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New Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Natural Disaster Management

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Chile announced a five-year grant to form a new National Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Natural Disaster Management. The center will develop, integrate, and transfer scientific knowledge to help deal more effectively with the consequences of natural disasters. This initiative is a wide, integrative and interdisciplinary research effort aimed at transforming Chile into a world-recognized pole […]

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Catalan awarded grant to develop tsunami forecast database

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Tsunamis are among the most significant large-scale hazards to which many coastal communities  around the world are exposed, and Chile is no exception. In fact, the country’s high seismicity  along the subduction zone between the Nazca and Sudamerican plates has triggered many tsunami events since records are kept. Its long stretch of coast is also […]

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