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AskMen.com Bernie Alexander	Tsunamis: Waves Of Destruction Understanding the tsunami: definition, origins, history, warning signs, etc.
Bio-IT World August 15, 2005 Melissa Kruse	London Calls on Gene Codes Database The United Kingdom contracted with software company Gene Codes to use its Mass Fatality Identification System (M-FISys) for disaster recovery efforts and as a missing persons database. The system was used for categorizing the victims of the July 7 London bombings.
Geotimes February 2005 Naomi Lubick	Tsunami Devastates Asia Geoscientists won't know exactly what happened in the Indian Ocean event until they can get into the field.
National Defense November 2005 Grace Jean	Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System to Become Operational in 2006 UNESCO officials set forth a plan calling for the establishment of seven regional tsunami advisory centers in the Indian Ocean basin, the installation and upgrading of coastal sea-level gauges, seismic instruments and stations, and the deployment of deep underwater sensors.
IEEE Spectrum March 2005 Philip E. Ross	Waiting and Waiting For the Next Killer Wave A tsunami alarm for the Indian Ocean may be worth the cost, but can it retain public support over the long haul?
Geotimes November 2006 Laura S. L. Kong	Guarding Against Tsunamis: What Does It Mean To Be Ready? Despite the implementation of new tsunami warning systems, much work is ahead before the coastal communities of the world can be truly prepared.
InternetNews December 27, 2004 Erin Joyce	Spreading The Word of Tsunami Relief Online sites and bloggers spread fast relief information after the worst earthquake in 40 years devastates Southeast Asia.
Geotimes May 2005 David Applegate	Lessons From Sumatra In the months following the December 26, 2004 earthquake and tsunami U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists and their colleagues around the world have been working hard to learn from the tragedy so that such loss of life does not happen again.
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Rowley & Einhorn	The Tsunami's Tragic Toll The vast catastrophe will bring painful economic costs in Asia, too. Governments across the region, already strapped for cash, now face the expense of relief and reconstruction.
Bio-IT World September 11, 2003 Melissa Kruse	Soul Searching Two years ago, 2,792 lives were lost in the collapse of the World Trade Center. While rescuers labored night and day to recover the bodies, a small Michigan software company set about salvaging their identities.
Searcher May 2005 Miguel Ramos	Tsunami Blogs Respond to Disaster Evolving from personal, journal-style entries, blogs have addressed politics, war reportage, and, now, humanitarian aid efforts. Here is a description of blogs about the December 2004 tsunami that are focused on aid and information.
Geotimes August 2006 Megan Sever	Faster Tsunami Warnings with GPS Time is of the essence when a giant earthquake strikes, especially underwater. Now, a team of researchers says that they have found a new way -- using GPS -- to more quickly determine if the quake is large enough to produce an ocean-wide tsunami.
National Defense November 2005 Grace Jean	U.S. Expanding Tsunami Alert Network The government has pledged $37.5 million over the next two years for the wave monitoring and detection project, which includes the production and deployment of 31 new DART (Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis) buoys.
Geotimes March 2005 Naomi Lubick	Magnitude-8.7 Earthquake Hits Sumatra, Small Tsunami Wave Detected An earthquake that was quite close the site of December's catastrophic quake has prompted warning bulletins from NOAA's Pacific Tsunami Warning system suggesting the evacuation of coastlines within 1,000 kilometers of the epicenter.
Geotimes March 2005 Susan E. Hough	Earthquakes: Predicting the Unpredictable? Seismologists are quite good at identifying where large earthquakes are likely to occur on time scales of several decades to centuries, but still unable to identify regions where earthquakes will happen tomorrow, next week, or even within the next few years.
Scientific American March 2005	Relief Is Not Enough Tsunami relief does not replace development. The U.S. and other industrial nations need to be more forthcoming with aid outside of calamitous times.
Geotimes July 2006 Jennifer Yauck	Quake Triggers Deadly Tsunami Off Java A major undersea earthquake occurred south of Indonesia, triggering a local tsunami that hit the island of Java. At least 80 people are dead after a 6-foot-high wave crashed ashore on the island's southern coast.
Geotimes November 2006 Megan Sever	Earthquakes, Tsunamis Strike Japan A magnitude-8.3 earthquake struck off the Kuril Islands between Japan and Russia, followed by a series of strong aftershocks, at least four of which were above magnitude 6.0, according to the USGS.
Geotimes December 2005 David Applegate	A Year of Living Dangerously Recent destructive events are reminders of our society's growing vulnerability to natural disasters as more people move into harm's way. Scientists seeking to understand the underlying geologic systems have an obligation to learn more.
InternetNews December 29, 2004 Jim Wagner	Tech Industry's Tsunami Relief Efforts Pick Up Amazon collects more than $1.6 million in donations as big companies and bloggers do what they can to help in the wake of southern Asia's devastating tsunami.
Bio-IT World September 11, 2003 Kevin Davies	Bioinformatics and National Service A small bioinformatics company gets called into the national service.
InternetNews January 7, 2005 Tim Gray	Tsunami Donations Skyrocket Online The tsunami that killed more than 150,000 people and pulverized the coastlines of nearly a dozen nations has also brought out unprecedented use of the Internet.
Geotimes December 2004 Megan Sever	Devastation in the Indian Ocean A magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday morning, followed by dozens of powerful aftershocks and large tsunamis that reached as far as the east coast of Africa, some 4,800 kilometers away.
Geotimes March 2005 Laura Stafford	Sumatra Seismic Risk Recent research indicates that Indonesia, as well as other regions like the Caribbean, could experience more earthquake and tsunami activity in the near future.
AFP eWire March 29, 2011	Americans Under Age 40 Are as Likely to Donate to Japan Disaster Relief Through Electronic Means as Traditional Means In a striking shift in charitable donations methods, Americans under age 40 are now just as likely to give donations to disaster relief through digital means as they are through traditional means.
Scientific American March 2005 Madhusree Mukerjee	The Scarred Earth Tsunami-spawning quake leaves geophysical changes.
IEEE Spectrum October 2006 Barry E. DiGregorio	Tsunami Surveillance By Satellites Could a system relying on signaling between GPS satellites and ground stations provide prompter warnings? A group of scientists say they have developed a concept for such a system and that it could detect deadly tsunamis in as little as 15 minutes.
Scientific American December 26, 2005	Echoes from the Past Many scientists are encouraging officials in tsunami-prone areas to consider such factors as destroyed protective natural barriers like coral reefs and sand dunes when designing new building codes and evacuation routes.
InternetNews January 3, 2005 Jim Wagner	Bush Says Go Online to Offer Tsunami Support Flanked by two former presidents, he tells Americans they can help best by going online.
Geotimes May 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Earthquake Sends Tonga Trembling Strong shaking awoke residents of Tonga when a magnitude-7.9 earthquake rocked the region today. Although Tonga is seismically active, seismologists say that such a large-magnitude event is unusual for the region.
Fast Company December 1, 2006	Tsunami Relief Could your PC prevent the next global disaster? An Austrian researcher is developing a peer-to-peer software program that measures hard-drive vibrations in computers around the world to sense earthquake activity.
Geotimes November 2005 Naomi Lubick	Large Quake, Small Tsunami for Japan A large earthquake several hundred kilometers offshore Japan triggered a tsunami warning and a subsequent small tsunami. Three or four large events have occurred on this subduction fault over the past several centuries, as the Pacific plate slowly presses westward under Japan.
National Defense June 2008 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Non-Government Aid Crucial To Disaster Relief Operations Organizations such a Project HOPE provide a critical helping hand that supports the broader U.S. goals of global security and stability.
InternetNews January 6, 2005 Tim Gray	FBI Warns of Tsunami Charity Scams Even in tragedy, fraudsters find a way to bilk public with Internet scams.
Geotimes September 2003 Megan Sever	Giant earthquake hits Japan A magnitude-8.1 earthquake struck off the southeastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan, before dawn on Friday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Japanese quake is the strongest to hit anywhere in the world this year.
National Defense November 2005 Grace Jean	Satellite Radio Could Globalize Tsunami Warning Raytheon has developed a communications network that could transmit emergency warnings to satellite-radio receivers around the globe, according to a company representative.
Bio-IT World Dec 2005/Jan 2006 Kevin Davies	9/11 DNA Panel Report A panel set up to advise on DNA identification following the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001, has issued a report on its findings, citing the need for new software tools.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	Compassionate Corporations Many U.S. companies dig deep to help tsunami victims in Southeast Asia. This is yet another sign that many companies strive to be good corporate citizens by giving something back.
Geotimes December 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Natural Hazards: Damage Control Watching for the Waves: Q&A with David Green, NOAA's Tsunami Program manager, on the newest technologies, systems and collaborations that scientists are devising to send swifter warnings.
Outside March 2005 Sam Lightner Jr.	There Can't Be a Word for This The catastrophic christmas tsunami hit thailand's climbing meccas hard. Railae beach the author reports on the nightmares and miracles of the aftermath--and on the thais and expats rebuilding their slice of paradise.
Geotimes June 2005 Naomi Lubick	California Earthquake Spawns Tsunami Worry The epicenter of a magnitude-7.2 earthquake that struck off northern California set off a tsunami warning for the entire West Coast, leading to an evacuation from Crescent City, Calif.
AFP eWire January 8, 2006	U.S. Giving to Tsunami Relief Exceeded $3 Billion Approximately 25% of American households contributed a total of $2.78 billion to tsunami relief efforts. Corporations gave $340 million, and foundations accounted for $40 million.
Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2005 Marc Ross Manashil	Don't Forget the World's Daily Disasters Global tragedy did not begin or end with the 2004 tsunami. Seize a chance to commit to international giving.
BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 Jonathan Tirone	Searching for Clues Along the Ring of Fire Japan's earthquake will generate aftershocks for years, producing data that may yield insights about the quake-prone Pacific Rim.
Geotimes February 2004 Naomi Lubick	Triggering Tsunamis A controversy over whether an earthquake or an underwater landslide generated the 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami rekindled interest in such events; it also drew geologists into a field that had been dominated by modelers and seismologists.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Post-Tsunami: How to Help What can you do to lend a hand in the wake of tragedy? Charitable giving is part of being a well-rounded investor. Here are some ways you can help alleviate suffering overseas.
Geotimes May 2006 Naomi Lubick	Measuring the Sumatra Quake The motions on the fault that set off the Dec. 26, 2004, earthquake that sent a tsunami across the Indian Ocean continue to puzzle seismologists.
Scientific American January 2009 Yam & Choi	Whatever Happened to the Risk for Another Indian Ocean Tsunami? No relief from Tsunami threat... Recovering from rabies... Future bioterror risks... The genetic tracking of religious persecution...
DailyCandy January 3, 2005	Disaster Relief You want to help the victims of Asia's massive tsunami? (Of course you do.) The best thing you can do is make a donation to humanitarian organizations that already have relief programs in Southeast Asia. Here are a few.
Geotimes December 2006 Margaret Putney	Tsunami Risk Still High in Sumatra Another major earthquake and tsunami will strike the western coast of Sumatra sometime in the next few decades, according to researchers studying the region's history. And the predicted tsunami has a significant chance of hitting densely populated areas, the team says.