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
How safe are nuclear plants when they are built directly on fault lines. It is important for people and scientist to look at the land and what is hapening underneath it when deciding where to put nuclear and other dangerous structures.
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.
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 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.