Flood News

Posted November 4, 2009:

• New Insight Into Predicting Cholera Epidemics In The Bengal Delta

Posted October 28, 2009:

• Tsunami Evacuation Buildings: Another Way To Save Lives In The Pacific Northwest

Posted October 22, 2009:

• Urban Growth Versus Global Warming

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Diverting Sediment-rich Water Below New Orleans Could Lead To Extensive New Land

Posted October 10, 2009:

• Rising Sea Levels Are Increasing Risk Of Flooding Along South Coast Of England

Posted October 8, 2009:

• New Coastland Map Could Help Strengthen Sea Defenses

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Alfalfa Sprouts Key To Discovering How Meandering Rivers Form And Maintain

Posted September 21, 2009:

• World's River Deltas Sinking Due To Human Activity, Says New Study

Posted August 18, 2009:

• Study On Birds And Streams Included In Federal Guidelines To Safeguard Waterways

Posted August 14, 2009:

• Middle Miocene Oxygen Minimum Zone Expansion Offshore West Africa: Evidence For Global Cooling Precursor Events
• Scientists Warn Restoration-based Environmental Markets May Not Improve Ecosystem Health

Posted August 10, 2009:

• Flooding And Damage From 2008 Myanmar Cyclone Assessed

Posted July 14, 2009:

• Cell Phone Towers Can Help Predict Big Floods

Posted June 9, 2009:

• Is Rural Land Use Too Important To Be Left To Farmers?

Posted April 28, 2009:

• Levees Cannot Fully Eliminate Risk Of Flooding To New Orleans, Report Says

Posted April 22, 2009:

• Keeping An Eye On Flash Floods: The Grid And Cyclops

Posted April 12, 2009:

• Hispaniola Was A Tropical Cyclone 'Target' Five Times In 2008

Posted March 27, 2009:

• North West Tidal Barrages Could Provide 5% Of UK's Electricity

Posted March 16, 2009:

• Sea Level Rise Due To Global Warming Poses Threat To New York City

Posted March 3, 2009:

• Oregon's Upper Willamette River Basin In U.S. Faces Climate Threats

Posted January 27, 2009:

• Danube Delta Holds Answers To 'Noah's Flood' Debate

Posted January 25, 2009:

• More Accurate FEMA Flood Maps Could Help Avoid Significant Damages And Losses

Posted January 23, 2009:

• MIRI Method Reduces Water Use In Rice Field Tests

Posted January 21, 2009:

• Nile Delta Fishery Grows Dramatically Thanks To Run-off Of Sewage, Fertilizers

Posted January 10, 2009:

• Droughts And Floods: Extent Of Damage To Vegetation Depends On Sequence Of Events

Posted January 9, 2009:

• Floods To Become Commonplace By 2080

Posted January 7, 2009:

• Catastrophic Coincidence: Second Ever Example Of Contemporaneous Meteorite Impact And Flood Volcanism Discovered

Posted December 24, 2008:

• Green Homes That Withstand Hurricanes Under Development

Posted December 23, 2008:

• Satellites Used To Measure Inland Floods
• Environmental Risk From Pools Containing Polluting Liquids Evaluated With New Environmental Risk Index

Posted December 16, 2008:

• Oregon's Rogue River Basin To Face Climate-change Hurdles

Posted December 11, 2008:

• State Political Corruption Linked To Receiving U.S. FEMA Money, Study Finds

Posted November 24, 2008:

• Second Warmest October For Global Temperatures, NOAA Says
• The Lightning Flash Before The Flood

Posted November 23, 2008:

• From Genes To Farmers' Fields: New 'Waterproof' Rice Developed

Posted November 19, 2008:

• Speeding Antarctic Glacier: Scientists Discover Another Reason For Glacial Acceleration

Posted November 18, 2008:

• Alpine Rivers Hold Important Clues For Preserving Biodiversity And Coping With Climate Change

Posted November 17, 2008:

• Forecasting Rain: Radars For Estimating Rainfall Rates

Posted November 14, 2008:

• Satellites Helping Aid Workers In Honduras

Posted October 28, 2008:

• Wetlands Expert: China Should Think Outside The Flooding Box With Three Gorges Dam

Posted October 15, 2008:

• Did Termites Help Katrina Destroy New Orleans Floodwalls And Levees?

Posted October 14, 2008:

• Bays On US Gulf Coast Vulnerable To Flooding

Posted October 9, 2008:

• Beavers: Dam Good For Songbirds

Posted October 2, 2008:

• Vegetation Hardly Affected By Extreme Flood Events: Impacts On Flora And Fauna Of The Elbe Flood Of 2002

Posted October 1, 2008:

• Global Warming Will Have Significant Economic Impacts On Florida Coasts, Reports State

Posted September 26, 2008:

• Myanmar After Cyclone Nargis
• Flood-alert System Eased Fears At Texas Medical Center

Posted September 9, 2008:

• Urbanization Reconfigures Surface Hydrology

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