Japanese nuclear authorities continue their efforts to avert nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima earthquake-damaged power plant. The following Q&A backgrounder […]
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Fukushima reactor breach: radiation and health effects
AusSMC: As the situation unfolds following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, experts look at the health effects of exposure […]
Continue readingExperts on Japanese nuclear power plant explosion
The Japanese Government is struggling to cool its Fukushima nuclear power plant following a dramatic explosion at the plant which […]
Continue readingExperts: Japan quake – no relation to Christchurch
Japan is dealing with a damaged nuclear reactor, widespread fires and the impact of a devastating tsunami in the wake […]
Continue readingJapan’s 8.8M earthquake – Q&A with UK-based scientists
UK SMC: Answers to questions from journalists provided by the UK Science Media Centre… Is there any relation to Christchurch […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Collapse of stairwells concerns professor
NZ Herald: Herald reporter Yvonne Tahana writes that the failure of high-rise stairwells during the Christchurch earthquake is concerning a […]
Continue readingJohn McClure: Future shock – nine lessons from Canterbury
Victoria University’s Proffessor John McClure writes in the Sunday Star Times about the lack of preparation of many for a […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: How to mend a shattered city from the ground up
New Zealand Herald feature writers Geoff Cumming and Chris Barton look at the challenges that lay ahead in rebuilding Christchurch, […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Map faults before rebuild – geologist
Isaac Davison writes in the New Zealand Herald about advice from a geologist saying that the faults underlying the Canterbury […]
Continue readingThe Press: Earthquake fault known of since September
Paul Gorman writes in The Press that scientists were aware of the small fault which cased last week’s earthquake from […]
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