Flood News

Posted June 19, 2001:

• Evidence Of Ancient El Ninos And Cultural Development

Posted May 29, 2001:

• Melting Glaciers Signal Global Warming

Posted May 25, 2001:

• Researchers Test Breakaway Walls For Coastal Homes, Buildings

Posted April 2, 2001:

• Penn Researchers Explain The Mechanics Behind The Delayed Effects Of Brain Trauma; Findings May Chart Paths To Therapeutic Relief

Posted February 22, 2001:

• "Fingerprints" Of Melting Ice Caps Point Directly To Global Climate Change And Sea Level Rise

Posted February 20, 2001:

• Elephant-Sized Collaboration Can't Yet Budge Physicists' Standard Model

Posted February 12, 2001:

• Storm Surges Increase With Warming Oceans

Posted January 23, 2001:

• USGS Develops Faster Method For Estimating Streamflows

Posted January 17, 2001:

• Improved Rain Predictions Could Improve Flood Forecasting

Posted December 13, 2000:

• Researchers Push Back The Clock On Native Farming History

Posted November 16, 2000:

• University At Buffalo Research Offers First Evidence That Massive Lava Flows Triggered Apocalyptic Climate Changes

Posted November 13, 2000:

• Mountain-Front Reservoirs Control Cycles Of Great Salt Lake

Posted October 19, 2000:

• Population And Wealth, More Than Climate, Drive Soaring Costs Of U.S. Flood Damage

Posted October 13, 2000:

• New Space Views Of Southeast Asian Floods Aid United Nations Disaster Relief Efforts

Posted September 26, 2000:

• Delving Into The Nanoscopic

Posted June 23, 2000:

• New Images Suggest Present-Day Sources Of Liquid Water On Mars

Posted May 12, 2000:

• USGS Measures A Century Of Floods

Posted May 1, 2000:

• From Helping Cars Navigate To Studying Earthquakes: New Web Site Highlights Global Positioning System Benefits

Posted April 17, 2000:

• Louisiana Professor Taking The Guesswork Out Of Hurricane-Surge Predictions

Posted April 6, 2000:

• Watching The Snow Melt Predicts Flooding And Drought

Posted January 7, 2000:

• New USGS Research On Historic Streamflows Maps La Niña's Impacts

Posted November 24, 1999:

• USGS Helps Officials To Avoid Unnecessary Evacuation

Posted November 23, 1999:

• Underground Rivers, Springs Are Not The "Pipes" They Appear To Be

Posted November 5, 1999:

• California's Environment Threatened By Global Warming

Posted October 8, 1999:

• Huge Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Be In Its Death Throes

Posted September 23, 1999:

• Clemson Helps Homeowners Prepare For Future Hurricanes

Posted September 15, 1999:

• NASA Prepares For Hurricane Floyd

Posted July 22, 1999:

• Catastrophic Draining Of Huge Lakes Tied To Ancient Global Cooling Event

Posted June 30, 1999:

• Checking On Local Drought Just Got Easier

Posted June 15, 1999:

• New Insight On The Plains' Biggest Rains -- Rocky Mountains Affect Midwest Flooding

Posted June 2, 1999:

• New Results From Monsoon Study Move Research A Step Closer To Forecasting, Reducing Losses

Posted May 21, 1999:

• Natural Hazards Response Requires New Approach, Study Says

Posted May 4, 1999:

• Early Warning: Researchers Testing State-Of-The-Art Technology For Early Detection Of Tornadoes

Posted April 14, 1999:

• Plants Use "Snorkels" To Survive Floods

Posted February 8, 1999:

• NCAR Web Site Reports Economic Costs Of Extreme Weather By State
• Household Fungus Contributes To "Sick Building Syndrome"

Posted January 20, 1999:

• Scientists Rule Out One Threat Of Antarctic Collapse

Posted January 19, 1999:

• Evidence Of Massive Landscape Change Unearthed In Australia

Posted October 28, 1998:

• Long Lava Flows May Have Taken Years, Causing Global Cooling And Extinctions

Posted October 13, 1998:

• Mars Global Surveyor Captures Detailed Views Of Olympus Mons, Kasei Vallis River Channel

Posted September 24, 1998:

• Preparation Pays Off In Puerto Rico -- USGS River Data Keeps Flowing

Posted August 27, 1998:

• A Whirlwind Of Activity -- USGS Responds To Hurricanes

Posted August 14, 1998:

• Vaccine Triggers Immune System To Attack Cancerous Tumors

Posted August 4, 1998:

• 'Mutual Insurance Pool' Could Improve Transplant Organ Shortage

Posted July 31, 1998:

• Study 'Gone With The Wind' Provides Stellar Ecological Example

Posted July 24, 1998:

• Magma's Makeup Yields New Clues To Catastrophic Eruptions

Posted June 29, 1998:

• Sand Grains Reveal How Humans Change Australia

Posted June 19, 1998:

• Potential Solutions For Gulf Of Mexico’s “Dead Zone” Explored

Posted May 29, 1998:

• Climate Change May Impact Waterborne Diseases

Posted May 18, 1998:

• UF Researchers' Massive Tests Could Lead To Cheaper, Safer Bridges

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