by Richard Welford rwelford@csr-asia.com
Tag: Natural
Mystery 13th century eruption traced to Lombok, Indonesia
By Jonathan Amos Scientists think they have found the volcano responsible for a huge eruption that occurred in the 13th Century.
Satellite measures Pakistan ‘quake island’
By Jonathan Amos
Pakistan earthquake: Hundreds dead in Balochistan
A powerful earthquake has killed at least 328 people and wounded hundreds more in Pakistan’s remote south-west province of Balochistan.
Magmatic water detected on moon’s surface
From: Debra Goldberg, ENN
Alpine glaciers ‘protect mountain peaks from erosion’
By Simon Redfern
Danger of Everest begins at tiny Nepal airstrip
LUKLA, Nepal (AP) — As soon as the decades-old Twin Otter landed at Lukla airport, passengers burst out in applause. They do that for nearly every safe landing at the often terrifying airport at the gateway to Mount Everest. At…
Is sustainability still possible?
State of the World 2013 asks “can we get there-and what happens if we fall short?”