Talking robots, green buildings, and shockwave healing
...ions (2aPA2), listening to meteor showers (2aPA7), cyclones (2aPA2), and earthquakes (2pPA3, 2pPA5), and detecting signs of nuclear weapons tests anywhere in the world (2pP10). Drawing upon observations from seismometers around the Pacific, Barbara Romanowicz of UC Berkeley ( Barbara@seismo.berkeley.edu ) wi...Tsunami-damaged coral reefs should be left to recover naturally, say scientists
...torical records of major coral reef devastation by cyclones and typhoons, which show that reefs recovered without human intervention. Although the devastation caused by the tsunami was on a much larger scale, the scientists say there is no evidence to suggest that the vast majority of reefs will not recover n...Are hurricanes increasing? Ask a Georgia pine tree
...ve a long history of hurricanes and other tropical cyclones to compare with, Mora explains....Science's Breakthrough of the Year: Watching evolution in action
...increased frequencies of the most intense tropical cyclones to continued reductions in ice cover in the Arctic Ocean and altered bird migratory patterns, scientific evidence for climate change built up in 2005 and non-scientists seem to have listened. Cell Signaling Steps Up: Dynamic views of how cells respo...Research finds evidence tropical cyclones have climate-control role
...sity researchers have found evidence that tropical cyclones and hurricanes play an important role in the ocean...there are no cyclones, and no mixing occurs. "If cyclones were added to models in place of the background mixing, there would be zero mixing at the equator," ...... and death in the shallow reef zone." Just like cyclones and other natural disasters, these severe sun-dry tides' rarely occurred since they relied on the alignment of numerous natural extremes, he said. However, when these factors all aligned, by a combination of sun, moon and chance weather, an extrem...