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...million people, more than $145 million was collected in private donations for victims of the tsunami disaster [Jan. 17]. That is in addition to the $300 million in assistance given by the government. I was glad to learn of proposals to install an early-warning system in the Indian Ocean that would alert people before a possible tsunami. In the aftermath of this disaster, philanthropists are demanding a better deal for the world's poor. There is more than enough money in the world to make sure no child goes to bed hungry. We have the resources to do that...
...There’s that feeling that you should have left Harvard behind when you took off from Logan—but no, it’s followed you all the way across the ocean,” she wrote in an e-mail. “But in a way it helped. It blends Harvard with your new destination a bit, so you don’t feel the full brunt of culture shock right...
...both films and is called--what else?--Aliens of the Deep. This one's a documentary, shot in IMAX 3-D. It's his cinematic take on the emerging science of astrobiology, the search for life in other worlds. Paradoxically, astrobiologists are equally fascinated with outer space and the ocean depths, where water superheated by magma from the Earth's crust spews from cracks called hydrothermal vents and sustains a bizarre menagerie of bacteria and other aquatic life...
...unthinkable disaster? For ages, humans have been living on the slopes of active volcanoes, the floodplains of major rivers and the shores of oceans. The past two centuries of advancements in science and technology have changed nothing. Major cities are still growing right on top of earthquake fault zones. Millions live on ocean shores a couple of feet above sea level, within sight of safer, higher, more stable ground. Over the past century millions have died in volcanic eruptions, floods, earthquakes and tsunamis. The Indian Ocean tsunami is just one example of the price we pay for our lack...
...pictures in your special report on the tsunami said it all. What a colossal tragedy! The eastern coastline of India, long admired for its scenic beauty, is now feared for the ocean's potential fury. We are reminded of what Hindus call Pralaya?an overwhelming destruction and natural catastrophe. The only consolation, if you can call it that, is that another tsunami of similar magnitude is unlikely to occur in our lifetime. Kizhanatham R. Srivarahan Madras, India...