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Increase in Tornado, Hurricane Damage Brings Call for More Stringent Building Standards
August 8, 2011 — Researchers have examined some of last spring's massive tornado damage and conclude in a new report that more intensive engineering design and more rigorous, localized construction and inspection ... > full story -
CARE Positions Disaster Relief With Promising Discipline of Humanitarian Logistics
July 21, 2011 — Operations research models developed by a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology helped CARE International pick three locations worldwide to supply relief quickly to victims of earthquakes, ... > full story -
Texas Experts Bring Science and Policy to Hydraulic Fracturing Debate
July 21, 2011 — Innovative and interdisciplinary research by faculty at the University of Texas at Austin is helping to improve the safety and efficiency of hydraulic fracturing, identify issues that need to be ... > full story -
Study of Soil Effects from March 11 Japan Earthquake Could Improve Building Design
July 18, 2011 — Japan's March 11 Tohoku Earthquake is among the strongest ever recorded, and because it struck one of the world's most heavily instrumented seismic zones, this natural disaster is providing ... > full story -
Tsunami Airglow Signature Could Lead to Early Detection System
July 14, 2011 — Researchers have recorded an airglow signature in the upper atmosphere produced by a tsunami using a camera system based in Maui, Hawaii. Coupling of the ocean surface to the upper atmosphere enables ... > full story -
Long Distance: Research Shows Ancient Rock Under Haiti Came from 1,000+ Miles Away
July 12, 2011 — Earthquakes and volcanoes are known for their ability to transform Earth's surface, but new research in the Caribbean has found they can also move ancient Earth rock foundations more than 1,000 ... > full story -
Olympia Hypothesis: Tsunamis Buried the Cult Site on the Peloponnese
July 10, 2011 — Olympia, site of the famous Temple of Zeus and original venue of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, was presumably destroyed by repeated tsunamis that traveled considerable distances inland, and ... > full story -
New Force Driving Earth's Tectonic Plates
July 6, 2011 — Bringing fresh insight into long-standing debates about how powerful geological forces shape the planet, from earthquake ruptures to mountain formations, scientists have identified a new mechanism ... > full story -
Scientists Study Earthquake Triggers in Pacific Ocean
June 30, 2011 — New samples of rock and sediment from the depths of the eastern Pacific Ocean may help explain the cause of large, destructive earthquakes similar to the Tohoku Earthquake that struck Japan in ... > full story -
Hawaiian Hotspot Variability Attributed to Small-Scale Convection
June 29, 2011 — Small scale convection at the base of the Pacific plate has been simulated in a model of mantle plume dynamics, enabling researchers to explain the complex set of observations at the Hawaiian ... > full story
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