
Cyclone Nargis And Myanmar Floods Seen From Space
Envisat captured Cyclone
Nargis making its way across
the Bay of Bengal just south
of Myanmar on May 1, 2008.
The cyclone hit the coastal
region and ripped through
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On Shaky Ground: Geological Faults Threaten Houston
After finding more than 300
surface faults in Harris
County, a geologist now has
information that could be
vitally useful to the
region's builders and city
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Better Dams, Levees, Embankments: Soil Type And Compaction Factors Can Make Soil 1,000 Times More Resistant To Erosion
The safety of earthen
embankments, including
levees and dams, depends in
large part on how resistant
they are to erosion. That
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Spring Flooding In Mid-Western US Forecast, But People Still Build On Floodplains
Midwesterners have to be
wondering: Will April be the
cruelest month? Patterns in
the Midwest this spring are
eerily reminiscent of 1993
... > full story
- Cyclone Nargis And Myanmar Floods Seen From Space
- On Shaky Ground: Geological Faults Threaten Houston
- Better Dams, Levees, Embankments: Soil Type And Compaction Factors Can Make Soil 1,000 Times More Resistant To Erosion
- Spring Flooding In Mid-Western US Forecast, But People Still Build On Floodplains
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Expert Predicts 'Monsoon Britain'
May 7, 2008 Prepare for more floods -- in ways we are not used to. That's the message from experts at Durham University who have studied rainfall and river flow patterns over 250 years. Last summer was the ... > full story -
Broad Analysis Of Pollutants Using Fuzzy Logic Could Guide Water Quality Improvement
April 18, 2008 A fuzzy logic approach to analyzing water quality could help reduce the number of people in the developing world forced to drink polluted and diseased water for ... > full story -
Proximity To A Flood Zone Lowers Property Values
April 3, 2008 Proximity to a flood zone lowers property values. By law, a property is considered in a “flood zone” if any part of the structure falls within a floodplain, an area that is adjacent to a ... > full story -
Current Major Flooding In U.S. A Sign Of Things To Come, NOAA Predicts
March 23, 2008 Major floods striking America's heartland in mid-March offer a preview of the spring seasonal outlook, according to NOAA's National Weather Service. Several factors will contribute to above-average ... > full story -
Climate Change Predicted To Have Major Impact On Transportation Infrastructure And Operations
March 12, 2008 While every mode of transportation in the United States will be affected as the climate changes, potentially the greatest impact on transportation systems will be flooding of roads, railways, transit ... > full story -
Grand Canyon Water Surge Aims To Build Beaches, Restore Ecosystem
March 7, 2008 The Grand Canyon will be experiencing a spring of yesteryear, as water flow rates from the Glen Canyon Dam will be significantly increased, then throttled back in a high-flow experiment that runs ... > full story -
Post-Katrina Rebuilding? Mississippi Delta Both Spongy And Stable
February 22, 2008 The bad news is that the Mississippi Delta is sinking as much as one fifth of an inch per year and sometimes even more. But the good news is that the sinking is mostly limited to the uppermost layer ... > full story -
How Will Climate Change Impact Coastal Cities? East Coast Canadian Students Planning
February 20, 2008 In Sackville, N.B. and the surrounding area, the words Saxby Gale can still inspire shivers of terror. The tropical storm struck overnight on October 5, 1869, leaving widespread destruction in its ... > full story -
Dissolved Organic Carbon From Rivers Can Strongly Impact Arctic Ocean
February 16, 2008 Arctic rivers transport huge quantities of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to the Arctic Ocean. The prevailing paradigm regarding DOC in arctic rivers is that it is largely refractory, making it of ... > full story -
Heavy Rainfall On The Increase In UK
February 15, 2008 Winter precipitation -- such as rain and snow -- became more intense in the UK during the last 100 years. Similar increases in heavy rainfall have now also become evident in spring and, to a lesser ... > full story
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