Sentences with phrase «against tsunami waves»
«The ecosystem services have actually been valued at $ 3 billion — meaning that the protection that these reefs give against tsunami waves, against coastal erosion is a dollar figure that we can never engineer anything as effective as our reefs, and in order for them to work, they have to be healthy,» said Richmond.
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Dr Usama Kadri, from Cardiff University's School of Mathematics, believes that lives could ultimately be saved by using acoustic - gravity waves (AGWs) against tsunamis that are triggered by earthquakes, landslides and other violent geological events.
This «tsunami» shifts direction through a conductivity - smothering phenomenon called backscattering — like a wave breaking against sheer cliffs.
En route, her bow wave may have lapped against the USNS Mercy, which was heading to southeast Asia to help the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Since tsunamis and earthquakes go hand in hand, similar cloaks might protect against seismic waves too, Guenneau says.
Well before April's school shootings in Jefferson County, Colo., teachers, administrators, and parents struggled to find effective strategies against the wave of violence that has hit the nation's schools with tsunami force.