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Jérôme OLLIER

Improved Tsunami Disaster Management in the Indian Ocean - GFZ - 0 views

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    Ten years after the tsunami disaster of December 2004 the training program PROTECTS (Project for Training, Education and Consulting for Tsunami Early Warning Systems) successfully comes to a close today with a festive ceremony in Jakarta/Indonesia. After the successful implementation and hand over to Indonesia of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS), PROTECTS was a direct follow-up project of GITEWS for training and further education purposes with respect to disaster protection measures. Since the start of the PROTECTS-Program in June 2011 right up to March 2014 a total of 169 different training modules have been executed. The project was financed by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research with a total sum of 7.2 million euros.
Jérôme OLLIER

#Tsunami rare yet deadly. International #collaboration strengthens tsunami response - @... - 0 views

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    Preparation is the key to reducing the impact of a tsunami, which is why Australia is focused on maintaining our early warning systems and working with our neighbours to develop better strategies to manage tsunami risk.
Jérôme OLLIER

Scientists make strides in tsunami warning - Hurriyetdailynews - 0 views

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    Scientists make strides in tsunami warning.
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    Scientists make strides in tsunami warning.
Jérôme OLLIER

How a 1,000‑year‑old tsunami in the Indian Ocean points to greater risk than ... - 0 views

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    The December 2004 trans-oceanic tsunami, generated by the 9.2 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, changed the way people look at the sea and was a true turning point in tsunami science. The greatest impact of the tsunami was felt in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand where more than 200,000 people lost their lives.
Jérôme OLLIER

Ten Years After Indonesian Tsunami, Are Coasts Any Safer? - @LiveScience - 0 views

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    Ten Years After Indonesian Tsunami, Are Coasts Any Safer?
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    Ten Years After Indonesian Tsunami, Are Coasts Any Safer?
Jérôme OLLIER

Alerte au tsunami après un séisme de magnitude 8,6 au large de l'Indonésie - ... - 0 views

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    Alerte au tsunami après un séisme de magnitude 8,6 au large de l'Indonésie.
Jérôme OLLIER

2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Had Deadly Predecessors - @LiveScience - 0 views

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    Indian Ocean tsunamis destroyed one of the world's most important silk-route ports in the 15th century, new research finds.
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    Indian Ocean tsunamis destroyed one of the world's most important silk-route ports in the 15th century, new research finds.
Jérôme OLLIER

Mangrove forest planted as tsunami shield - @newscientist - 0 views

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    Mangrove forest planted as tsunami shield.
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    Mangrove forest planted as tsunami shield.
Jérôme OLLIER

Up to 80 percent of Thailand's tsunami warning system needs maintenance - @Reuters - 0 views

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    Up to 80 percent of Thailand's tsunami warning system needs maintenance.
Jérôme OLLIER

Prayers and tears as Asia mourns tsunami dead 10 years on - AFP via Channel News Asia - 0 views

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    Prayers and tears as Asia mourns tsunami dead 10 years on.
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    Prayers and tears as Asia mourns tsunami dead 10 years on.
Jérôme OLLIER

Paradigm shift needed for designing tsunami-resistant bridges - @OregonState - 0 views

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    Researchers, including two Oregon State University scientists, argue in a new study that a paradigm shift is needed for assessing bridges' tsunami risk.
Jérôme OLLIER

Researchers find more evidence of 14th-century tsunami that wiped out Sumatran villages... - 0 views

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    Researchers find more evidence of 14th-century tsunami that wiped out Sumatran villages.
Jérôme OLLIER

Sumatra coastal cave records stunning tsunami history - BBC - 0 views

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    Sumatra coastal cave records stunning tsunami history.
Jérôme OLLIER

Mining for answers in the ocean's archives - @NERCscience - 0 views

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    With a death toll of more than 250,000 people, the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 was one of the most devastating disasters of recent history.
Jérôme OLLIER

Over 60 per cent of Myanmar's mangroves deforested in the last 20 years - @NUSingapore - 0 views

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    Mangroves account for only 0.7 per cent of the Earth's tropical forest area, but they are among the world's most productive and important ecosystems. They provide a wealth of ecological and socio-economic benefits, such as serving as nursery habitat for fish species, offering protection against coastal surges associated with storms and tsunamis, and storing carbon.
Jérôme OLLIER

Indonesia earthquake off Sumatra measures 7.9 - @BBCNews - 0 views

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    A 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of western Indonesia, the US Geological Survey reports, with no immediate reports of damage.
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