning system might have saved lives in Indonesian tsunami
An early warning system that might have prevented some deaths in the tsunami that hit an Indonesian island on Friday has been stalled in the testing phase for years.
Environment
Sep 30, 2018
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Coral study reveals surprising twist
A new study puts a surprising twist—one might even say a double spiral—into our understanding of how coral reefs react to ocean warming and acidification. It also offers the possibility of an early warning system for ...
Environment
Jun 07, 2018
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Seismometer readings could offer debris flow early warning
First came the fire, then the rain—and finally, the devastating mud.
Earth Sciences
May 30, 2018
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