Simple Science Could
Have Saved Thousands
tragedy in the Indian Ocean is not just a human disaster of unbearable
magnitude. Nor is it a matter of fate. It is the consequence of
years of underinvestment in the scientific and technical infrastructure
needed to reduce the vulnerability of developing countries to
natural and environmental calamity."
From an editorial by
Arthur Lerner-Lam and Leonardo Seeber, seismologists with the
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Robert Chen, CIESIN's Deputy
Director. Maxx Dilley, Deborah Balk, and Klaus Jacob also contributed
to this essay.
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