The epicenter in Beirut, before and after the explosion. Credit: Bhaskar Kundu, et al. Scientific Reports. February 2, 2021 A 2020 explosion in Lebanon’s port city of Beirut led to…
Before (left) and after (right) of the crater caused by the Beirut explosion on August 4, 2020. Credit: LLNL On August 4, 2020, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in…
NASA’s ARIA team, in collaboration with the Earth Observatory of Singapore, used satellite data to map the extent of likely damage following a massive explosion in Beirut. Dark red pixels…
July 29 – August 5, 2020. (Click image for full view.) On August 4, 2020, a devastating explosion rocked the port area around Beirut, Lebanon. After the event, scientists used…
…gases can’t escape, temperatures go up and the reaction gets faster and faster. Now this on its own could lead to an explosion. In the case of Beirut, 6 million…
…response personnel in the event that the United States is attacked or in case of a catastrophic accident, such as the recent Beirut explosion.” The research spawned from decades of…
…with associated safety risks,” Van Langevelde says. “The explosion in Beirut, for example, involved bulk storage of fertilizer.” Additional research Before the electrochemical conversion of nitrate into ammonia can be…