The movement of the tectonic plates

The eruption of the Tongorhua volcano in Ecuador, 29/11/2011. Photo: shutterstock

Things Yoram knows: what calms the volcanoes?

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Volcanic eruption at Mount Sinabung, Indonesia. Photo: yosh ginsu

The forecast: earthquake and volcanic eruptions

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Simulation of the Earth's internal structure within a simulation of the movement of the tectonic plates. Courtesy of IBM

IBM researchers share an award in the field of parallel computing for simulating the movement of tectonic plates and earthquakes

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An artist's illustration of the species Cambaytherium thewissi, the ancestor of horses and rhinoceroses whose fossils were discovered in India. Illustration by Elaine Kasmer for Johns Hopkins University

The origin of horses and rhinoceroses is in India

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The eruption of the volcano in Iceland, April 2010. Photo: National Geographic (for the film shown on May 9 at nine)

On May 9 at National Geographic a film about the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland

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Survivors of the earthquake in Haiti, January 13, 2010. Photo: user canadianecross on the Flickr website

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7 on the Richter scale struck Haiti and destroyed most of the country's houses

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