Dinosaur wind contained a high proportion of methane gas - powerful enough todamage the ozone layer, said the China Youth Daily quoting a French scientist.
About three years ago major repairs had to be made to the slipway at Nether Lochaber after the powerful propulsion of the MV Corran caused damageto concrete and piling.
Another new report, by officials at the Department of the Environment's Biotechnology Unit, also supports fears that genetically modified crops could lead to the use of more powerful herbicides which might damage the habitats of farmland birds and wildlife.
The earthquake that devastated the Japanese coast and probably caused billions of dollars in damage was almost 10 times as powerful as the previous largest quakes to hit the island.