24580 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/science/boulders-storms-waves-tsunamis.html?partner=rss&emc=rssA new study suggests that powerful storm surges are responsible for pushing giant boulders to the tops of cliffs in western Ireland. Credit Paul D. Ryan On a flat peninsula in western Ireland bordered by shallow cliffs that rise from the Atlantic Ocean sits a field of boulders. Some weigh nearly four times more than a school bus.Wed, 29 Nov 2017 21:15:00 +0100nytimes-24e5e32370fe5e9504713045dfb5daa320171129211500http://lanacion.cl/2017/11/29/painecur-el-sacrificio-humano-para-calmar-a-la-naturaleza/Basada en un hecho real que estremeció a la sociedad de la época, que ya estaba golpeada por el nefasto terremoto de 9,5 grados Richter que dio paso al maremoto que arrasó con las localidades costeras de la Valdivia , la compañía Lafamiliateatro estrenará este jueves “ Painecur.Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:11:00 +0100lanacion-CL-01bd87772a9f0d633a292fbbe43ce32a20171129201100https://www.emigrate.co.uk/news/20171129-19808_update-for-uk-expats-on-us-wildlife-and-weatherBritishers heading to the US for a new job need to realise the vast country isn’t the UK writ large as regards weather and wildlife. The UK is one of the safest countries in the world as regards threats from weather events and dangerous wildlife, but the USA’s severe weather conditions and....Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:11:00 +0100emigrate-62cdcdf62b41ea93fc30355aa49ce37e20171129191100https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171129120251.htmThe Parkfield section of the fault could rupture simultaneously with a magnitude 7.7 earthquake on the fault segment immediately to the south. These southern earthquakes -- the latest of which was the 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake -- appear to occur about every 140 to 300 years.Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:30:00 +0100sciencedaily-55e190f090cd1a4130fd830523744d6020171129183000