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• Slip pulse and resonance of Kathmandu basin during the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal imaged with geodesy

  <p>Detailed geodetic imaging of earthquake rupture enhances our understanding of earthquake physics and induced ground shaking. The April 25, 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake is the first example of

  • 06/08/2015

  • Science Express
  • • Earthquakes
    • Nepal
    • Geology
    • South Asia
    • Remote Sensing
    • Natural Disasters

• VSV-EBOV rapidly protects macaques against infection with the 2014/15 Ebola virus outbreak strain

  <p>The latest Ebola virus (EBOV) epidemic spread rapidly through Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, creating a global public health crisis and accelerating the assessment of experimental therapeutics and

  • 06/08/2015

  • Science Express
  • • Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever)
    • Research
    • Monkey
    • Drugs
    • Africa

• Genetic assignment of large seizures of elephant ivory reveals Africa's major poaching hotspots

  Poaching of elephants is now occurring at rates that threaten African populations with extinction. Identifying the number and location of Africa’s major poaching hotspots may assist efforts to end poaching

  • 18/06/2015

  • Science Express
  • • Elephant
    • Africa
    • Poaching
    • Endangered Species
    • Illegal Trade
    • Wildlife Trade
    • Kenya
    • Tanzania
    • Congo
    • Zambia
    • National Parks