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Blog / Building High on Shaking Grounds

July 14, 2022 / Syed Masood /

Reflecting the impacts and devastation imposed by earthquakes, and understanding techniques to build earthquake resistant structures.

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Blog / Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Meltdown

October 7, 2019October 14, 2019 / Syed Masood /

The impact of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown tested national radiation safety again after Chernobyl.

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Blog / The Legacy of Minamata Disease

March 2, 2017 / Melissa Plooster /

During the 1950s, strange events began happening around Minamata Bay, located in the Kumamoto Prefecture of Japan. Fish floated belly-up and birds collapsed while flying. Cats convulsed, salivated excessively, jumped…

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