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The Tsunami challenge

March 21, 2005 | Media and Technology
Many lives could have been saved on 26 December 2004, when the tsunami unleashed by an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 off the coast of the Indonesian island Sumatra struck a dozen coastal villages along the Indian Ocean. Those lives could have been saved if, on that day, science communication had not resulted in a complete failure to communicate scientific information adequately in many cases, in different places and at different levels. A long time passed between the violent shock and the devastation caused by the tsunami waves, ­in most cases, many hours.

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  • Pietro Greco
    Author
    SISSA
  • Citation

    ISSN : 1824-2049
    Publication Name: Journal of Science Communication
    Volume: 4
    Number: 1
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: Geoscience and geography
    Audience: Administration/Leadership/Policymakers | General Public | Scientists
    Environment Type: Media and Technology

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