Flood News

Posted January 26, 2012:

• NASA Infrared Satellite Instrument Sees Tropical Storm Iggy Growing in Strength

Posted January 19, 2012:

• Efforts to Control the 'Mighty Mississippi' Result in Flooded Farmland and Permanent Damage, Research Shows

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Gaming Technology for Calculating Floods

Posted January 9, 2012:

• Could Siberian Volcanism Have Caused the Earth's Largest Extinction Event?

Posted January 8, 2012:

• Colorado Mountain Hail May Disappear in a Warmer Future

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Global Winds Could Explain Record Rains, Tornadoes

Posted November 29, 2011:

• Downtown Residential Soil Samples (in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.) Found to Contain Industrial Pollutants

Posted November 17, 2011:

• Bleak Future for Bay Area Tidal Marshes?

Posted November 14, 2011:

• Protecting Houston from the Next Big Hurricane

Posted October 23, 2011:

• How Plants Sense Low Oxygen Levels to Survive Flooding

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Luminous Grains of Sand Determine Year of Historic Storm Flood, Dutch Researchers Find

Posted September 23, 2011:

• Dust Makes Light Work of Vehicle Emissions

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Sea Level Rise May Take Economic Toll on California Coast, Study Predicts

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Smartphones as Helpers During Disasters: Software for Autonomous Smartphone Network Developed

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Successful Rainwater Harvesting Systems Should Combine New Technology With Old Social Habits

Posted August 26, 2011:

• Adapting to Climate Change With Floating Houses?

Posted August 8, 2011:

• Heavy Metal -- In and Around the Lakes: Pollution Due to Toxic Heavy Metals at the Jail Talav and Kalwa Lakes of Thane City

Posted August 4, 2011:

• Better Flood Forecasting Is Possible

Posted August 3, 2011:

• Scientists Pinpoint River Flow Associated With Cholera Outbreaks, Not Just Global Warming

Posted July 27, 2011:

• Reservoirs of Ancient Lava Shaped Earth

Posted July 20, 2011:

• Landsat Satellites Track Continued Missouri River Flooding

Posted July 13, 2011:

• One-Third of Central Catalan Coast Is Very Vulnerable to Storm Impact

Posted July 10, 2011:

• Olympia Hypothesis: Tsunamis Buried the Cult Site on the Peloponnese

Posted June 27, 2011:

• Landsat Satellite Images Reveal Extent of Historic North Dakota Flooding
• Greener Disaster Alerts: Low-Energy Wireless Sensor Networks Warn of Hurricanes, Earthquakes

Posted June 24, 2011:

• Newspaper Archives Help to Understand Coastal Flooding Along the South of England

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Lyme Disease Tick Adapts to Life on the (Fragmented) Prairie

Posted June 16, 2011:

• Landsat 5 Satellite Sees Mississippi River Floodwaters Lingering

Posted June 15, 2011:

• Record Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Predicted Due to Mississippi River Flooding

Posted June 14, 2011:

• Major Flooding on the Mississippi River Likely to Cause Large Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

Posted June 10, 2011:

• Venice to Suffer Fewer Storm Surges

Posted June 8, 2011:

• Flooding of Farmland Does Not Increase Levels of Potentially Harmful Flame Retardants in Milk, Study Suggests

Posted June 5, 2011:

• Major Step in Improving Forecasts of Weather Extremes Such as Floods and Droughts

Posted June 3, 2011:

• Helping the Aged During Natural Disasters

Posted June 2, 2011:

• Building a Better Dam Map: New Database of Reservoirs and Dams for Sustainable River-Flow Management

Posted May 19, 2011:

• Can River Sediment Be Used to Repair the Coast?

Posted May 16, 2011:

• Striking Ecological Impact on Canada's Arctic Coastline Linked to Global Climate Change
• Seaports Need a Plan for Weathering Climate Change, Researchers Say

Posted May 13, 2011:

• Satellite Images Display Extreme Mississippi River Flooding from Space

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Mississippi Flooding Captured by NASA Satellites
• Reforesting Rural Lands in China Pays Big Dividends, Researchers Say

Posted May 6, 2011:

• How Does the Mississippi River Change When the Levee Breaks?

Posted April 28, 2011:

• Missouri Elk Are Being Reintroduced in the Wrong Part of the State, Anthropologist Says

Posted March 20, 2011:

• Climate Change Hits Home

Posted March 15, 2011:

• Natural Sequence Farming Could Affect Global Climate Change

Posted March 14, 2011:

• Native Trout Fare Best When Dams Use Natural Stream Flow Management Practices

Posted March 7, 2011:

• California Superstorm Would Be Costliest US Disaster

Posted March 2, 2011:

• Flood-Tolerant Rice Plants Can Also Survive Drought

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