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Landsat Satellites Track Continued Missouri River Flooding
July 20, 2011 Flooding along the Missouri River continues as shown in recent Landsat satellite images of the Nebraska and Iowa border. Heavy rains and snowmelt have caused the river to remain above flood stage for ... > full story -
One-Third of Central Catalan Coast Is Very Vulnerable to Storm Impact
July 13, 2011 Researchers in Spain have developed a method for evaluating the vulnerability of coastal regions to the impact of storms. The method, which has been applied on the Catalan coastline, shows that ... > 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 -
Cassini Captures Images and Sounds of Saturn Storm
July 6, 2011 Scientists analyzing data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft now have the first-ever, up-close details of a Saturn storm that is eight times the surface area of ... > full story -
Landsat Satellite Images Reveal Extent of Historic North Dakota Flooding
June 27, 2011 Heavy rains in Canada caused historic flooding in Minot, N.D. Landsat satellite images taken before and during the flooding reveal the water's ... > full story -
Greener Disaster Alerts: Low-Energy Wireless Sensor Networks Warn of Hurricanes, Earthquakes
June 27, 2011 New software allows wireless sensor networks to run at much lower energy, according to researchers. The technology could improve efficiency for hurricane and other natural disaster warning ... > full story -
Newspaper Archives Help to Understand Coastal Flooding Along the South of England
June 24, 2011 A unique study using over 70 years of information from local newspapers has helped to examine the incidence and location of coastal floods in the Solent region of southern ... > full story -
Lyme Disease Tick Adapts to Life on the (Fragmented) Prairie
June 21, 2011 A new study offers a detailed look at the status of Lyme disease in Central Illinois and suggests that deer ticks and the Lyme disease bacteria they host are more adaptable to new habitats than ... > full story -
Landsat 5 Satellite Sees Mississippi River Floodwaters Lingering
June 16, 2011 In a Landsat 5 satellite image captured June 11, 2011, flooding is still evident both east and west of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss. Standing water is most apparent, however, in the ... > full story -
Record Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Predicted Due to Mississippi River Flooding
June 15, 2011 Extreme flooding of the Mississippi River this spring is expected to result in the largest Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" on record, according to aquatic ... > full story
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