On the Ground and in the Water, Tracing a Giant Waveâs Path
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Dr. Harindra Joseph S. Fernando studies the human activities that make a natural disaster even more deadly.
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What do you do when you see a huge wave-wall coming at you? You run. Your run as fast as you can. You think: &quot;This is surreal.
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The oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide that has built up in the air, turning water more acidic and creating potentially catastrophic conditions for marine life.
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In the wake of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunamis last week, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Conrad Lautenbacher has renewed his call for a Global Ocean Observing System that could patch together many governmentsâ stovepiped sensors.
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But at this price, it's a watercourse worth riding.
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Since ancient times poets have revered the power of the seas. Now energy companies and coastal cities like New York and San Francisco are aiming to tap ocean waves and tidal currents as abundant sources of electricity.
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Along the shores of Sri Lanka, the tsunami that has killed more than 140,000 people first appeared as a rapidly rising tide -- a phenomenon more akin to a quickly filling bathtub than a bona fide wave.
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The best oceanographers in the world never studied at a university. Yet they know how to navigate expertly along oceanic fronts, the invisible boundaries between waters of different temperatures and densities.
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During mid-tide, the volume of water thundering through Nova Scotia&#39;s Minas Channel in the Bay of Fundy exceeds the flow from every river and stream on Earth.
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The river: it enfolds us in its icy embrace. Superficially, it isn't turbid, only an insistent, coiled, supremely powerful inertia. Stop swimming for an instant, and I can feel it push me downstream at a steady 2mph.
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Using wind to make clean water could be a winning combination.
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THE devastating tsunami on Sunday was triggered by the fifth-largest quake for a century and the biggest for 40 years, which caused giant waves that could be detected across the planet.
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Tidal waves like those that wreaked havoc across Asia can travel at hundreds of kilometres (miles) per hour and even gain strength as they cross the ocean -- often causing disastrous results far from their origin.
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LISBON, Sep 27 (IPS) - Atlantic Ocean waves are to light up 1,500 homes in  the north of Portugal. The first 2.25 megawatts of electricity  produced from wave power will be brought ashore at AguÃ§adoura, on  the northern coast, as of October.
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By Julia Scott, STAFF WRITER  A30-mile hike from the Bayland flats of Redwood City to the tidepools of the Pacific Ocean will soon be possible for those ambitious enough for such a trek.
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Itâs hurricane season on the Carolina coast, and right now weâre between storms. But every time the sky starts to clear, the morning news announces something big and scary taking shape just over the horizon.
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By Robin Lord, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.  Jun. 24--CHATHAM -- Sand, wind and water rule the day here on North  Beach.