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Evacuation No Option For Flood In Netherland's Most Populous Area
December 7, 2006 — A flood in the southern Randstad will claim thousands of victims. And evacuating the area would only save precious few lives, TU Delft researcher Bas Jonkman states in the latest edition of Delft ... > full story -
Monster Storm On Saturn Spotted By Cassini Space Probe
November 9, 2006 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has seen something never before seen on another planet -- a hurricane-like storm at Saturn's South Pole with a well-developed eye, ringed by towering clouds. The "hurricane" ... > full story -
Heckuva Job: Computer Model To Predict Organizational Response To Disasters
November 3, 2006 — By studying the organizational culture of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the United States Coast Guard, as well as each organization's response to last year's Hurricane Katrina, a ... > full story -
NASA Looks At Sea Level Rise, Hurricane Risks To New York City
October 25, 2006 — New York City has been an area of concern during hurricane season for many years because of the large population and logistics. More than eight million people live in the city, and it has hundreds of ... > full story -
Global Warming And Your Health
October 23, 2006 — Global warming could do more to hurt your health than simply threaten summertime heat stroke, says a public health physician. Although heat-related illnesses and deaths will increase with the ... > full story -
Are Artificial Barriers Aiding Proliferation Of Invasive Aquatic Vegetation?
October 13, 2006 — The Mobile Bay Causeway, creating a barrier between the fresher waters of the Delta and the saltier waters of the Gulf of Mexico, may have created persistent low salinity conditions that local ... > full story -
NASA'S Live Tropical Sea Surface Temperature Web Site Gives Climate, Hurricane Clues
October 12, 2006 — Sea surface temperatures give scientists information about ocean currents, climate, climate change and how a hurricane may evolve. Now, NASA has a Web page that provides frequent updates on changing ... > full story -
'Trapped Wave' Caused Unexpected Dennis Surge, Scientists Say
October 10, 2006 — When Hurricane Dennis passed North Florida on July 10, 2005, it caused a 10-foot storm surge in some areas along Apalachee Bay -- about 3 to 4 feet more than forecasted -- that couldn't be explained ... > full story -
Dust May Dampen Hurricane Fury
October 10, 2006 — Writing in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, UW-Madison scientists discuss a surprising link between hurricane frequency in the Atlantic and thick clouds of dust that periodically rise from ... > full story -
Hubble Discovers Dark Cloud In The Atmosphere Of Uranus
October 1, 2006 — Just as we near the end of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, winds whirl and clouds churn 2 billion miles away in the atmosphere of Uranus, forming a dark vortex large enough to engulf ... > full story
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