Science news articles about 'sumatra'Stress buildup precedes large Sumatra quakes
... that struck the region in 1861 and again in 2005.
The study also reveals which part of the Sumatra megathrust is storing strain that will be released during future large earthquakes.
Earthquakes in ... Saving Sumatra: Indonesia reaches historic agreement
... ) today announced a bold commitment to protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems of Sumatra, an Indonesian island that holds some of the world's most diverse - and endangered - forests. ... Ministers, governors commit to saving Sumatra
... diverse and endangered forests today as WWF, four Indonesian ministers and ten provincial governors announced a bold commitment to protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems of Sumatra...APP log road challenges pact to save Sumatra
Indonesia's newly announced commitment to saving Sumatra is facing an early test, following revelations that Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) had pushed a 45-kilometre, legally questionable logging highway ... Sumatra quake likely in few decades
Another devastating earthquake along the coast of western Sumatra is likely during the lifetime of many people now living there, researchers are warning.Another big quake off Sumatra likely in next few decades
... Another devastating earthquake along the coast of western Sumatra is likely during the lifetime of many people now living there, U.S. researchers warned Friday.Big quakes spark jolts worldwide
... fairly close to the main quake. After the devastating 2004 Sumatra earthquake, triggered quakes even occurred in ... 1992 Landers, 2002 Denali and 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Islands quakes, the other 12 major ... Indonesian Monkeys Found Fishing For Food
... observed four times over the past eight years scooping up small fish with their hands and eating them along rivers in Indonesia's East Kalimantan and North Sumatra provinces, according to researchers.World's only captive hairy-nosed otter gets new home
... otter is known to survive only in a few regions of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Sumatra. Otters in Asia are increasingly threatened by the illegal international fur trade. They are also captured ... Great Ape Trust's Wich lead author of Oryx paper on continuing orangutan population declines
... Journal of Conservation. Conservation action essential to survival of orangutans, found only on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, must be region-specific to address the different ecological threats ... Geologists study China earthquake for glimpse into future
... timely enough to shed light on the second earthquake there, the researchers believe that information on the Sumatra Andaman earthquake did illuminate the situation.
For the May 12 earthquake, the ... A world novelty for an improved tsunami early warning
... the resulting wave heights precisely, when an earthquake of magnitude 7,9 near Bengkulu/Western Sumatra triggered a tsunami on September 13th 2007.
The aim of GITEWS is to minimize the consequences ... Study finds arsenic threats in SE Asia
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Myanmar's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta and Indonesia's Sumatra island face high risks of arsenic contamination in groundwater that could cause cancer and other ... Huge pangolin haul shows crackdown is working
... officers last week raided the warehouse of a suspected illegal wildlife trader in Palembang, South Sumatra and have uncovered 14 tonnes of Malay pangolins Manis javanica, leading to the arrests of 14 ... Indonesia probes bird flu 'outbreak'
Indonesia has rushed a team of specialists to a village in Sumatra to confirm a suspected outbreak of bird flu which has affected at least 13 people, a health official said Thursday.
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Stress buildup precedes large Sumatra quakes
... that struck the region in 1861 and again in 2005. The study also reveals which part of the Sumatra megathrust is storing strain that will be released during future large earthquakes. Earthquakes in ...Saving Sumatra: Indonesia reaches historic agreement
... ) today announced a bold commitment to protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems of Sumatra, an Indonesian island that holds some of the world's most diverse - and endangered - forests. ...Ministers, governors commit to saving Sumatra
... diverse and endangered forests today as WWF, four Indonesian ministers and ten provincial governors announced a bold commitment to protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems of Sumatra...APP log road challenges pact to save Sumatra
Indonesia's newly announced commitment to saving Sumatra is facing an early test, following revelations that Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) had pushed a 45-kilometre, legally questionable logging highway ...Sumatra quake likely in few decades
Another devastating earthquake along the coast of western Sumatra is likely during the lifetime of many people now living there, researchers are warning.Another big quake off Sumatra likely in next few decades
... Another devastating earthquake along the coast of western Sumatra is likely during the lifetime of many people now living there, U.S. researchers warned Friday.Big quakes spark jolts worldwide
... fairly close to the main quake. After the devastating 2004 Sumatra earthquake, triggered quakes even occurred in ... 1992 Landers, 2002 Denali and 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Islands quakes, the other 12 major ...Indonesian Monkeys Found Fishing For Food
... observed four times over the past eight years scooping up small fish with their hands and eating them along rivers in Indonesia's East Kalimantan and North Sumatra provinces, according to researchers.World's only captive hairy-nosed otter gets new home
... otter is known to survive only in a few regions of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Sumatra. Otters in Asia are increasingly threatened by the illegal international fur trade. They are also captured ...Great Ape Trust's Wich lead author of Oryx paper on continuing orangutan population declines
... Journal of Conservation. Conservation action essential to survival of orangutans, found only on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, must be region-specific to address the different ecological threats ...Geologists study China earthquake for glimpse into future
... timely enough to shed light on the second earthquake there, the researchers believe that information on the Sumatra Andaman earthquake did illuminate the situation. For the May 12 earthquake, the ...A world novelty for an improved tsunami early warning
... the resulting wave heights precisely, when an earthquake of magnitude 7,9 near Bengkulu/Western Sumatra triggered a tsunami on September 13th 2007. The aim of GITEWS is to minimize the consequences ...Study finds arsenic threats in SE Asia
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Myanmar's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta and Indonesia's Sumatra island face high risks of arsenic contamination in groundwater that could cause cancer and other ...Huge pangolin haul shows crackdown is working
... officers last week raided the warehouse of a suspected illegal wildlife trader in Palembang, South Sumatra and have uncovered 14 tonnes of Malay pangolins Manis javanica, leading to the arrests of 14 ...Indonesia probes bird flu 'outbreak'
Indonesia has rushed a team of specialists to a village in Sumatra to confirm a suspected outbreak of bird flu which has affected at least 13 people, a health official said Thursday.