Science Current Events

For those of you looking to find out more about the causes of earthquakes, check out this link on plate tectonics. The type of earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan was a continental slide (also known as subduction.) To find out more about that type of earthquake, click this link.

To find out more about the relationship between earthquakes and tsunamis, click these links (picture & video)

To learn about the basics of nuclear power plants and how they work, watch these videos (video 1 & video 2)