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New Space Observations Poised To Save Lives From Floods, Landslides
May 24, 2006 — Using NASA's advanced Earth-observing satellites, scientists have discovered a new opportunity to build early detection systems that might protect thousands from floods and landslides. This potential ... > full story -
Researchers Assess Risks Associated With Living In Low-Lying Coastal Areas
May 17, 2006 — Low-elevation coastal zones, those regions of the planet within 100km of a coast and below 10m in elevation, account for only about 2 percent of the world's land area, but are home to roughly 10 ... > full story -
Follow The Nitrogen To Extraterrestrial Life; Narrow Search For Water May Miss Important Clues, Say USC Geobiologists
May 5, 2006 — Writing in the Perspectives section of Science magazine, USC researchers argue for parallel water and nitrogen detection programs in planetary ... > full story -
Discovery Of Antarctic Subglacial Rivers May Challenge Excavation Plans
April 30, 2006 — Plans to drill deep beneath the frozen wastes of the Antarctic, to investigate subglacial lakes where ancient life is thought to exist, may have to be reviewed following a discovery by a British team ... > full story -
Satellite Helps Detect Massive Rivers Under Antarctica
April 22, 2006 — British scientists have discovered rivers the size of the Thames in London flowing hundreds of miles under the Antarctica ice shelf by examining small changes in elevation, observed by ESA's ERS-2 ... > full story -
Video Of New Orleans 17th Street Levee Model Illustrates Preliminary Katrina Findings
March 17, 2006 — The US Army Corps of Engineers Hurricane Katrina Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET) has released video footage of a small-scale centrifuge model of the 17th Street Canal. Made by ... > full story -
Century Of Data Shows Intensification Of Water Cycle But No Increase In Storms Or Floods
March 17, 2006 — A review of the findings from more than 100 peer-reviewed studies shows that although many aspects of the global water cycle have intensified, including precipitation and evaporation, this trend has ... > full story -
Mass Extinctions: A Threat From Outer Space Or Our Own Planet's Detox?
March 12, 2006 — University of Leicester geologists, Professor Andy Saunders and Dr. Marc Reichow, are taking a fresh look at what may actually have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago and caused other ... > full story -
Management Of Delta And Wetlands Contributed To Problems After Hurricanes
March 8, 2006 — In a guest editorial published in the March-April issue of Ground Water, hydrologists in Louisiana suggest adoption of evolving management plans that recognize engineering, economic and hydrologic ... > full story -
Scientists Confirm Historic Massive Flood In Climate Change
February 28, 2006 — Scientists from NASA and Columbia University, New York, have used computer modeling to successfully reproduce an abrupt climate change that took place 8,200 years ago. At that time, the beginning of ... > full story
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