We are looking at the pros and cons of nuclear energy. After the Japan earthquake and tsunami 2011 we need to ask why was a nuclear power station built on a fault line and where are the others? from the people at goodtranparency (excellent website of infographics and data visualisation)
Japan earthquake: Ian Sample on efforts to contain the nuclear accidentAfter three explosions and two fires at the Fukushima nuclear plant workers seem to be losing the battle to contain the radiation. Day by day Ian Sample will be talking us through all the developments, starting with 15 March. Click through to follow the latest events ...
This article is about the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan last Friday was powerful enough to shorten Earth's day by 1.8 microseconds and throw an extra 17 cm into the planet's wobble.
Unbelievable Japan built a power station so close to a volcano and a fault line. Its a miracle that this did not happen years ago or was not any worse. Its time to lok at alternative energy sources. Cleaner and safer before we all go up in a puff of smoke
This blog post explains how social networks can play an important role during a crisis.
Over 4.5 million statuses on Facebook mentioned "japan"
25.000 of video responses on the crisis have been uploaded on youtube.