32430 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.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/india-news-what-the-otter-knows-about-the-cyclone/303252Surface reality can often so batter our lifeworld, and so overwhelm our senses, that it’s difficult to grasp a deeper reality. Remember how we were able to think contrarian about the COVID-19 pandemicover and above our natural species-level dismayas a chance for nature to heal itself? On May 20 at....Fri, 29 May 2020 11:14:00 +0200outlookindia-95abc7ef29e57f3ebd917de2a378c11920200529111400https://www.innovationtoronto.com/2020/05/a-new-flexible-material-could-help-protect-existing-buildings-from-earthquakes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-flexible-material-could-help-protect-existing-buildings-from-earthquakesMU engineers said their material has both civilian and military applications. Even though they are miles from the epicenter of an earthquake, buildings can collapse due to how an earthquake’s energy makes the ground shake and rattle. Now, a team of engineers led by Guoliang Huang, a James C.Fri, 29 May 2020 09:11:00 +0200innovationtoronto-c41c75f55b6225b14c9993055b49548320200529091100https://www.mmtimes.com/news/coral-reefs-rise-rakhines-manaung-island.htmlU Myo Thant, deputy committee chair, said tsunamis result from earthquakes under the ocean but the emergence of coral reefs is due to other causes. "The rise of coral reefs may be related to tides,” he said. “It could also be due to the collision of two tectonic plates – the Indian plate may be....Fri, 29 May 2020 09:01:00 +0200mmtimes-ed449b4dd943be945d532e9215c683e320200529090100https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/29/national/iwate-311-memorials-canceled/This year’s memorial events for the Great East Japan Earthquake have been canceled one after another due to the spread of the COVID-19. Even in Iwate, the only prefecture in the country that has so far had no cases of infection, most events around the Golden Week holidays in May were canceled.Fri, 29 May 2020 08:43:00 +0200japantimes-8da3bde770406f0fec128aaf5fcefe7620200529084300