Malta Field Trips

UK expert urges Malta to re-evaluate tsunami risk Could a tsunami that hit Malta's coast hundreds of years ago happen again? It is a question posed by the Daily Mail in a feature today, adding that a study has warned of devastating consequences of a wave similar to the one that threw '70-ton' rocks more than 100 metres inland. The UK newspaper...

Rock stabilisation, limestone coloured shotcrete

Half-a-Billion-Year-Old Spike-Covered Creature Discovered When animals come across a nasty predator, their first instinct is to run and hide. There are, however, some clear setbacks to this tried-and-tested method: The prey has to be faster than its predator, for example. For those that aren’t, a smarter defense strategy may evolve. The armadillo has its b…