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Landslides pose threat to Himalayan hydropower dream
The Tehri dam and hydroelectric power plant perches at the foothills of the Indian Himalayas.Credit: Pete McBride/Getty
<p>The work, published in Geophysical Research Letters1 last month, highlights the risk of quake-triggered landslides to hydropower development in the Himalayas &mdash; a global hotspot for this type of energy source.</p>
Four-legged fossil snake is a world first
Despite these legs, this is definitely a snake. "Tetrapodophis amplectus" Dave Martill, University of Portsmouth
<p>The first four-legged fossil snake ever found is forcing scientists to rethink how snakes evolved from lizards.</p> <p>Although it has four legs, Tetrapodophis amplectus has other features that clearly mark it as a snake, says Nick Longrich, a palaeontologist ...